2024-25 USPHL-Premier season

This is the 2024-25 United States Premier Hockey League Premier League season.
==Membership Changes==
*On December 5, 2023 the Richmond Generals announced they were suspending their junior hockey operations in both the USPHL Premier and Elite Leagues for the remainer of the 2023-24 season.https://www.usphlpremier.com/richmond-generals-suspend-2023-24-operations The organization does not return in 2024-25 to any of the USPHL leagues
*On January 25, 2024 the USPHL announced the addition of the Red Bank, New Jersey based Red Bank Generals to the Premier league for the 2024-25 season. The team has previously operated teams in the Tier I Elite Hockey League and is starting to offer junior level programs. The team will be based out of the Red Bank Armory.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/usphl-premier-welcomes-red-bank-generals-in-2024-25-season/https://www.usphlpremier.com/red-bank-generals-2024-25
*On February 12, 2024 the USPHL announced the addition of five teams located in Ontario and Quebec and that it would establish a Canadian Division consisting of the Gatineau based Universel College Unik, which already joined the league for the 2023-24 season, and now with the subsequent addition of the Montreal BlackVees, Hawkesbury Knights, Terrebonne based Somang Laurentides Lanaudiere HC, and Kingston Wranglers.
*On March 14, 2024 the league announced the addition of the Ventura Vikings to the Pacific Division for the 2024-25 season. The team will be based out of the Iceoplex Simi Valley in Simi Valley, California.https://www.usphlpremier.com/ventura-vikings-2024-25
*On March 21, 2024 the United States Premier Hockey League announced the addition of the West Chester Wolves to the National Collegiate Development Conference and United States Premier Hockey League's Premier league for the 2024-25 season. The teams will be based out of the recently renovated PNY Sports Arena in West Chester, Pennsylvania.https://www.ncdchockey.com/west-chester-wolves-2024-25
*On April 2, 2024 the Long Beach Shredders announced that they were renaming the team the Long Beach Bombers after a previous junior team that had used the name previously in the Western States Hockey League.https://www.usphlpremier.com/long-beach-bombers-2024-25
==Additional 2024-25 changes==
As part of an April 22, 2024 announcement the league announced the following changes for 2024-25.
*The Buffalo Jr. Stampede were sold and will be relocated to the Griff's Icehouse West in Holland, Michigan and will be renamed the Fresh Coast Freeze.
*The Las Vegas Thunderbirds relocate their home games to the America First Center in Henderson, Nevada and will be renamed the Henderson Force.
*The Battle Creek Kernels will be moved from the Midwest East Division to the Great Lakes Division.
*The Casper Roughnecks franchise was being relocated to the KJ's Ice Barn in Enoch, Utah and will be renamed the Iron County Yeti after originally being planned to be named the Southern Utah Yeti.
The Twin City Thunder (being renamed the Thunder Hockey Club after a relocation to Exeter, New Hampshire (New England Division), West Chester Wolves (Atlantic Division), and the Mercer Chiefs (Atlantic Division) will be adding teams to the Premier league in addition to their NCDC teams.
*The Bremerton Sockeyes will be added to the league. The team will be based out of the Bremerton Ice Center in Bremerton, Washington. The team will be added to the Northwest Division.
*The Colorado Fighting Elk will be added to the league. The team will be based out of the Moffat County Ice Arena in Craig, Colorado. The team will be added to the Northwest Division.
