2013–14 USPHL Premier season

2013–14 USPHL Premier season #FFFFFF; border-top:#de1e37 3px solid; border-bottom:#0b233f 3px solid #000000 200px United States Premier Hockey LeaguePremier Ice hockey Regular seasonSeptember 2013 – February 2014PostseasonMarch 2014 48 9 Regular season Boston Junior Bruins Dominic Trento (New Jersey Hitmen) Dineen Cup Playoffs Boston Junior Bruins New Jersey Hitmen List of USPHL Premier seasons USPHL Premier 2014–15 USPHL Premier season 2014–15 The 2013–14 USPHL Premier season was the inaugural season of the Premier Division of the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL). The regular season ran from September 2013 to February 2014 with an 50-game schedule. The Boston Junior Bruins won the regular season championship and went on to defeat the New Jersey Hitmen 2 games to 0 for the Dineen Cup. League formation In 2013, six teams from the Eastern Junior Hockey League (Bay State Breakers, Boston Junior Bruins, Islanders Hockey Club, New Jersey Hitmen, Portland Jr. Pirates and South Shore Kings) withdrew from the league to form a new league of their own.https://www.islandersusphl.com/news_article/show/377507 United States Premier Hockey League Announces Junior Division Islander Hockey Club April 5, 2013 July 28, 2025 Though initially the United States Premier Hockey League was not going to receive sanctioning from USA Hockey,https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/usphl-why-they-are-not-usa-hockey-sanctioned-in-2013/ USPHL – Why They Are Not USA Hockey Sanctioned In 2013 The Junior Hockey News April 15, 2013 July 28, 2025 the USPHL did eventually get approval before the start of the season. At the time of its founding, the USPHL made the Premier Division the top level of play and enticed three additional programs to join. The Connecticut Yankees independent junior team agreed to join the league. Additionally, the P.A.L. Jr. Islanders organization founded a junior team and joined the new league,https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.leagueathletics.com/Images/Club/1289/2017-2018%20PAL%20Journal2.pdf PRIDE in Athletics for Life and P.A.L. Junior Islanders P.A.L. Jr. Islanders June 1, 2025 while the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, who had their primary junior team signed up to play in the new Eastern Hockey League, founded a secondary junior team for the USPHL. Many other junior teams also joined the USPHL at this time but they took their place in one of the lower leagues (Elite, Empire, or U18). Regular season The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:https://usphl.com/premier/game-center/standings/ USPHL Standings United States Premier Hockey League May 30, 2025 Note: y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title Standings Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime or Shootout losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against yz – Boston Junior Bruins 48368476184103 y – New Jersey Hitmen 483611173209106 y – South Shore Kings 483113466166139 y – Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 482817359176157 y – Islanders Hockey Club 482321450159157 y – P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 482221549134147 y – Bay State Breakers 481823743132161 y – Portland Jr. Pirates 48143043297186 Connecticut Yankees 48839117120237 Dineen Cup playoffs Divisional Round Teams are reseeded after the preliminary and quarterfinal rounds. 3 240 0 high Quarterfinals(Best-of-3) Semifinals(Best-of-3) Championship(Best-of-3) 1 Boston Junior Bruins 3 7 - 8 Portland Jr. Pirates 1 0 - 2 New Jersey Hitmen 2 6 - 7 Bay State Breakers 1 3 - 3 South Shore Kings 0 4 6 6 P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 1 2 2 4 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 4 5 1 5 Islanders Hockey Club 5 4 2 1 Boston Junior Bruins 6 4 - 5 Islanders Hockey Club 1 2 - 2 New Jersey Hitmen 5 7 - 3 South Shore Kings 1 1 - 1 Boston Junior Bruins 4 5 - 2 New Jersey Hitmen 3 4 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s) References 50em General reference External links Official website of the USPHL Premier Division Category:USPHL Premier seasons USPHL Premier