New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the northeastern United States.

Its population is over 9,200,000.

The capital is Trenton and the largest city is Newark.

History of hockey in New Jersey

The Bergen Ice Polo Club issued a challenge to other teams to play for a championship in the Jersey Journal on January 21, 1888. Rutgers University played a "picked team of Princeton men" on Weston's Mill Pond in February 1892, winning 4-2. The South Orange Field Club played three games in 1895, losing 5-0 to the Staten Island Cricket Club, 4-1 to New York St. Nicholas, and tying the Orange Athletic Club 1-1. The Jersey City Ice Polo team challenged any ice polo team in Brooklyn, Jersey City or Hoboken. They had supposedly never suffered a defeat. Princeton University paid a visit to Baltimore and defeated the Baltimore Club 5-0 at the North Avenue Rink on March 2, 1895. In 1896, the Jersey City, South Orange Field, Passaic, Montclair, and Clifton ice polo clubs all faced teams from New York. Rutgers edged the New Brunswick Gun Club on January 18. The New York Hockey Club beat the Montclair Athletic Club 7-0 on April 2. The Montclair Athletic Club played 16 games (both of hockey and ice polo) during the 1896-97 season, mostly in New York. The South Orange Field Club and Passaic Ice Polo Club were also active.

The Montclair Athletic Club joined the American Amateur Hockey League for the 1897-98 season, finishing 1-7. Montclair had the same record the following year, and then dropped out of the league. Although they had previously played informal matches, Princeton University officially established their hockey program for 1899-1900. In 1901-02, the Short Hills Hockey Club had a rather successful season, even beating the Brooklyn Crescents 5-3 on February 4. They were active again the following year. For 1909-10, there was a New Jersey Hockey League, composed of South Orange, Short Hills, Montclair, and Englewood. It returned for 1910-11. The South Orange Field Club was the most enduring of the early teams, and was still active in 1918.

The Newark Bulldogs played in the Canadian-American Hockey League in 1928-29. The Atlantic City Sea Gulls began play as an independent team in 1930-31. They won the 1931-32 United States National Senior Championship, before joining the Tri State Hockey League for 1932-33, winning the title in that league too. The Seagulls then became founding members of the Eastern Hockey League, which they remained in until 1952. In more recent times, the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies played in the ECHL from 2001-2005. The River Vale Skeeters played in the EHL from 1939-1942.

The Cherry Hill based Jersey Larks competed in the EHL in 1960-61. Later the Jersey Devils were members of the league from 1964-1973, and the Northeastern Hockey League in 1978-79. The Jersey Knights played in the World Hockey Association in 1973-74, after the New York Golden Blades were forced to relocate. The Trenton Titans (known as the Devils from 2007-2011) played in the ECHL from 1999-2013. The New Jersey Outlaws were members of the Federal Hockey League in 2011-12. The Jersey Rockhoppers played in the Eastern Professional Hockey League in 2008-09. The New Jersey Devils have competed in the National Hockey League since 1982, winning the Stanley Cup on three occasions.

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