USPHL Midwest Division

The United States Premier Hockey League Midwest Division (USPHL-Midwest) was an American junior ice hockey league. Founded in 2014, the USPHL-Midwest has grown to 22 organizations from across the mid-western section of the United States. The league was disbanded on April 28, 2016 when the teams were moved to the USPHL Elite Division and the United States Premier 3 Hockey League (USP3HL). The 17 active teams from the 2016-17 season plus the returning Ironwood Yoopers who sat out the 2015-16 season due to a lack of players.
==History==
The USPHL announced on December 18, 2014 the formation of a Mid-West Division to begin in the 2015-16 season by adding several teams from the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. By the end of the season, the Mid-West Division would add all but one active MnJHL team causing the MnJHL to disband for the following season. On March 10, 2014, the USPHL also added the entire Midwest Junior Hockey League to its new MidWest Division for the 2015-16 season. USPHL Mid-West will mark the fourth Tier III division under the USPHL umbrella.
The Wooster Oilers later withdrew from the league before playing after the organization also obtained a North American 3 Hockey League franchise when the organization purchased and relocated the Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks organization during the 2015 off-season.
==Member Teams==
The USPHL-Midwest had 17 teams located in the Midwestern US spanning from Michigan to Minnesota. Due to losing several teams the league went with 2 conferences after originally planning on two divisions in each conference
Western Conference 	Western Conference 	Western Conference 	Western Conference
Team 	Location 	Arena(s) 	Comments
Blaine Energy 	Blaine, MN 	Fogerty Arena 	former Maple Grove Energy Franchise; join USPHL Elite Division
Chicago Cougars 	West Dundee, Illinois 	Leafs Centre and Sears Centre 	originally known as Crystal Lake Rampage in MJHL
; join USPHL Elite Division
Decatur Blaze 	Decatur, Illinois 	Decatur Civic Center 	formerly Bloomington Blaze; join USP3HL
Dells Ducks 	Lake Delton, Wisconsin 	Poppy Waterman Ice Arena 	join USPHL Elite Division
Forest Lake Lakers 	Forest Lake, Minnesota 	Forest Lake Sports Center 	join USPHL Elite Division
Illiana Blackbirds 	Dyer, Indiana 	Mid-West Training and Ice Center 	join USPHL Elite Division
SCV Magicians 	Hudson, Wisconsin 	Hudson Civic Center 	formerly Hudson Crusaders and briefly Hudson Magicians; join USPHL Elite Division
Steele County Blades 	Owatonna, MN 	Four Seasons Arena 	join USPHL Elite Division
Wisconsin Rapids RiverKings 	Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 	South Wood County Rec Center 	join USPHL Elite Division
Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference
Alpena Flyers 	Alpena, Michigan 	Northern Lights Arena 	join USP3HL
Detroit Fighting Irish 	Brownstown Township, Michigan 	Ice Box Sports Center 	formerly Tennyson Chevrolet; join USPHL Elite Division
Kalkaska Rhinos 	Kalkaska, Michigan 	The Kaliseum 	join after withdrew from Canadian International Hockey League; join USP3HL
Marquette Royales 	Marquette, Michigan 	Lakeview Arena 	join USP3HL
Michigan Wild 	Farmington Hills, Michigan 	Farmington Hills Ice Arena 	known as Michigan Ice Dogs prior to 2015; join USP3HL
Motor City Hawks 	Fraser, Michigan 	Fraser Hockeyland 	formerly known as MC Monarchs in MWJHL; join USP3HL
Traverse City Hounds 	Traverse City, Michigan 	Centre Ice Arena 	join USP3HL
Tri-City Ice Hawks 	Bay City, Michigan 	Bay County Civic Arena 	join USP3HL
Announced teams that later withdrew	Announced teams that later withdrew	Announced teams that later withdrew	Announced teams that later withdrew
Indiana Attack 	Fort Wayne, IN 	Lutheran Health Sports Center 	suspended operations September 10, 2015
Ironwood Fighting Yoopers 	Ironwood, Michigan 	Pat O'Donnell Center 	announced team was going inactive for 2015-16 season on August 17, 2015; return and join USP3HL for 2016-17 season
Minnesota Owls 	Isanti, Minnesota 	David Johnson Civic Arena 	suspend opereratons August 25, 2015 intend to return for 2016-17
St. Louis Storm 	St. Louis, Missouri 	FSI Shark Tank Arena 	formerly St. Louis Frontenacs; suspended operations August 21, 2015
Soo Firehawks 	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 	Big Bear Arena 	Suspended operations August 20, 2015
Wooster Oilers 	Wooster, Ohio 	Alice Noble Ice Arena 	later withdrew as organization already had a team in NA3HL
==Champions==
Year 	Mid-West Division
2015–16	Dells Ducks
==References==
==External links==
*Official USPHL website
*Official USA Hockey website
Category:Established in 2014
Category:Disestablished in 2016
Category:United States Premier Hockey League