The Worcester Jr. Railers Hockey Club are a
Tier II junior ice hockey
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team playing in the National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC) of the
United States Premier Hockey League
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(USPHL). The organization operates several other teams at varying levels of play with two others in the USPHL's Premier and Elite divisions that are also called Worcester Jr. Railers.
History
After the foundation of the
Worcester Railers
The Worcester Railers (also called Worcester Railers HC) are a professional ice hockey team based in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team began play in the 2017–18 ECHL season, and is a member of the North Division of the Eastern Conference of t ...
in 2016,
the club began to sponsor a junior program a few years later. The Worcester Jr. Railers founded a Tier II club in 2019 and began play in the
Eastern Hockey League
The Eastern Hockey League was a minor professional United States ice hockey league.
Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1933–1953)
The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League (EAHL). The league was founded by Tommy Lockhart ...
. The Jr. Railers soon became one of the top teams in the league and won the championship in 2024.
After five years in operation, the Jr. Railers left the EHL and transferred all of their clubs to the
United States Premier Hockey League
The United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) is an American ice hockey league. Founded in 2012, the USPHL has grown to over 60 organizations from across the United States/Canada fielding teams in the National Collegiate Development Conference ...
. The Tier II club joined the National Collegiate Development Conference.
Season-by-season records
References
External links
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Amateur ice hockey teams in Massachusetts
United States Premier Hockey League teams
Ice hockey clubs established in 2019
2019 establishments in Massachusetts