The Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League is a youth ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 organization, based in McAfee, New Jersey

McAfee, New Jersey

McAfee is an unincorporated area within Vernon Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07428....

, that operates in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States

United States

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. The league consists of four leagues under the banner of the AMHL: Atlantic Junior Hockey League

Atlantic Junior Hockey League

The Atlantic Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States...

, Atlantic Sled Hockey League, Atlantic Youth Hockey League, and the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League

Metropolitan Junior Hockey League

The Metropolitan Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 20 teams throughout the eastern seaboard of the United States. The MJHL is part of the Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League organization. It's "big sister" the AJHL is also a Tier III, Junior league...

. Three of the leagues produce talent for junior and professional hockey leagues in the United States and Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The fourth league, the Atlantic Sled Hockey League, is a place for disabled youth where they can fulfill their hockey-playing dreams, using specially designed sleds in the place of skates.

Atlantic Junior Hockey League

The AJHL is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Tier III Junior A ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 league. For more details, please see the main article at Atlantic Junior Hockey League

Atlantic Junior Hockey League

The Atlantic Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States...

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Metropolitan Junior Hockey League

The MJHL is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Tier III Junior B ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 league. For more details, please see the main article at Metropolitan Junior Hockey League

Metropolitan Junior Hockey League

The Metropolitan Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 20 teams throughout the eastern seaboard of the United States. The MJHL is part of the Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League organization. It's "big sister" the AJHL is also a Tier III, Junior league...

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Atlantic Youth Hockey League

The AYHL is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Youth ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 league. The teams participating are:

• Central Penn Panthers, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
  
  
• Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
  Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
  The Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack are a Tier III Jr. A ice hockey playing in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League . The team plays their home games at the Champions Skating Center, located in Cromwell, Connecticut....
  
  , from Milford, Connecticut
  Milford, Connecticut
  Milford is a coastal city in southwestern New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located between Bridgeport and New Haven. The population was 52,759 at the 2010 census...
  
  
• Long Island Gulls, from Bellmore, New York
• Long Island Royals, from Kings Park, New York
  Kings Park, New York
  Kings Park is a census-designated place in the town Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, United States, on Long Island. The population was 17,282 as of the 2010 census....
  
  
• Mercer Chiefs, from Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
  Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
  Hamilton Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township had a total population of 88,464...
  
  
• Mid Fairfield Blues, from Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Fairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...
  
  
• New Jersey Colonials, from Summit, New Jersey
  Summit, New Jersey
  Summit is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 21,457. Summit had the 16th-highest per capita income in the state as of the 2000 Census....
  
  
• New Jersey Devils Youth, from West Orange, New Jersey
  West Orange, New Jersey
  West Orange is a township in central Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 46,207...
  
  
• New Jersey Junior Titans, from Farmingdale, New Jersey
  Farmingdale, New Jersey
  Farmingdale is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,329....
  
  
• New Jersey Rockets, from Bridgewater, New Jersey
• North Jersey Avalanche, from Hackensack, New Jersey
  Hackensack, New Jersey
  Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 43,010....
  
  
• Philadelphia Junior Flyers
  Philadelphia Junior Flyers
  The Philadelphia Junior Flyers are an USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Jr. A ice hockey team from West Chester, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They play in the South Division of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League at the Ice Line Quad Rinks...
  
  , from West Chester, Pennsylvania
  West Chester, Pennsylvania
  The Borough of West Chester is the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,461 at the 2010 census.Valley Forge, the Brandywine Battlefield, Longwood Gardens, Marsh Creek State Park, and other historical attractions are near West Chester...
  
  
• Philadelphia Little Flyers
  Philadelphia Little Flyers
  The Philadelphia Little Flyers are an USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Jr. A ice hockey team from Aston, Pennsylvania. They play in the South Division of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League at the IceWorks Skating Complex The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope...
  
  , from Sewell, New Jersey
  Sewell, New Jersey
  Sewell is an unincorporated area within Mantua Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. Sewell also refers to part of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, which is not part of Mantua Township. Locals refer to the Sewell part of Mantua as Old Sewell...
  
  
• Ramapo Saints, from Monsey, New York
  Monsey, New York
  Monsey is a hamlet , in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Airmont and west of Nanuet...
  
  
• Suffolk County PAL Hockey, from Hauppauge, New York
  Hauppauge, New York
  Hauppauge is a hamlet and CDP in the Town of Islip and the Town of Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 20,100 at the time of the 2000 census....
  
  
• Team Maryland, from Rockville, Maryland
  Rockville, Maryland
  Rockville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a major incorporated city in the central part of Montgomery County and forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The 2010 U.S...
  
  
• Valley Forge Minutemen, from Oaks, Pennsylvania
  Oaks, Pennsylvania
  Oaks is a village located in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Its boundaries are defined in large part by the village's position at the junction of Perkiomen Creek and the Schuylkill River.-History:The two waterways defined much of the...
  
  
• Washington Little Capitals
  Washington Little Capitals
  The Washington Little Capitals are a Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League team based in Arlington, Virginia. They play their home games in the Kettler Capitals Iceplex.-Alumni:*Jeff Halpern *Stephen Werner...
  
  , from Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
  
  
• Wilkes-Barre Scranton Knights, from Scranton, Pennsylvania
  Scranton, Pennsylvania
  Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...
  
  

Atlantic Sled Hockey League

The ASHL is a place for disabled youth where they can fulfill their hockey-playing dreams, using specially designed sleds in the place of skates. the following teams participate:

• Bennett Blazers
• DC Sharks
• Delaware Sled Snipers
• Hammerheads
• South Jersey Wings of Steel
• Vineland Sled Stars, from Vineland, New Jersey
  Vineland, New Jersey
  Vineland is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 60,724...
  
  
• Youth Rangers

External Links and References

Atlantic Hockey Website