The New Jersey Titans are a Tier II junior

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team in the

North American Hockey League The North American Hockey League (NAHL) is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is in its 50th season of operation in 2024–25. It is the only Tier II junior league sanctioned by USA Hockey, and acts as an alternati ...

. Based in

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, the Titans play home games at the Middletown Ice World.

History

Before the franchise's move to Middletown, the NAHL franchise played from 2005 to 2012 in

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, as the

Traverse City North Stars The Traverse City North Stars were a Tier II junior hockey, Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League, North American Hockey League's North Division, and played out of 1,500-seat Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, Michigan. The ...

, and from 2012 to 2015 in

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, as the

Soo Eagles The Soo Eagles are an American junior ice hockey team from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan that plays in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). In 2012, the Eagles bought the North American Hockey League franchise rights of the Traverse ...

. Before purchasing the NAHL franchise, the Titans' junior hockey organization had previously fielded a Tier III junior hockey team in the

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from 2012 to 2015. They also had a team in the Tier III (formerly Tier III Junior B)

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 ...

until 2016. The organization re-added a Tier III team in 2020 when it bought the New England Stars franchise in the

North American 3 Hockey League The North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) is an American Tier III junior ice hockey league that consists of teams from Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, ...

(NA3HL). The team originated in

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, and was initially called the

Espanola Eagles The Espanola Eagles (aka Espanola Screaming Eagles) were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team. The team was coached for eighteen years by Red McCarthy who then managed it for another four. The Eagles were located in Espanola, Ontario and played in ...

. The Titans won their first title in franchise history, winning the 2021–22 NAHL Robertson Cup National Championship.

Season-by-season records

References

External links

NAHL Titans website

EHL/MJHL New Jersey Titans official website

North American Hockey League webpage
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