Midwest Junior Hockey League (2012-2015)

The Midwest Junior Hockey League website said it was a proud member of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). MWJHL members have made a commitment to player development, advancement and maintaining a high level operation to achieve sustainable and profitable markets.
The MWJHL league office was headquartered in Sylvania, Ohio. that consisted of six full time employees to support members vision and objectives. The league office will support its member teams with several long-term sustainability initiatives including MWJHL Properties creating league wide licensing arrangements, and centralized ticket sales and corporate sponsorship operation.
During its first league meeting in early July in Deerfield, Illinois the following items were discussed, voted on and passed into the league by laws:
==First Season==
The league was supposed to play with 16 teams of which 6 were gone before the league started play.  The six teams that never played were Erie Blizzard; Lake Erie (Chardon/Mentor, OH) Steelheads; Cincinnati Stache; Ironwood Bears (Linolnshire, IL); Kankakee (IL) Kingfish; and Traverse City, MI.
The following franchises relocated before playing: Lake in the Hills, IL moved to Holland, MI; the St. Ignace, MI franchise moved to Saut Ste. Marie.
The league started play in the fall of 2012 with the following lineup of ten teams: Bloomington Blaze, Dayton Aeros, Great Lakes (Fraser, MI) Lightning, Hartland Hounds, Holland River Bandits, NWO (Northwest Ohio-Toledo), Grrowl, Michigan (Wayne) Ice Dogs, Rhinelander Street Cats, Soo (Sault Ste Marie) Firehawks, and Tennyson (Brownston, MI)  Chevrolet,
The league ended up with the Dayton franchise folding after their November 11, 2012 game. This left the league with nine teams.  The Grrrowl franchise moved from Toledo to Allen Park, MI in mid-January 2013 and were renamed the Michigan Grrrowl.
==Second Season==
The Michigan Ice Dogs moved to Farmington Hills after the 2012-13 season ended.  The Hartland Hounds  moved to Traverse City and were renamed the Cohos only to fold before they next season began.  the Holland River Bandits were suspended by the AAU for a minimum of one year due to the background of their coach.  The Rhinelander Street Cats moved to Alpena and were relabeled as the Alpena Street Cats. The Tennyson Chevrolet team was renamed the Detroit Fighting Irish.  The Great Lakes Lightning moved to Berkley, MI and were renamed the Berkley Bruins  The Michigan Grrrowl faded into extintion after the season, they had forfeited several games late in the season.
The league awarded a team to the Marquette Royals, who withdrew to join the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. Louisville, KY was also awarded an expansion team but apparently fell through.  The Walker based West Michigan Freeze and the Alpena Street Cats were disbanded by the league at their September 11, 2013 meeting. Apparently the decision was modified as Alpena played for the season and West Michigan franchise is listed as dormant on the league's website.
==Third Season==
The league announced on March 25, 2014 that the MC Monarchs, based out of Mount Clemens, MI would join the league for its 2014-15 season. 
On March 8, 2015 it was annouced that all seven of the league's members were joining the United States Premier Hockey League's Mid-West Division for the 2015-16 season.
==League Seasons==
*2012-13 MWJHL Season
*2013-14 MWJHL Season
*2014-15 MWJHL Season
==Veteran's Memorial Cup (playoffs) Champions==
*2012-13 Hartland Hounds
*2013-14 Traverse City Hounds
*2014-15 Traverse City Hounds
==Teams==
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Team 	Location 	Arena 	Tenure 	Fate 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bloomington Jr. Blaze 	Bloomington, Illinois 	U.S. Cellular Coliseum 	2012-2014	relocated to Decatur, Illinois as Decatur Blaze 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dayton Aeros 	Dayton, Ohio 	Hara Arena 	2012-2012	disband November 11, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Great Lakes Lightning 	Fraser, Michigan 	Great Lakes Sports City Superior Arena 	2012-2013	relocated to Berkley, Michigan as Berkley Bruins 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Hartland Hounds 	Hartland, Michigan 	Hartland Sports Center 	2012-2013	relocated to Traverse City, Michigan as Traverse City Cohos 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Holland River Bandits 	Holland, Michigan 	Edge Ice Arena 	2012-2013	suspended from league 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
NWO Grrrowl 	Toledo, Ohio 	Team Toledo Ice House 	2012-2012	relocate to prior to playing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Michigan Ice Dogs 	Wayne, Michigan (2012-2013)Farmington Hills, Michigan (2013-2015)	Wayne Community Center (2012-2013), Farmington Hills Ice Arena (2013-2015)	2012-2015	join United States Premier Hockey League as Michigan Wild 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Rhinelander Street Cats 	Rhinelander, Wisconsin 	Rhinelander Ice Arena 	2012-2013	relocated to Alpena, Michigan as Alpena Street Cats 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Soo Firehawks 	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 	Big Bear Ice Arena 	2012-2015	withdrew from junior level competition 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tennyson Chevrolet 	Brownstown Township, Michigan 	Ice Box Sports Center 	2012-2013	renamed Detroit Fighting Irish 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Michigan Grrrowl 	Allen Park, Michigan 	Allen Park Civic Arena 	2012-2013	fold after forfeiting several games late in season 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alpena Street Cats 	Alpena, Michigan 	Northern Lights Arena 	2013-2014	fold after forfeiting playoff series 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Berkley Bruins 	Berkley, Michigan 	Berkley Ice Arena 	2013-2014	cease operations November 17, 2014 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Detroit Fighting Irish 	Brownstown Township, Michigan 	Ice Box Sports Center 	2013-2015	join United States Premier Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Louisville Expansion team	Louisville, Kentucky 	 	2013-2013	announced as expansion team but fell through 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Marquette Royales 	Marquette, Michigan 	Lakeview Arena 	2013-2013	withdrew to join Minnesota Junior Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Traverse City Cohos 	Traverse City, Michigan 	Centre Ice Arena 	2013-2013	fold before play 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Traverse City Hounds 	Traverse City, Michigan 	Centre Ice Arena 	2013-2015	join United States Premier Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
West Michigan Freeze 	Walker, Michigan 	Walker Ice and Fitness Center 	2013-2013	folded by league September 11, 2013; re-added for 2014-15 season 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alpena Flyers 	Alpena, Michigan 	Northern Lights Arena 	2014-2015	join United States Premier Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Decatur Blaze 	Decatur, Illinois 	Decatur Civic Center 	2014-2015	join United States Premier Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
MC Monarchs 	Mount Clemens, Michigan 	Mount Clemens Ice Arena & Fitness Center 	2014-2014	relocated to Fraser, Michigan as expand name to Motor City Monarchs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
West Michigan Freeze 	Walker, Michigan 	Walker Ice and Fitness Center 	2014-2014	cease operations August 20, 2014 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Motor City Monarchs 	Fraser, Michigan 	Fraser Hockeyland 	2014-2015	join United States Premier Hockey League as Motor City Hawks 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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