The Philadelphia Little Flyers are a
USA Hockey
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-sanctioned
Tier III junior ice hockey
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team from
Aston, Pennsylvania
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History
Aston was first settled in 1682 as a municipality and was incorporated as a township in 1688 (one of the first ...
. They play in the South Conference of the
Eastern Hockey League (EHL) at the
IceWorks Skating Complex
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
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and
Canada
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, Canadian major junior,
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, and eventually
professional
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teams.
History
The Little Flyers were one of the six charter members for the
Atlantic Junior Hockey League
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(AJHL) in 2003 after previously having
Tier III Junior B teams in the
Metropolitan Junior Hockey League
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. They played in every season of the AJHL until 2013 when Tier III junior hockey leagues were reorganized and the AJHL was re-branded as the
Eastern Hockey League (EHL). In 2015, the EHL added a lower level of Tier III junior hockey for player development called the EHL-Elite Division and all the current EHL members, including the Little Flyers, were added to the EHL-Premier Division. In 2017, the league re-branded again, dropping the Premier name from their top division and renamed the Elite Division to Premier.
The organization also continues to field youth hockey select teams at the Midget 16U, Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt levels. From 2003 to 2015, the Little Flyers fielded a team at the
former Tier III Junior B level in the
Metropolitan Junior Hockey League
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.
Season-by-season records
Alumni
The Little Flyers have produced a number of alumni playing in higher levels of
junior hockey
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,
NCAA
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Division I and
III,
ACHA college
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, and
professional
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programs, including:
* Harry Dumas (
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AHL and
NHL
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Mark Eaton
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Pittsburgh Penguins
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NHL
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Chris Ferraro
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New York Rangers
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Las Vegas Wranglers
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ECHL
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Peter Ferraro
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Las Vegas Wranglers
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ECHL
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Mike Richter
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Johnny Gaudreau
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Calgary Flames
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2011 NHL Entry Draft
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Calgary Flames
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NHL
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References
External links
Official Little Flyers web siteOfficial League Website
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Eastern Hockey League (2013) teams
Amateur ice hockey teams in Pennsylvania
2003 establishments in Pennsylvania
Ice hockey clubs established in 2003
Delaware County, Pennsylvania