The New England Wolves are a Tier III junior

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team playing in the Eastern Hockey League (EHL). The team plays their home games at the Merrill Fay Arena, located in

Laconia, New Hampshire Laconia ( ) is a city in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 16,871 at the 2020 census, up from 15,951 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Belknap County. Laconia, situated between Lake Winnipesaukee and ...

. The organization also fields a developmental Tier III team (former Tier III Junior B) in the EHL Premier Division and many youth programs.

History

The Laconia Leafs played in

in the Tier III Junior A

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(AJHL) from 2005 to 2013 when Tier III junior hockey leagues underwent a reorganization. In August 2013, they announced their re-branding to New Hampshire Lakers as part of the also re-branded AJHL in the Eastern Hockey League (EHL). However, they did not field a team for 2013–14 season. The franchise was re-located to

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and became the New England Wolves in the 2014–15 season of the EHL. In 2015, the EHL added a lower division and the current teams were all placed in the EHL-Premier Division. In 2016, the EHL-Premier Wolves returned to Laconia, joining their EHL-19U Elite Division team at Merrill Fay Arena. In 2017, the league re-branded, dropping the Premier name from their top division and renamed the Elite Division to Premier. Prior to and during their membership in the AJHL, the Leafs had fielded a Tier III Junior B team in the

Metropolitan Junior Hockey League The Metropolitan Junior Hockey League was an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with teams throughout the eastern United States. The MJHL was part of the Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League organization. Founded in 1966 by New York Range ...

. In 2015, EHL created an Elite Division and many of the EHL organizations moved their developmental Tier III teams from the MetJHL to the new EHL-Elite including the Wolves.

Season-by-season records

Alumni

The Leafs/Wolves have produced several players that have moved on to higher levels of

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Division I,

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and

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programs.

References

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