The Palm Beach Hawks were an Tier III junior

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team located in

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. The organization fielded two Tier III teams with the primary belonging to the

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's Premier Division.

History

Established in 2006 as the Palm Beach Predators, the organization was renamed as the Hawks in 2009. The organization were members of the Southeast Junior Hockey League (which became the EJHL South in 2011) from 2006 until 2011. A second team was formed for the 2009–10 season which competed 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 ...

and then the

Empire Junior Hockey League The Empire Junior Hockey League (EmJHL) was a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey league. The league was classified as Tier III Junior B until the 2011–12 season when USA Hockey combined the Tier III Junior A and Junior B classifi ...

from 2011 to 2013. In 2013, many American junior hockey leagues reorganized and both teams joined the

in the Elite and Empire Divisions, respectively. In 2015, the Empire Division was rebranded to the USP3. In 2017, the USP3 was disbanded, the USPHL added a higher division, and the Hawks' teams were promoted to the Premier and Elite Divisions. The junior-level Hawks in both the USPHL Premier and Elite were removed from the schedule early in the 2018–19 season.

Season by Season

References

External links

Palm Beach Jr. HawksPalm Beach Hawks Youth HockeyPalm Beach SkateZone
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