*The Columbia Infantry were sold to new owners in the area and will not relocate. The team was also shifted from the Florida Division to the Southeast Division for the 2024-25 season. The league would announce on August 18, 2024 that none of the organization's teams will be playing for the 2024-25 season.https://www.usphlpremier.com/columbia-infantry-will-not-field-teams-2024-25
*On April 25, 2024 the league announced the West Chester Wolves purchased the Atlanta Mad Hatters and would be adding a second team to the premier league for the 2024-25 season.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/usphl-announces-sale-of-ncdc-provo-predators-relocating-to-casper-wyoming/
*On May 31, 2024 the league announced the relocation of the Minnesota Moose to the Spooner Civic Center in Spooner, Wisconsin and that they were being rebranded as the Northwest Express.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/usphl-announces-relocation-of-minnesota-moose-to-spooner-wisconsin-as-the-northwest-express/
*On June 19, 2024 the United States Premier Hockey League announced that the Boston Jr. Rangers and the Railers Jr. Hockey Club will both be joining the USPHL's NCDC and Premier leagues along with icing a combined team in the Elite league as the two teams have shared ownership in AXE Sports Group, Inc. Both organizations had been playing in the Eastern Hockey League. https://www.usphlpremier.com/boston-jr-rangers-railers-junior-hockey-club-join-usphl
*On August 22, 2024 the Nashville Spartans annouced that they were relocating to the F & M Bank Arena in Clarksville, Tennessee and would be renamed the Red River Spartans.https://www.facebook.com/JuniorHockeyNews/posts/pfbid02zmm6PGHSFBt99BMPJzXgHt7f6CwMeCtFEeGV6JHEheCaUmabDdwACPFP13LJbiT3l
*On October 14, 2024 the USPHL announced the addition of the New Jersey Renegades to the USPHL's Premier League for the 2025-26 season.https://www.usphlpremier.com/nj-renegades-to-join-premier-2025-26
==Teams==
New England Division 	New England Division 	New England Division
Team 	Location 	Arena
Boston Jr. Bruins 	Marlborough, Massachusetts 	New England Sports Center
Boston Jr. Rangers 	Tewksbury, Massachusetts 	Breakaway Ice Center
Islanders Hockey Club 	Tyngsborough, Massachusetts 	Skate 3
Northern Cyclones 	Hudson, New Hampshire 	Cyclones Arena
Railers Jr. Hockey Club 	Worcester, Massachusetts 	Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center
South Shore Kings 	Foxboro, Massachusetts 	Foxboro Sports Center
Springfield Pics 	West Springfield, Massachusetts 	Olympia Ice Center
Thunder Hockey Club 	Exeter, New Hampshire 	Rinks at Exeter
Utica Jr. Comets 	Utica, New York 	Adirondack Bank Center at Utica Memorial Auditorium/Nexus Center
Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division
Brooklyn Jr. Aviators 	Brooklyn, New York 	Aviator Sports and Events Center
Connecticut Jr Rangers 	Stamford, Connecticut 	Chelsea Piers
Elmira Impact 	Elmira, New York 	First Arena
Hershey Cubs 	Hershey, Pennsylvania 	Hersheypark Arena
Jersey Hitmen 	Wayne, New Jersey 	Capital One Bank Ice Vault Arena
Mercer Chiefs 	Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey	Ice-Land Skating Center
P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 	Hauppauge, New York 	The Rinx-Hidden Pond Park
Red Bank Generals 	Red Bank, New Jersey 	Red Bank Armory
Rockets Hockey Club 	Bridgewater, New Jersey 	Bridgewater Sports Arena
West Chester Wolves 	West Chester, Pennsylvania 	PNY Sports Arena
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 	Pittston, Pennsylvania 	Revolution Ice Centre
Southeast Division 	Southeast Division 	Southeast Division
Carolina Jr. Hurricanes 	Wake Forest, North Carolina 	Polar Ice House
Charlotte Rush 	Indian Trail, North Carolina 	Extreme Ice Center
Hampton Roads Whalers 	Chesapeake, Virginia 	Chilled Ponds Ice Sports Complex
