Traverse City North Stars (USP3HL)

The Traverse City Hounds are a USA Hockey-sanctioned ice hockey team from Traverse City, Michigan based out of the Centre Ice Arena. The team was founded in 2012 as the Hartland Hounds based out of the Hartland Sports Center in Hartland Township, Michigan. The team relocated to Traverse City after the 2012-13 season despite winning the league championship and going 47-0-1 and sweeping the league playoffs. The team joined the United States Premier Hockey League along with the rest of the Midwest Junior Hockey League membership for the 2015-16 season. The league had originally announced a team to be based out of Traverse City (the Traverse City Cohos) for the league's inaugural season of 2012-13 but the team fell through and ended up becoming the Marquette Royales for the 2013-14 season. As part of the realignment for the 2016-17 season the team was moved to the United States Premier 3 Hockey League's Midwest Division.
The owner of the team Scott Gardiner announced on July 8, 2016 that the team was being renamed the North Stars after the Traverse City North Stars who played in the North American Hockey League from 2005 to 2012. Gardiner said rebranding the Hounds was an obvious move. He was also an owner of the original North Stars team. The youth teams in the area still used the North Stars name and felt it would link the team even more to the community.
On July 5, 2017 the team announced that it would go dormant for the 2017-18 season.  Team owner Scott Gardiner stated "Unfortunately, due to the rising costs of operating a junior hockey franchise, we ultimately have no choice but to make this heartbreaking decision today,"
==Season-by-season results==
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Season 	Games 	Won 	Lost 	OTL 	SOL 	Points 	Goalsfor 	Goalsagainst 	Standing 	1stround 	2ndround 	Semfinals 	Finals 	
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2012–13 	48 	47 	0 	1 	- 	95 	307 	83 	1st of 10 	- 	- 	W 2-0 (Bloomington Blaze) 	W 2-0 (Tennyson Chevrolet) 	
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2013-14 	42 	32 	7 	1 	2 	67 	222 	90 	1st of 7 	- 	- 	W 2-0 (Alpena Street Cats) 	W 2-1 (Soo Firehawks) 	
2014–15 	46 	40 	3 	1 	2 	83 	251 	93 	1st of 8 	- 	bye 	W 2-0 (Soo Firehawks) 	W 2-0 (Motor City Monarchs) 	
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2015-16 	48 	37 	9 	2 	- 	76 	237 	130 	2nd of 8 Eastern, 5th of 17 overall 	W 2-0 (Alpena Flyers) 	W 2-0 (Detroit Fighting Irish) 	0-1-1 in Round Robin Eliminated 	- 	
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2016-17 	41 	32 	7 	2 	- 	66 	226 	115 	1st of 7 Midwest 	Bye 	W 2-0 (Alpena Flyers) 	2-1 in Round Robin, W, SF 7-2 (Decatur Blaze)	L, 2-0 (Florida Jr. Blades 	
Category:Established in 2012
Category:Midwest Junior Hockey League team
Category:USPHL teams