United States Premier Hockey League Announces Junior Division

The United States Premier Hockey League announced today it will operate as an independent junior league in 2013-14, instead of its previously announced intention to operate as an adult league within USA Hockey. The USPHL intends to submit application materials to USA Hockey with the objective to begin playing as a certified junior league in 2014-15.

The USPHL will sponsor three levels of hockey overall, including 16U and 18U Midgets, in addition to Juniors. The teams in the 16U and 18U Midget Divisions will remain registered through their respective USA Hockey Affiliate organizations and will play under USA Hockey Rules for league play.

“It’s important to us to have an affiliation with USA Hockey and after hearing the legitimate concerns related to our plan to operate as an adult league, we felt that the best way forward was to go down the path we’ve announced today,” said Richard Gallant. “While we’ll play outside of USA Hockey for our Junior division, all of our players will be members of the organization and play under its rules. We’ll also consult with USA Hockey to provide for the proper player protection rights, player safety, the registering of import players and other matters the USPHL believes are critical in administering and executing the league.”

The USPHL members have each developed a complete player development model where, at present, over 2,000 boys and girls train, compete and enjoy the sport of ice hockey. These programs go beyond the on-ice experience to include education, leadership and community service components to help foster a complete student-athlete. The member organizations believe the USPHL will provide the next step in high performance training and competition and will provide unmatched exposure to NCAA hockey programs for young aspiring hockey players.

Tryouts for the USPHL will continue to occur throughout the month of April. The USPHL will commence competition in September of 2013. Please visit the USPHL website at www.usphl.com or the member organizations for specific information regarding the registration and tryout process.

Boston Junior Bruins Peter Masters Sean Tremblay Toby Harris 508-820-1600 x102 978-609-5577 732-904-8000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Juniors/18U/16U Juniors/18U/16U Juniors/18U/16U

South Shore Kings Philadelphia Flyers Elite Portland Pirates Scott Harlow Pat Ferrill Brad Church 508-331-5909 215-952-4167 w: 603-373-7243 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Juniors/18U/16U Juniors Juniors/18U/16U

Rochester Stars Team Comcast Tony Maksymiu Pat Ferrill David McCauley 585-427-2206 215-952-4167 617-680-7825 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 18U/16U 18U/16U Juniors/18U/16U

NH Jr. Monarchs CT Yankees P.A.L. Junior Islanders Ryan Frew Geoff Marotollo Ron Kinnear 603-568-7246 203-668-2377 631-553-1175 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 18U/16U Juniors/18U/16U Juniors/18U/16U

Springfield Pics Selects Academy Patrick Tabb Devin Rask 413-351-6633 860-682-2077 [email protected] www.facebook.com/selectshockey 18U/16U 18U/16U