Valley Jr. Warriors

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Valley Jr. Warriors
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CityHaverhill, Massachusetts
LeagueEastern Hockey League
DivisionEast
Founded1996
Home arena
ColorsNavy blue, golden yellow, and white
     
General managerRyan McGrath
Head coachRyan McGrath
Franchise history
1996–presentValley Jr. Warriors

The Valley Jr. Warriors are an American Tier III junior ice hockey organization playing in Haverhill, Massachusetts. They have two Tier III teams that play in the Eastern Hockey League (EHL) and the EHL Premier. The organization also fields a number of youth hockey teams at the Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt other various levels. The youth hockey teams compete in the Elite 9 Hockey League and the Mass State Select League. The teams play home games at the Haverhill Valley Forum in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

History[]

The Jr. Warriors were founded in 1996 in the Tier III Junior A Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) until 2013 when Tier III junior hockey leagues underwent a reorganization that led to the dissolution of the EJHL and the Jr. Warriors to join the Atlantic Junior Hockey League. The AJHL then rebranded that season and became the Eastern Hockey League (EHL).

When the Jr. Warriors played in the EJHL, the organization also fielded a Junior B team of the same name in the Empire Junior Hockey League (EmJHL). In 2011, USA Hockey dropped the Junior A and B designations from Tier III hockey but the EmJHL continued to provide an organizational development team for their EJHL team, so the team is still referred to as Junior B. After the 2013 league reorganization, the EmJHL joined the United States Premier Hockey League and the Jr. Warriors B team joined the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (MetJHL).

In 2015, the EHL added an Elite Division and the teams that were already playing in the EHL were separated into a Premier Division. The Jr. Warriors switched their Junior B team from the MetJHL to the new EHL-Elite.

In 2017, the league re-branded, dropping the Premier name from their top division and renamed the Elite Division to Premier.

The Warriors have been coached by distinguished hockey players including Stephen Leach, Bob Sweeney, and Bob Carpenter.[1]

Season-by-season records[]

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Regular Season Finish Playoffs
Eastern Junior Hockey League
1996–97 No information EJHL
1997–98 37 20 14 3 — 43 177 141 5th of 8, EJHL
1998–99 37 14 22 1 — 29 158 176 6th of 8, EJHL
1999–00 39 21 16 2 — 44 187 167 6th of 11, EJHL
2000–01 No information 6th of 12, EJHL Won Quarterfinal game, 5–3 vs. New York Apple Core[2]
Lost Semifinal game, 3–4 vs. Walpole Stars[3]
2001–02 38 20 15 1 2 43 164 158 3rd of 6, North
6th of 12, EJHL		 Lost Quarterfinal game, 2–5 vs. New England Jr. Coyotes[4]
2002–03 38 5 27 2 4 16 77 180 6th of 6, North
12th of 12, EJHL		 Did not qualify
2003–04 38 5 29 1 3 14 91 203 5th of 6, North
11th of 12, EJHL		 Did not qualify
2004–05 54 31 17 3 3 68 178 163 3rd of 6, North
3rd of 13, EJHL		 Won Quarterfinals, 1–1 vs. New York Apple Core
Lost Semifinal game, 3–7 vs. New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
2005–06 45 22 16 5 2 51 164 164 4th of 7, North
T-4th of 14, EJHL		 Lost Quarterfinals, 0–2 vs. New England Jr. Falcons
2006–07 45 20 19 5 1 46 154 188 4th of 7, North
7th of 14, EJHL		 Lost Quarterfinals, 1–1 vs. Bay State Breakers
2007–08 46 18 23 3 2 41 138 147 4th of 7, North
9th of 14, EJHL		 Lost Play-in game, 5–7 vs. New England Jr. Huskies
2008–09 45 12 25 3 5 32 140 187 6th of 7, North
12th of 14, EJHL		 Did not qualify
2009–10 45 17 24 4 0 38 143 185 5th of 7, North
9th of 14, EJHL		 Did not qualify
2010–11 45 17 24 2 2 38 153 178 3rd of 7, North
7th of 14, EJHL		 Won Round One, 2–0 vs. Philadelphia Revolution
Lost Quarterfinals, 0–2 vs. New Hampshire Junior Monarchs
2011–12 45 27 16 0 2 56 160 119 3rd of 7, North
5th of 14, EJHL		 Won Round One, 1–0–1 vs. New York Apple Core
Lost Quarterfinals, 0–2 vs. Jersey Hitmen
2012–13 45 29 15 — 1 59 157 117 3rd of 7, North
4th of 14, EJHL		 Lost Quarterfinals vs. Islanders Hockey Club
Eastern Hockey League
Season GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA Regular Season Finish Playoffs
2013–14 44 16 20 3 5 40 121 146 5th of 5, North
14th of 17, EHL		 Won Round One, 2–1 vs. Connecticut Oilers
Lost Quarterfinals, 0–2 vs. New Hampshire Junior Monarchs
2014–15 44 16 27 0 1 33 105 141 5th of 5, Boston
16th of 19, EHL		 Lost Round One, 0–2 vs. Philadelphia Little Flyers
2015–16 41 18 21 — 2 38 109 133 6th of 9, North Conf.
13th of 18, EHL-Premier		 Lost First Round, 1–2 vs. Northern Cyclones
2016–17 48 32 13 — 3 67 178 127 1st of 5, Boston Div.
2nd of 9, North Conf.
4th of 17, EHL-Premier		 Lost First Round, 1–2 vs.
2017–18 50 15 31 — 4 34 131 191 4th of 4, New England
7th of 8, North Conf.
13th of 16, EHL		 Did not qualify
2018–19 44 16 21 — 7 39 146 202 4th of 5, North Div.
8th of 10, New England Conf.
13th of 18, EHL		 Did not qualify
2019–20 46 13 31 — 2 28 123 186 10th of 11, New England Conf.
17th of 19, EHL		 Did not qualify
2020–21 38 10 26 — 2 22 105 151 7th of 7, Central Div.
17th of 17, EHL		 Lost First Round, 0–2 vs. Walpole Express

References[]

  1. ^ Zhe, Mike (21 February 2011). "Pinkerton freshman Dudek excelling — just like dad". New England Hockey Journal. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  2. ^ "EJHL Playoffs".
  3. ^ "EJHL Semis '01".
  4. ^ "| Amateur Hockey News | March 28, 2002".

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