2004-05 EmpJHL Season

This is the 2004-05 Empire Junior Hockey League season.
==Membership Changes==
*The Bucks-Mont Bandits left the league.
*The league added the Bay State Breakers, Bridgewater Bandits, New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs, Tri-State Selects, and Tyngsboro Huskies.
==Standings==
 Western Division
 Team GP W L T GF GA PIM P 
 Wheatfield Blades 44 31 10 3 197 105 879 65
 Rochester Jr. Americans 44 30 13 1 178 108 1014 61
 Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins 44 29 12 3 211 129 780 61
 Binghamton Jr. Senators 44 21 18 5 157 127 750 47
 Syracuse Stars 44 20 23 1 163 168 1009 41
 Tri-State Selects 44 13 28 3 97 183 835 29
 Hershey Jr. Bears 44 12 31 1 143 212 691 25
 Elmira Jackals 44 6 34 4 116 218 1011 16
 
 Eastern Division
 Team GP W L T GF GA PIM P 
 Apple Core Mnr Jr Sel 44 36 4 4 190 69 839 76
 Brewster Bulldogs 44 29 11 4 181 119 815 62
 Tyngsboro Huskies 44 24 13 7 165 113 878 55
 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 44 21 19 4 147 141 644 46
 Capital District Mnr Jr Sel 44 20 21 3 127 133 902 43
 Connecticut Lazers 44 19 21 4 155 143 782 42
 Bridgewater Bandits 44 11 28 5 108 198 525 27
 Bay State Breakers 44 3 39 2 78 247 1162 8
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top five teams in each division qualify for the playoffs.  The 4th and 5th seeds met in a sudden death game at the rink of the higher seed.  The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were best-of-three (with game 3 being a mini game, if needed).  The championship game was for seeding purposes at the National Tournament as both teams qualified for the tournament.
===Preliminary Round===
*Binghamton defeated Syracuse 9-2
*Capital District defeated New Hampshire 4-3
===Quarterfinals===
*Capital District defeated Apple Core 2 games to 1 (3-0, 0-6, 1-0)
*Brewster defeated Tyngsboro 2 games to none (4-3, 3-1)
*Rochester defeated Pittsburgh 2 games to 1 (2-1, 1-3, 5-4)
*Wheatfield defeated Binghamton 2 games to 1 (1-3, 3-1, 1-0)
===Semifinals===
*Wheatfield defeated Capital District 2 games to none (4-3, 5-3)
*Brewster defeated Rochester 2 games to none (3-1, 4-3)
===Final===
*Wheatfield defeated Brewster 5-2
Both teams qualified for the National Tournament
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