Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

 has 12 high school

High school

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s with varsity 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...

 teams which participate in interscholastic competition. Unlike most other high school sports in the state, ice hockey is not sanctioned under the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association

Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association

The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association oversees and regulates interscholastic athletics in the US State of Delaware. Membership is voluntary and as of spring 2006 includes 50 high schools and 23 middle schools.The DIAA is headquartered at the John W...

. The state's main ice hockey league, the Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association, is sanctioned by USA Hockey

USA Hockey

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Format

All teams in Delaware play in the Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association, with the exception of Salesianum high school who plays in the AAA league in Pennsylvania's Inter County Scholastic Hockey League. The DSHA is broken down into two championship flights, and three divisions. The top division makes up Flight A while the bottom two divisions make up Flight B. Division 1 plays all their games against teams in the same division and teams from Division 2. Division 2 plays games against teams from their own division and one game against each team from the other divisions. Division 3 plays games against teams from their own division and division 2. The league also holds an annual All-Star game, each team from all three divisions are represented by at least one player.

State Championship

Delaware does not have an official state championship, because they are not officially sanctioned by the DIAA. Starting in the 2006-2007 when the DSHA moved to a two flight system the league has produced two state champions.

Alumni

While no player who has played hockey for a Delaware high school team has played in the NHL, Mark Eaton of the New York Islanders

New York Islanders

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 went to Dickinson High School. Also, many players have gone on to play at the college hockey level in the ACHA

Acha

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Delaware Ice Hockey Teams

School	Nickname	Colors	League	Class	Division
Alexis I. duPont High School Alexis I. duPont High School Alexis I. duPont High School is a public high school located in Greenville, Delaware, USA, a suburb of Wilmington. It is one of three high schools in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. There were 1,481 students enrolled in the fall for the 2008-2009 school year.Founded in 1893, Alexis I...	Tigers	Blue and Yellow	DSHA	Flight A	Division 1
Archmere Academy Archmere Academy Archmere Academy is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school of 474 students in Claymont, Delaware. It is run independently within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.-History:...	Auks	Dark Green and White	DSHA	Flight B	Division 3
Caravel Academy	Buccaneers	Garnet and White	DSHA	Fight A	Division 1
Concord High School	Raiders	Maroon and White	DSHA	Flight B	Division 3
Delaware Military Academy Delaware Military Academy The Delaware Military Academy is a publicly funded charter high school in Wilmington, Delaware. It is unique in that all students are required to participate in the Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, or NJROTC. Because of this, many consider the school to be a "military school," although...	Seahawks	Blue and Gold	DSHA	Flight B	Division 2
Hodgson Vo-Tech High School Hodgson Vo-Tech High School Paul M. Hodgson Vocational-Technical High School is a vocational-technical school in Newark, Delaware and is among four high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, which includes Delcastle Technical High School in Newport, Howard High School of Technology in...	Silver Eagles	Silver and Maroon	DSHA	Flight B	Division 3
Middletown High School	Cavaliers	Blue and White	DSHA	Flight B	Division 2
Newark High School Newark High School (Delaware) Newark High School is a public high school in Newark, Delaware and is one of three high schools within the Christina School District. It is also one of the oldest educational institutions in the state, graduating its first class of students in 1893. In 2009 it saw its 20,000th student graduate...	Yellowjackets	Black, Gold and White	DSHA	Flight A	Division 1
Salesianum Salesianum Salesianum School is an independent Catholic secondary school for boys, located in Wilmington, Delaware. It is run independently within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington. Salesianum was founded in 1903 and is operated by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales...	Sals	Gold and White	ICSHL	AAA	N/A
St. Elizabeth High School	Vikings	Maroon, Gold and White	DSHA	Flight B	Division 2
St. Mark's High School St. Mark's High School St. Mark's High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic high school located at 2501 Pike Creek Road, Wilmington, Delaware. The school is administrated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The current enrollment is...	Spartans	Green and White	DSHA	Flight A	Division 1
Tatnall School	Hornets	Black and Gold	DSHA	Flight A	Division 1

External links

• Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association
• InterCounty Scholastic Hockey League