Minnesota Moose (USPHL)

The Minnesota Moose are a Tier III Jr. A ice hockey playing in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL-Elite). The team plays their home games at the 1,200-seat Fogerty Arena located in Blaine, Minnesota.
Founded in 2003 as the Twin Bridges (later St. Louis) Lightning, the franchise was sold and relocacted to Maple Grove in 2005 to form the Minnesota Wildcats. In 2008 the Wildcats were sold and became the Maple Grove Energy. During the 2015 off-season the Energy re-located to Blaine, Mn and changed their name accordingly.
Prior to the 2015-16 season the Energy and it's prior entities were members of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. At the conclusion of the 2014-15 season all but 2 members of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League joined in with the Midwest Junior Hockey League to become the Mid-west division of the USPHL. After one season, the USPHL-Midwest was split into the Elite and USP3 Divisions with the Energy added to the Elite Division for 2016–17.
The team appears to have folded and been replaced by the Minnesota Moose for the 2017-18 season as the Moose team website mentions the new head coach/general manager being the first in team history, the USPHL website makes no mention of the change and still list the team as being the Blaine Energy. The team also joined the Premier Division of the USPHL when the league was reorganized with the formation of the National Collegiate Development Conference.
==Season-by-season==
Season 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Result 	Playoffs result 	
Twin Bridges Lightning	Twin Bridges Lightning	Twin Bridges Lightning	Twin Bridges Lightning	Twin Bridges Lightning	Twin Bridges Lightning	Twin Bridges Lightning	Twin Bridges Lightning	Twin Bridges Lightning 	Twin Bridges Lightning 	Twin Bridges Lightning
2004-05 	11 	34 	2 	1 	133 	252 	25 	7th, MNJHL 	 	
Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats 	Minnesota Wildcats
2005-06 	13 	30 	4 	1 	155 	225 	31 	6th,MNJHL 	 	
2006-07 	6 	29 	2 	3 	148 	268 	17 	5th, MNJHL 	 	
2007-08 	6 	39 	2 	1 	110 	319 	15 	9th, MNJHL 	 	
2008-09 	10 	36 	- 	2 	184 	364 	22 	9th, MNJHL 	DNQ 	
2009-10 	4 	44 	- 	2 	81 	388 	10 	9th, MNJHL 	DNQ 	
2010-11 	6 	38 	- 	1 	121 	255 	13 	8th, MNJHL 	DNQ 	
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Standing 	Playoffs 	
Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy 	Maple Grove Energy
2011–12 	48 	1 	44 	3 	13 	114 	384 	8th, MnJHL 	Did not qualify 	
2012–13 	50 	25 	22 	3 	53 	191 	207 	4th, MnJHL-MN 	Lost Division Quarterfinals, 1-2 vs. Steele County Blades 	
2013–14 	46 	31 	13 	2 	64 	179 	222 	2nd, MnJHL-MN 	Won Division Quarterfinals, 2-0 vs. Edina LakersLost Division Semifinals, 0-2 vs. Hudson Crusaders	
2014–15 	42 	16 	24 	2 	34 	187 	246 	6th of 8, Minn. Div.10th of 14, MnJHL 	Lost Division Quarterfinals, 0-2 vs. Hudson Crusaders 	
Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy 	Blaine Energy
2015–16 	48 	8 	38 	2 	18 	99 	303 	9th of 9, West Conf.16th of 17, USPHL Midwest 	Did not qualify 	
2016–17 	44 	5 	37 	2 	12 	67 	319 	7th of 8, Midwestern Div.24th of 27, USPHL Midwest	L, Div Quarterfinals 0-2 (forfeit seires) vs Dells Ducks 	
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Standing 	Playoffs 	
Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose 	Minnesota Moose
2017–18 	44 	37 	5 	2 	76 	236 	94 	1st, Midwest-West 	Lost Semifinals 2-5 vs Charlotte Rush 	
2018–19 	44 	32 	12 	0 	64 	205 	44 	T-1st, Midwest-West 	Lost National Semifinals 	
2019–20 	44 	29 	12 	3 	61 	202 	122 	3rd, Midwest-West 	Playoffs cancelled after team reaches nationals 	
2020-21 	44 	37 	6 	1 	75 	254 	104 	2nd, Midwest-West 	Eliminated in National Quaterfinals 	
2021-22 	44 	23 	17 	4 	50 	183 	133 	4th, Midwest-West 	Lost Division Semifinals 	
2022-23 	44 	28 	15 	1 	57 	186 	135 	3rd Midwest-West 	Eliminated in national seeding round 	
2023-24 	44 	23 	18 	1 	2 	49 	143 	118 	5th Midwest 	Lost Division Semifinals
==Alumni==
The franchise has produced a number of alumni playing in higher levels of junior hockey, NCAA Division III, and ACHA college programs.
==References==
==External links==
*Blaine Energy website
*USPHL website
Category:Established in 2003
Category:Minnesota Junior Hockey League team
Category:USPHL teams