2013-14 USPHL-Elite Season

This is the 2013-14 United States Premier Hockey League-Elite Season.  This was the league's first season.  Eighteen team played this season. The Southern Division teams played a forty game schedule while the Northern Division teams appear to have been scheduled for a forty-five game season, but the schedule was decimated by lousy weather and many of the games that were cancelled were not rescheduled.
==Standings==
 Northern Conference
 Team GP W L OL SL P Pct. GF GA
 Rochester Jr. Americans 42 36 4 1 1 74 .881 217 80
 Springfield Pics 40 32 6 2 0 66 .825 212 92 
 Bay State Breakers 43 30 11 2 0 62 .721 143 110
 Junior Bruins 42 30 12 0 0 60 .714 177 112
 Jersey Hitmen 42 25 13 0 4 54 .643 143 118
 Syracuse Stars 42 18 21 1 2 39 .464 115 153
 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 42 16 22 1 3 36 .429 117 173
 Portland Jr. Pirates 43 16 25 0 2 34 .395 136 182
 South Shore Kings 43 11 28 0 4 26 .302 120 192
 Islanders Hockey Club 43 6 35 2 0 14 .163 92 210
 
 
 Southern Conference
 Team GP W L OL SL P Pct. GF GA
 Florida Eels 40 27 10 1 2 57 .713 137 105
 Palm Beach Hawks 40 24 9 3 4 55 .688 167 124
 Hampton Roads Whalers 40 25 14 1 0 51 .638 168 104
 East Coast Eagles 40 19 18 2 1 41 .513 140 132
 Potomac Patriots 40 19 18 0 3 41 .513 127 145
 Tampa Bay Juniors 40 18 17 1 4 41 .513 145 151
 Atlanta Jr. Knights 40 15 21 2 2 34 .425 135 174
 Junior Hurricanes 40 4 34 1 1 10 .125 71 205
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The Top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs.  The conference quarterfinals and semifinals were best of three.  The four remaining teams participated in a round-robin with the top two teams from the round robin advancing to a single game league championship.  The playoff champion advanced to the 2014 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.
===First Round===
*Jersey Hitmen defeated Junior Bruins two games to none, 3-1,  2-1
*Sprigfield Pics defeated New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 2 games to none, 10-0, 11-2
*Florida Eels defeated Junior Hurricanes 2 games to none,  7-2, 5-1
*Hampton Roads Warriors defeated Atlanta Jr. Knights one game to none with one tie, 12-2, 6-6 (ot)
*Rochster Junior Americans defeated Portland Jr. Pirates two games to none , 5-1, 3-2
*Bay State Breakers defeated Syracuse Stars 2 games to 1, 1-0, 2-4, 1-0 (ot)
*Tampa Bay Juniors defeated Palm Beach Hawks 2 games to 1, 1-0, 7-5
*East Coast Eagles defeatd Potomac Patriots 2 games to none, 4-1, 4-3
===Quarterfinals===
*Jersey Hitmen defeated Rochester Jr. Americans 2 games to 1, 1-0, 1-5, 2-0
*Springfield Pics defeated Bay State Breakers 2 games to none, 3-0, 6-1
*Florida Eels defeated Tampa Bay Juniors two games to 1, 4-3 (ot), 0-2, 2-0
*Hampton Roads Warriors defeated East Coast Eagles 2 games to 1, 2-7, 3-2 (ot), 1-0
===Semifinal Round Robin===
*Springfield Pics defeated Hampton Roads Whalers, 5-0
*Jersey Hitmen tied Florida Eels, 1-1 (ot)
*Springfield Pics defeated Jersey Hitmen, 4-4 (ot)
*Florida Eels defeated Hampton Roads Whalers, 7-4
*Jersey Hitmen defeated Hampton Roads Whalers, 3-2
*Springfield Pics defeated Florida Eels, 5-0
===Round Robin Standings===
 Team GP W L T GF GA P
 *-Springfield Pics 3 2 0 1 14 4 5
 *-Jersey Hitmen 3 1 0 2 8 7 4
 Florida Eels 3 1 1 1 8 10 3
 Hampton Road Whalers 3 0 3 0 7 14 0
 
 *-advance to finals
===Final===
*Springfield Pics defeated Jersey Hitmen 3 to 2 in overtime
The Springfield Pics advanced to the 2014 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.
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