United Junior Hockey League

The United Junior Hockey League was an independent Junior "A" ice hockey league. The 2009-10 season was scheduled to start in early September and end in late March, with showcase tournaments to be held in addition to the league's playoffs.Enforcers join United Junior Hockey League The league was based in Wilmington, Delaware with Elmira Jackals pro scout Jimi Simmons as President.
==League History==
The league was created in 2008 when three teams – the Penn Enforcers, Philadelphia Thunder, and Wooster Oilers transferred from the America East Hockey League to form the UJHL along with the additional expansion team - Findlay Grrrowl. The Jamestown Jets were added. In August 2008, after the America East Hockey League went dark for the 2008-2009 season, the UJHL accepted four Canadian teams that were to be new members of the AEHL into the UJHL. A new Division was created for the teams, made up of prep schools and small colleges that field Junior teams from Quebec, Canada.
In February 2009, the entire North Division left the UJHL. The reason given by the league was lack of finances.http://www.theujhl.com/ Soon after, the four North Division teams played their own playoffs, won by the Harrington College Icebergs over Team Ulysse 2-games-to-1. In March 2009, Barry Soskin, owner of the Penn, Jamestown, and Findlay franchises decided to pull his teams from the UJHL, before briefly agreeing to return in order to finish the playoffs.http://www.theujhl.com/ The remaining first UJHL playoff champion, without competition from their North Division, was the Findlay Grrrowl who beat the Jamestown Jets 2-games-to-1 to win in the final.
Soskin's franchises eventually did split off to form the Northern Junior Hockey League in 2009. The NJHL also claims membership of the Adirondack, Philadelphia, Troy, and Wooster teams, in addition to the Jamestown and Findlay teams, and Team Ulysse, which joined as well.
The league merged completely with the NJHL.
==Teams==
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Team 	Location 	Arena 	Tenure 	Fate 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Findlay Grrrowl 	Findlay, Ohio 	Cube Ice Arena 	2008-2009	join Northern Junior Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Harrington College Icebergs	Harrington, Quebec 	Arena Kevin Lowe & Pierre Page 	2008-2009	join Laurentides-Lanaudiere Junior AA Hockey League for 2010-11 season 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jamestown Jets 	Jamestown, New York 	Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena	2008-2009	join Northern Junior Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Penn Enforcers 	Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 	Iceoplex at Southpointe 	2008-2009	join Northern Junior Hockey League as Pittsburgh Cougars but don't play	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Philadelphia Thunder 	Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 	The Rink Ice Arena 	2008-2009	join Northern Junior Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Saint Lawrence Lions 	Quebec City, Quebec 	Actival Arena 	2008-2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team Ulysse 	St-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Quebec	Complexe JC Perreault 	2008-2009	join Northern Junior Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Draveurs de Trois-Rivières 	Trois Rivieres, Quebec 	Colisée de Trois-Rivières 	2008-2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wooster Oilers 	Wooster, Ohio 	Alice Noble Ice Arena 	2008-2009	join Northern Junior Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Champions==
South
* 2009 Findlay Grrrowl
North
* 2009 Harrington College Icebergs
==Seasons==
*2008-09 UJHL Season
==References==
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Category:United Junior Hockey League