Potomac Patriots 	Woodbridge, Virginia 	Prince William Ice Center
Florida Division 	Florida Division 	Florida Division
Atlanta Mad Hatters 	Marietta, Georgia 	Marrietta Ice Center
Bold City Battalion 	Jacksonville, Florida 	Community First Igloo
Florida Eels 	Fort Myers, Florida 	Fort Myers Skatium
Florida Jr. Blades 	Estero, Florida 	Germain Arena
Palm Beach Typhoon 	Palm Beach, Florida 	Palm Beach Skate Zone
Tampa Bay Juniors 	Ellenton, Florida 	Ellenton Ice
Great Lakes Division 	Great Lakes Division 	Great Lakes Division
Battle Creek Kernels 	Battle Creek, Michigan 	The Rink Ice Arena
Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones 	Cincinnati, Ohio 	Heritage Bank Center
Columbus Mavericks 	Lewis Center, Ohio 	OhioHealth Chiller North
Fresh Coast Freeze 	Holland, Michigan 	Griff's Icehouse West
Metro Jets 	Mount Clemens, Michigan 	Mount Clemens Ice Arena
Red River Spartans 	Clarksville, Tennessee 	F & M Bank Arena
Toledo Cherokee 	Toledo, Ohio 	Team Toledo Ice House
Midwest Division 	Midwest Division 	Midwest Division
Chicago Cougars 	Chicago, Illinois 	Fifth Third Arena
Chicago Crush 	Addison, Illinois 	Addison Ice Arena
Decatur Blaze 	Decatur, Illinois 	Decatur Civic Center
Fort Wayne Spacemen 	Fort Wayne, Indiana 	SportONE/Parkview Icehouse
Metro Jets Development Program 	[[Mount Clemens, Michigan 	Mount Clemens Ice Arena
Motor City Gamblers 	Fraser, Michigan 	Big Boy Arena
North Division 	North Division 	North Division
Dells Ducks 	Lake Delton, Wisconsin 	Poppy Waterman Ice Arena
Hudson Havoc 	Hudson, Wisconsin 	Hudson Sports & Civic Center
Isanti Outlaws 	Isanti, Minnesota 	David C. Johnson Arena
Minnesota Blue Ox 	Coon Rapids, Minnesota 	Coon Rapids Ice Center
Minnesota Mullets 	Forest Lake, Minnesota 	Forest Lake Sports Center (Lichtscheidl Arena)
Minnesota Squatch 	Elk River, Minnesota 	Furniture-and-Things Community Event Center
Northwest Express 	Spooner, Wisconsin 	Spooner Civic Center
Steele County Blades 	Owatonna, Minnesota 	Four Seasons Arena
Wisconsin Rapids RiverKings 	Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 	South Wood County Rec Center
Pacific Division 	Pacific Division 	Pacific Division
Bakersfield Roughnecks 	Bakersfield, California 	Valley Children’s Ice Center
Fresno Monsters 	Fresno, California 	Gateway Ice Center
Lake Tahoe Lakers 	South Lake Tahoe, California 	South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena
Henderson Force 	Henderson, Nevada 	America First Center
Long Beach Bombers 	Lakewood, California 	Lakewood Ice
Ontario Jr. Reign 	Ontario, California 	Ontario Ice Skating Center
San Diego Sabers 	Escondido, California 	Iceoplex Escondido
Ventura Vikings 	Simi Valley, California 	Iceoplex Simi Valley
Northwest Division 	Northwest Division 	Northwest Division
Bellingham Blazers 	Bellingham, Washington 	Bellingham Sportsplex
Bremerton Sockeyes 	Bremerton, Washington 	Bremerton Ice Center
Colorado Fighting Elk 	Craig, Colorado 	Moffat County Ice Arena
Iron County Yetis 	Enoch, Utah 	KJ's Ice Barn
Rogue Valley Royals 	Medford, Oregon 	The RRRink
Seattle Totems 	Mountlake Terrace, Washington 	Olympic View Arena
Vernal Oilers 	Vernal, Utah 	Western Park Ice Rink
Canadian Division 	Canadian Division 	Canadian Division
Hawkesbury Knights 	Hawkesbury, Ontario 	Robert Hartley Sport Complex
Kingston Wranglers 	Kingston, Ontario 	INVISTA Centre
Montreal Black Vees (College St-Jean-Vianney)	Montreal, Quebec 	Centre Sportif et Culturel du Collége St-Jean Vianney
Somang Laurentides Lanaudiere HC 	Terrebonne, Quebec 	Aréna de Lachenaie
Universel College Unik 	Gatineau, Quebec 	
Universel College Sherbrooke 	Sherbrooke, Quebec 	Aréna Jane et Eric Molson & Thibeault Sport Complex
==Standings==
To be added upon completion of the regular season
==Playoffs==
To be determined
==References==
Category:2024-25 in ice hockey
Category:USPHL Seasons