Boston Junior Blackhawks
Encyclopedia
The Boston Junior Blackhawks are a Junior "A"
ice hockey
team from Saugus
, Massachusetts
. They are a member of the International Junior Hockey League
. The Jr. Blackhawks field teams in the IJHL Super Elite League, IJHL Elite League, as well as youth selects and other youth ice hockey
levels in other local youth hockey leagues. The Jr. Blackhawks play their home games at the Kasabuski Memorial Ice Arena. The Boston Junior Blackhawks are the affiliate of the Texas Tornado
of the Tier II Jr A North American Hockey League
.
, Major Jr.
, NCAA Division I and Division III, and ACHA
college programs, and professional
hockey, including:
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
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...
team from Saugus
Saugus, Massachusetts
Saugus is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. The population was 26,628 at the 2010 census.-History:Saugus was first settled in 1629. Saugus is an Indian name believed to mean "great" or "extended"...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. They are a member of the International Junior Hockey League
International Junior Hockey League
International Junior Hockey League is an independent Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. The League has teams in the New England and Mid Atlantic region of the United States.-League History:...
. The Jr. Blackhawks field teams in the IJHL Super Elite League, IJHL Elite League, as well as youth selects and other 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...
levels in other local youth hockey leagues. The Jr. Blackhawks play their home games at the Kasabuski Memorial Ice Arena. The Boston Junior Blackhawks are the affiliate of the Texas Tornado
Texas Tornado
The Texas Tornado are a Junior A hockey team located in Frisco, Texas, USA. The team joined the North American Hockey League's Central division in 1999 while located in North Richland Hills, Texas, and have enjoyed unprecedented success since their expansion year...
of the Tier II Jr A North American Hockey League
North American Hockey League
The North American Hockey League is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is enterting its 36th season in 2011-12. It is currently the only Junior A Tier II league, sanctioned by USA Hockey. The NAHL currently acts as an alternative to the United States Hockey League...
.
Alumni
The Jr. Blackhawks have produced over 300 alumni playing in higher levels of junior ice hockeyJunior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
, Major Jr.
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
, NCAA Division I and Division III, and ACHA
Acha
Acha is a HINDI word for OK.Acha is also an Ewokese word for OK. Ewokese is a language used in the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan Of Courage / The Battle For Endor* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
college programs, and professional
Professional sports
Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...
hockey, including:
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(AAHL - Lukas Dvorak - ATUS Weiz (OberligaOberliga (Ice Hockey)The Oberliga is currently the third tier of ice hockey in Germany. In the 2007-08 season, the Oberliga is split in a northern and a southern group.-1948-58:...
) - Kyle McCullough - Brooklyn AcesBrooklyn AcesThe Brooklyn Aces are a defunct minor professional ice hockey team that played the 2008-09 season in the Eastern Professional Hockey League. They played their home games at the 2,500 seat Aviator Arena....
(EPHLEastern Professional Hockey LeagueThe Eastern Professional Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league that operated primarily in Ontario and Quebec from 1959 to 1963....
, Bloomington PrairieThunder (IHL) - Simo Pulkki - SaiPaSaiPaSaimaan Pallo is an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga. They play their home games at Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta, Finland.-History:The team's best achievement is from the 1965-1966 season, when they won bronze medals for placing third...
(SM-liigaSM-liigaThe SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
) - Rob LalondeRob LalondeRob Lalonde is an American Ice Hockey player. Lalonde has played in the Hockey East, ECHL, and AHL.-Playing career:A native of Williamsville, New York, Lalonde attended Merrimack College. In the 2004–05 season he scored the second highest amount of goals of any player on Merrimack's defense,...
- Reading RoyalsReading RoyalsThe Reading Royals are a professional ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL. The team participates in the Atlantic Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. The Royals play their home games at the Sovereign Center located in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania...
(ECHLECHLThe ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
), Toronto MarliesToronto MarliesThe Toronto Marlies is a Canadian professional ice hockey team currently playing in the American Hockey League . The top affiliate of the National Hockey League 's Toronto Maple Leafs, the Marlies play at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario...
(AHLAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
)