High school ice hockey in Delaware

Delaware has 12 high schools with varsity ice hockey teams which participate in interscholastic competition. Unlike most other high school sports in the state, ice hockey is not sanctioned under the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association. The state's main ice hockey league, the Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association, is sanctioned by USA Hockey.

Format

All teams in Delaware play in the Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association, with the exception of Salesianum high school who plays in the AAA league in Pennsylvania's Inter County Scholastic Hockey League. The DSHA is broken down into two championship flights, and three divisions. The top division makes up Flight A while the bottom two divisions make up Flight B. Division 1 plays all their games against teams in the same division and teams from Division 2. Division 2 plays games against teams from their own division and one game against each team from the other divisions. Division 3 plays games against teams from their own division and division 2. The league also holds an annual All-Star game, each team from all three divisions are represented by at least one player.

State Championship

Delaware does not have an official state championship, because they are not officially sanctioned by the DIAA. Starting in the 2006-2007 when the DSHA moved to a two flight system the league has produced two state champions.

Alumni

While no player who has played hockey for a Delaware high school team has played in the NHL, Mark Eaton of the New York Islanders went to Dickinson High School. Also, many players have gone on to play at the college hockey level in the ACHA.

Delaware Ice Hockey Teams

School	Nickname	Colors	League	Class	Division
Alexis I. duPont High School	Tigers	Blue and Yellow	DSHA	Flight A	Division 1
Archmere Academy	Auks	Dark Green and White	DSHA	Flight B	Division 3
Caravel Academy	Buccaneers	Garnet and White	DSHA	Fight A	Division 1
Concord High School	Raiders	Maroon and White	DSHA	Flight B	Division 3
Delaware Military Academy	Seahawks	Blue and Gold	DSHA	Flight B	Division 2
Hodgson Vo-Tech High School	Silver Eagles	Silver and Maroon	DSHA	Flight B	Division 3
Middletown High School	Cavaliers	Blue and White	DSHA	Flight B	Division 2
Newark High School	Yellowjackets	Black, Gold and White	DSHA	Flight A	Division 1
Salesianum	Sals	Gold and White	ICSHL	AAA	N/A
St. Elizabeth High School	Vikings	Maroon, Gold and White	DSHA	Flight B	Division 2
St. Mark's High School	Spartans	Green and White	DSHA	Flight A	Division 1
Tatnall School	Hornets	Black and Gold	DSHA	Flight A	Division 1

References

External links

• Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association
• InterCounty Scholastic Hockey League