MWJHL set to join the USPHL next season

USPHL LogoBy @MichaelCaples –

The United States Premier Hockey League announced today that they are adding some new teams to their league next year.

The expansion of the USPHL Mid-West Junior Hockey Division for the 2015-16 season has been made possible by the additions of the Midwest Junior Hockey League member clubs – the Alpena Flyers, Decatur Blaze, Detroit Fighting Irish, Michigan Ice Dobs, Motor City Monarchs, Soo Firehawks and Traverse City Hounds.

The MWJHL teams  join the membership of the Minnesoat Junior Hockey League, allowing the USPHL to complete its goal of a 20-team footprint in the midwest.

“The consolidation of the Minnesota and Midwest Junior Hockey Leagues into one Mid-West Division will provide the new USPHL Mid-West Junior Division size and better geographic rationality for the membership,” said USPHL commissioner Richard Gallant in a release. “The 2014-15 season has been a great success for the USPHL with in excess of 160 participants that will go on to play collegiate hockey with approximately 75 committed to play NCAA Division I Hockey.  The completion of the expansion to the Mid-West will provide the USPHL, its membership and most importantly our players every opportunity to achieve their personal hockey goals.”

According to the USPHL official site, all of the league’s divisions are sanctioned by USA Hockey. The MWJHL formed as an AAU organization in 2012.

The USPHL membership will now consist of approximately 60 members, fielding over 110 teams with a geographic reach from the eastern coast to the midwest.