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The Rockets Hockey Club, or New Jersey Rockets, are a junior ice hockey organization from Bridgewater, New Jersey.They play in the National Collegiate Development Conference, Premier Division, and Elite Division of the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) at the Prudential Center, also home to the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. [1]
It had two regulation-size hockey rinks. The main rink had an open seating area and a glassed-in executive suite for watching the venue. General skating sessions for the public, and youth and adult hockey practices and games were regularly scheduled. It was the home for the New Jersey Rockets youth and semi-professional ice hockey club.
Pages in category "Defunct ice hockey teams in New Jersey" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In October 2016, the USPHL announced it had applied to USA Hockey for approval to start a Tier II junior league for the 2017–18 season. The proposed Tier II USPHL division was announced to consist of 11 teams, seven from organizations in the USPHL Premier, the newly added Rochester Monarchs, and the Boston Bandits, New Jersey Rockets, and Northern Cyclones from the Eastern Hockey League. [11]
Many high school, college and semi-professional (NJ Rockets) ice hockey games have been played at the rink beginning in the 1960s. From 1986 until the opening of the Prudential Center (which includes a full-size practice rink) in 2007, the New Jersey Devils used the arena as the team's practice facility.
The team was founded in 1994 as the Empire Soccer Club, and renamed to New York/New Jersey Metrostars in 1995 [19] and played under this name until the acquisition of the team by Red Bull GmbH in 2006, where the team was renamed to the New York Red Bulls and dropped their association with New Jersey in the team's name.
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The New Jersey Rockets can refer to the following sports teams: New Jersey Rockets (ice hockey) , an American Tier III ice hockey team competing in the Eastern Hockey League (2013–) New Jersey Rockets (MISL) , an American defunct professional football (soccer) team