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This is the 2011-12 Empire Junior Hockey League season.

Membership Changes[]

Eastern
Team                           GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P
Boston Jr. Bruins              40 34  4  1  1 245  82 474 70
New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs     40 34  5  0  1 260  72 703 69
South Shore Kings              40 34  6  0  0 251  89 718 68
Green Mountain Glades          40 27 10  0  3 171  97 573 57
New England Jr. Huskies        40 27 11  0  2 161 108 746 56
Boston Bandits                 40 21 15  3  1 174 156 752 46
Springfield Jr. Pics           40 18 15  2  4 173 175 815 42
Bay State Breakers             40 18 20  0  1 147 157 566 38
Valley Jr. Warriors            40  9 30  0  1 111 239 531 19
Salem Ice Dogs                 40  9 30  0  0  91 247 878 18
Capital District Selects       40  8 31  0  1 120 269 504 17

Western
Team                           GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P
Syracuse Stars                 40 33  7  0  0 259 120 487 66
New York Apple Core            40 27  9  2  2 195 110 472 58
Brewster Bulldogs              40 26 12  2  0 166 115 601 54
Jersey Wildcats                40 25 15  0  0 148 127 452 50
Philadelphia Revolution        40 22 15  1  2 174 145 729 47
Jersey Hitmen                  40 19 15  3  3 145 132 503 44
Maksymum Jr. Hockey            40 18 15  4  3 154 144 969 43
Potomac Patriots               40 19 17  2  2 146 159 615 42
Buffalo Stars                  40  9 27  2  2  96 193 780 22
Frederick Freeze               40  6 33  1  0  93 284 741 13
 
Southern
Team                           GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P
Florida Jr. Blades             40 38  1  0  1 317  68 722 77
Atlanta Jr. Knights            40 25 10  2  2 170  98 827 55
Hampton Roads Whalers          40 20 18  0  2 138 138 964 42 
Tampa Bay Juniors              40 19 19  0  2 162 205 379 40
East Coast Eagles              40 14 26  0  0 123 177 797 28
Palm Beach Hawks               40  9 30  1  0  94 208 847 19
Space Coast Hurricanes         40  5 34  0  1  62 279 741 11
Florida Eels                   40  5 35  0  0  88 243 771 10

Playoffs[]

The top eight teams in the Eastern and Western conferences and the top five teams in the Southern conference qualified for the playoffs.

Six league teams (two teams from each conference) qualifed for the Nationals which were held at the Foxboro Sports Center in Foxboro, Massachusetts.  This was incorporated somewhat into the league's playoffs.  The league champion was determined by who advanced furthest in the Nationals (if two teams played for the national championship it was also the league championship game and if only one team qualified they would be the de facto league champion).

Eastern Division[]

First Round[]

  • Boston Jr. Bruins defeated Bay State 2 games to none (6-3, 7-3)
  • South Shore defeated Boston Bandits 2 games to none (6-1, 4-2)
  • New England defeated Green Mountain 2 games to none (3-2, 1-0 (so))
  • New Hampshire defeated Springfield 2 games to none (8-4, 8-3)

Qualifying Round Robin[]

  • Boston defeated New England 5-1
  • South Shore tied New Hampshire 5-5
  • South Shore defeated Boston 5-2
  • New Hampshire defeated New England 2-0
  • New Hampshire tied Boston 4-4
  • South Shore defeated New England 3-2

Boston Jr. Bruins and New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs qualify for nationals

Western Division[]

Double Elimination National Qualifying[]

  • Syracuse defeated Potomac 4-3
  • Maksymum defeated New York 4-1
  • Brewster defeated Jersey Hitmen 4-2
  • Philadelphia defeated Jersey Wildcats 4-2
  • Potomac defeated New York 7-4 (New York eliminated)
  • Jersey Hitmen defeated Jersey Wildcats 6-4 (Jersey Wildcats eliminated)
  • Maksymum defeated Syracuse 5-2
  • Brewster defeated Philadelphia 7-3
  • Philadelphia defeated Jersey Hitmen 4-0 (Jersey Hitmen eliminated)
  • Syracuse defeated Potomac 4-3 (Potomac eliminated)
  • Brewster defeated Maksymum 4-1
  • Philadelphia defeated Syracuse 5-4 (Syracuse eliminated)
  • Philadelphia defeated Maksymum 5-2 (Maksymum eliminated)

Brewster Bulldogs and Philadelphia Revolution qualify for Nationals

Southern Division[]

Double Elimination National Qualifying[]

  • Altanta defeated East Coast 8-0
  • Tampa Bay defeated Hampton Roads 6-4
  • East Coast defeated Hampton Roads 7-3 (Hampton Roads eliminated)
  • Atlanta defeated Tampa Bay 5-2
  • Florida defeated East Coast 9-3 (East Coast eliminated)
  • Florida defeated Tampa Bay 12-0 (Tampa Bay Eliminated)

Atlanta Jr. Knights and Florida Jr. Blades qualify for Nationals

Nationals[]

The six qualifying teams from the EJHL and two teams from the Eastern States Hockey League (the Boston Jr. Bruins and the Mass Maple Leafs) participated in two round robin groups and the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals and those winners played in the championship game.

Division One[]

  • New Hampshire defeated Atlanta 2-1 (ot)
  • Mass defeated Philadelphia 6-4
  • New Hampshire defeated Philadelphia 9-3
  • Mass defeated Atlanta 3-2 (ot)
  • Atlanta defeated Philadelphia 6-4
  • New Hampshire defeated Mass 9-1

New Hampshire and Mass advance to the semifinals

Division Two[]

  • Florida defeated Boston 2-0
  • Brewster defeated South Shore 7-3
  • Florida defeated South Shore 7-4
  • Boston tied Brewster 3-3 (ot)
  • South Shore defeated Boston 8-4
  • Brewster defeated Florida 5-2

Brewster and Florida advance to the semifinals

Semifinals[]

  • New Hampshire defeated Florida 6-1
  • Mass defeated Brewster 5-1

Final[]

  • New Hampshire defeated Mass 4-1

New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs win the league playoff title and the national championship.

NH Jr

New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 2012 National Champions

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