- New England Junior Huskies
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New England Junior Huskies 
City Tyngsborough, Massachusetts League Eastern Jr. Hockey League,
Empire Jr Hockey LeagueFounded 1995 Home arena Skate 3[1] Colors Black, White and Gold
Head coach Paul Jenkins (EJHL),
Tim Pelletier (EmJHL)The New England Junior Huskies are an American junior ice hockey organization from Tyngsboro, MA. They field teams in the Tier III Junior A Eastern Junior Hockey League, the Junior B Empire Junior B Hockey League and youth leagues.
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New England Huskies Junior Hockey Club
The New England Huskies Junior Hockey Club is a non-profit 501©3 organization[2] which chartered in 1995 as the Tyngsboro Huskies as a charter member of the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The New England Junior Huskies trace their roots back to 1981 and Fitchburg's "Wallace Wallopers" of the now-defunct New England Junior Hockey League (NEJHL)[3]. The team was re-named the Tyngsboro Huskies in 1993 and re-named again in 2000 to the Lowell Junior Lock Monsters, before adopting their current identity in 2004 [4].
The stated purpose of the program is to provide a vehicle for athletes to develop as hockey players and to use these gifts to further their educational careers. Players are prepared for the long-term future as productive citizens while being constantly reminded to give the game of hockey its due respect for lessons learned.
The team's players are mainly drawn from local towns, but our roster has included players from such outreaches as Alaska, California, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, Canada and numerous European countries. The player alumni list includes professional hockey players as well as professional and corporate businessmen and spans 4 decades (70's, 80's, 90's, 00's).
All Junior Huskies players are required to be in school and/or work, and are required to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) tutorial classes that are provided by the organization.
Junior A Team
The Junior A team competes in the Northern Division of the Eastern Junior Hockey League.
Team Members and Regular Season
The Junior Huskies typically hold tryouts in late April. The Junior Huskies team is usually composed of 12 to 13 forwards, 6 to 7 defensemen, and 2 goalies on the active roster. All players are between the ages of 16 and 20. The season starts the day after Labor Day and playoffs finish during the third week of March each year. The team typically practices 3 to 4 times per week.
The schedule includes 45 EJHL regular season schedule games plus three rounds of playoffs.
Coach
The head coach for the Junior Huskies is Paul Jenkins[5], a 1987 graduate of Colgate University where he served as captain and won the Dan Coley "Barrell" Award as Colgate's top defenseman. Upon graduating, Jenkins signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers and played with their top affiliate in Colorado in the IHL before moving to Holland and playing for two seasons with the Geleen Smoke Eaters in the Dutch First Division. Prior to attending Colgate, Coach Jenkins attended Saint Mark's Preparatory School, where he was an ISL All-League selection in both his junior and senior years. He was also named to the New England Prep All-Star team as a junior and senior, named Hockey Night in Boston All-Scholastic both years, was awarded the Flood Shield as ISL MVP. In addition to coaching the Huskies, Jenkins serves as a New England area scout with Central Scouting Bureau, and is the Founder and Director of Competitive Edge Hockey School. Coach Jenkins was also named EJHL Coach of the Year for 2006-2007.
Season-by-season results
Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs Tygnsboro Huskies 1993-94 - - - - - - - - EJHL 1994-95 - - - - - - - - EJHL 1995-96 - - - - - - - - EJHL 1996-97 - - - - - - - - EJHL 1997-98 - - - - - - - - EJHL 1998-99 37 16 17 4 - 148 178 29 5th EJHL 1999-00 40 19 16 5 - 151 151 43 8th EJHL Lowell Jr. Lock Monsters 2000-01 - EJHL 2001-02 38 11 23 3 1 95 152 26 4th EJHL North 2002-03 38 12 20 5 1 94 133 30 3rd EJHL North 2003-04 38 19 16 2 1 118 116 41 3rd EJHL North New England Jr.Huskies 2004-05 49 20 20 5 4 136 157 49 5th EJHL North 2005-06 45 18 22 4 1 154 157 41 5th EJHL North 2006-07 45 26 13 5 1 192 136 58 3rd EJHL North 2007-08 45 13 26 3 3 150 188 32 5th EJHL North 2008-09 45 19 22 4 0 141 153 42 4th EJHL North Junior B Team
The Junior B team competes in the Eastern Conference of the Empire Jr Hockey League.
Notes and references
External links
Categories:- Ice hockey teams in Massachusetts
- Sports clubs established in 1993
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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