World United Hockey League

World United Hockey League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2014-15
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2014
No. of teams 4
Country  Canada
Most recent champion(s) St. Charles North Stars (2014-15)
Official website WUHL.net

The World United Hockey League (WUHL) is a junior ice hockey league. The WUHL are members of the United Hockey Union (UHU) and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

History

Formed in November of 2014, the WUHL was formed by four teams who were previously members of the Canadian International Hockey League. On November 10, 2014 the CIHL decided to leave the UHU and became an independent league.[1][2] The four teams decided to seperate and stay under the UHU umbrella, forming the new league.

On November 15, 2014 Milton Battle Arts Cobras won the first-ever WUHL game, 7-4[3] against Toronto Junior Hockey Academy. Defensemen Brody Heleno of Missassauga, Ontario scored the historic opening goal just 42-seconds into the game. Heleno recently committed to play college hockey at Salem State University in the Fall of 2015.[4]

After playing nine league games, Collingwood Ice owner Tim Dickieson folded the team. The Ice won five of eight games, but Dickieson alleged a lack of local support ended the team.[5][6]

Teams

Team Arena City/area
Milton Battle Arts Cobras John Tonelli Sports Centre Milton, Ontario
St. Charles North Stars St. Charles Arena St. Charles, Ontario
Toronto Junior Hockey Academy MasterCard Centre Toronto, Ontario

Regular season champions

Season Champion W-L-T-OTL Pts
2014–15 St. Charles North Stars 21-1-0-0 42

Playoff Champions

Season Champion Finalist Series
2014–15 St. Charles North StarsMilton Cobras 3-0 (best-of 5)

Former teams

References

  1. ↑ "New Look For The CIHL". CIHL Hockey. 10 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Death Pool – CIHL Is The Latest To Leave AAU – UHU Has Two Members For Now". The Junior Hockey News. 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Toronto Jr. Hockey Academy vs Milton Battle Arts Cobras". Pointstreak. 15 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Heleno Commits To Salem State". Milton Battle Arts Cobras. 13 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Collingwood junior hockey team folds". Simcoe.com. 5 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Collingwood Ice disbanded after owner alleges campaign against them". Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin. 8 January 2015.

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