2024-25 FPHL season

This is the 2024-25 Federal Prospects Hockey League season. This is the league's 15th season.
==League Business==
*On June 11th the league released a fifteenth anniversary logo.https://www.federalhockey.com/news/fphl-enters-its-15th-season As part of the announcement the league indicated an expansion draft will be held for the four expansion teams and that the division alignments have not been finalized but indicated in its wording it would likely be North and South Divisions
*On June 12, 2024 the league announced that it would hold 4 neutral site games at the Stormont Vail Events Center in Topeka, Kansas during the 2024-25 season. The events will guage a possible expansion team for the arena in the not too distant future.https://www.federalhockey.com/news/stormont-vail-events-center-in-topeka-ks-to-host-4
*During the off season the league officially cancelled the Delaware Thunder franchise. The team had lost its' lease for their arena and were attempting to build a new arena in Dover, Delaware. The team had also considered relocation prior to going inactive for the 2023-24 season.https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/weekly-sports-league-and-franchise-report/n-6132489
 
==Membership Changes==
*The former owner of the Danville Dashers franchise has indicated he would like to place another team in Danville, Illinois' David S. Palmer Arena for the 2024-25 season. The arena board replaced his previous team with new franchise in the Southern Professional Hockey League in 2020. That franchise the Vermilion County Bobcats would end up folding in February of 2023. The arena board put out a lease proposal request for potential teams in the ECHL, SPHL, Federal Prospects Hockey League, or the junior level United States Premier Hockey League.https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/weekly-sports-league-and-franchise-report/n-6028768
*On March 28, 2024 the league announced that addition of a team to be based out of the soon to be opened Classic Center Arena in Athens, Georgia, which will begin play with the 2024-25 season.https://www.federalhockey.com/news/fphl-announces-athens-ga On May 15, 2024 the name of the team was announced as the Athens Rock Lobsters as a tribute to the locally based band the B-52's and their famous song.https://apnews.com/article/athens-rock-lobsters-b52s-hockey-4502c97c01c0158524e9c0b45cbac844
*On May 1, 2024 the junior level North American Hockey League announced the addition of the Elmira Aviators to begin play in the East Division with the 2024-25 season. The team will be based out of the First Arena in Elmira, New York.https://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=38750 This called into question the future of the Elmira River Sharks beyond the 2023-24 season. On May 16, 2024 it was announced that the franchise was sold and would be relocating to another city in New York State for the 2024-25 season.https://www.elmirariversharks.com/news/thank-you-fans
*On May 20, 2024 it was announced that the Elmira River Sharks was sold to the owner of the semi-pro Hudson Valley Vipers. The team will be renamed the Hudson Valley Venom and play their games out of the 3,200 seat McCann Ice Arena in Poughkeepsie, New York.https://www.federalhockey.com/news/hudson-valley-venom-to-join-federal-prospects-hock It was later announced that the Venom will play at the Ice Time Sports Complex in Newburgh, New York.https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0AW7e6w7G666rhtqFfoSkK3pfAcmSDVz1pVAsXmab2ocGJvkaaAKPb5rpjCfdFCqBl&id=100092898678212&rdid=Be5ENL67aHwrQUo6&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fp%2FXHcYHdBWWaddAy1W%2F
*On June 5, 2024 the league announced the addition of the Monroe Moccasins to the league for the 2024-25 season. The team will be based out of the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana.https://www.federalhockey.com/news/the-fphl-welcomes-the-monroe-moccasins
==Teams==
Team 	Home arena 	Capacity 	City 	Joined League
Empire Division 	Empire Division 	Empire Division	Empire Division 	Empire Division
Athens Rock Lobsters 	Classic Center Arena 	5,500 	Athens, Georgia 	2024
Baton Rouge Zydeco 	Raising Cane's River Center Arena	8,900 	Baton Rouge, Louisiana 	2023
Blue Ridge Bobcats 	Hitachi Energy Arena 	5,300 	Wytheville, Virginia 	2023
Carolina Thunderbirds 	LJVM Coliseum Annex 	4,000 	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	2017
Columbus River Dragons	Columbus Civic Center 	10,000 	Columbus, Georgia 	2019
Mississippi Sea Wolves	Mississippi Coast Coliseum 	9,150 	Biloxi, Mississippi 	2022
Monroe Moccasins 	Monroe Civic Center 	5,600 	Monroe, Louisiana 	2024
Empire Division 	Empire Division 	Empire Division	Empire Division 	Empire Division
Binghamton Black Bears	Visions Veterans Memorial Arena 	4,710 	Binghamton, New York 	2021
Danbury Hat Tricks 	Danbury Ice Arena 	3,000 	Danbury, Connecticut 	2019
Danville Dashers 	David S. Palmer Arena 	2,350 	Danville, Illinois 	2024
Hudson Valley Venom 	Ice Time Sports Complex 	? 	Newburgh, New York 	2024
Motor City Rockers 	Big Boy Arena 	3,330 	Fraser, Michigan 	2022
Port Huron Prowlers 	McMorran Place 	3,400 	Port Huron, Michigan 	2015
Watertown Wolves 	Watertown Municipal Arena 	2,000 	Watertown, New York 	2010
==Standings==
To be added upon completion of the regular season
==Playoffs==
To be determined
Category:2024-25 in ice hockey
Category:Federal Hockey League seasons