Rockets Hockey Club
Ice hockey team in Bridgewater, New Jersey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rockets Hockey Club, or New Jersey Rockets, are a junior ice hockey organization from Bridgewater, New Jersey. They play in the National Collegiate Development Conference, Premier Division, and Elite Division of the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) at the Prudential Center, also home to the New Jersey Devils of the NHL.[1] The organization's top Junior team played in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League (AJHL) from 2004[2] until it became the Eastern Hockey League (EHL) in 2013. In 2017, the Rockets' organization joined the USPHL. The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope to earn a spot on higher levels of junior hockey in the United States and Canada, Canadian major junior, collegiate, and eventually professional teams.
Rockets Hockey Club | |
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City | Bridgewater, New Jersey |
League | United States Premier Hockey League |
Founded | 1970 |
Home arena | Bridgewater Sports Arena |
Colors | Silver and black |
Owner(s) | Rockets Sports Group |
Franchise history | |
1970–2019 | New Jersey Rockets |
2019–present | Rockets Hockey Club |
The organization previously fielded a team at the Tier III former Junior B level in the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (MJHL) and in the EHL-Elite Division. The organization also fields a women's team in the New England Women's Junior Hockey League (NEWJHL), and youth hockey select teams at the Midget U18, Midget 16U, Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt and Mite levels and girls teams at the U14, U16, and U19 levels.[3]