2025-2026 EJEPL Youth Playoff Preview

The final weekend of the EJEPL season is here with the Youth Playoffs! With our 10U to 14U Diamond, Gold & Silver teams, a total of 15 divisions will be competing at four different venues from February 6 - 8, 2026. This is sure to be an action-packed weekend of hockey with teams leaving it all on the ice in their quest for the 2025-2026 championship and #battleforthebanner!

10U Diamond

The semi-final matchups will see the top-seed Wonderland Wizards against Aviator Hockey Club and second-seed Genesis Hockey Club against Capitals Academy. Winners of each game will meet up in the finals, while the other two teams will compete for the bronze at Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA.

10U Futures Gold 1

At Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA, top seeds Long Island Kings Wittekind and Peconic Wildcats will be watching the quarterfinal matchups to see who they will face off against in the semis. Quarters will have Princeton Youth Hockey (seed three) versus Union Thunder (seed six) and Long Beach Lightning (seed four) versus Quackers Hockey Club (seed five). Winners will move on to the semis while the other two teams will face off in their final game of the season.

10U Futures Gold 2

Also at Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA, top-seeded Central Penn Panthers will play fourth seed Exton Kings in the semis. While, second-seed New York Stars will play third seed New Jersey Titans Alessi. Winners will advance to the finals, while the remaining teams compete for the bronze.

10U Futures Silver 1

 New Jersey Colonials - Kozie played Long Island Edge in a seed four versus five matchup last weekend to see who would advance to the finals. With New Jersey Colonials - Kozie getting the win, they are set to play the number one seed, the Nassau County Lions. The Long Island Sharks finished as the second seed and will face the Potomac Patriots. At Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA, the semifinal winners will move on to the finals; the bronze medal will be decided by the remaining teams.

10U Futures Silver 2

The semifinals are set at Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA with top seed Howard Huskies facing Genesis Hockey Club and second seed NJ Colonials Carey facing New Rochelle Lightning. The championship game will see the winners of each of these matchups face off, while the other two teams will meet up for the bronze.

12U Diamond

Campus Wild (seed one) against Union Thunder (seed four) and Ridgefield Lions (seed two) against Wonderland Wizards (seed three) will be the semifinal matchups at Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA. Who will be competing for the championship and who will be competing for the bronze - that will be determined by the outcome of both semifinal matchups - with the winners to the finals and the others to the bronze game.

12U Futures Gold 1

The semis are set at Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA with top seed Metro Militia playing the Jersey Wolves and second seed Cranford Youth Hockey playing Long Beach Lightning. In a tight division, the semis will determine each teams fate with the winners getting the chance to compete in the finals and the two remaining teams battling it out for bronze for the division.

12U Futures Gold 2

This division is action packed with four quarterfinal games taking place at the Ice Palace in Brick, NJ. Matchups are set and winners will determine who moves on to the semis and then finals to claim the division. Quarter matchups:

#1 Long Island Kings vs #8 Nassau County Lions – Basiley

#2 Hershey Jr Bears vs #7 Long Island Edge

#3 Snider Hockey vs #6 Peconic Wildcats

#4 Aviator Hockey Club vs #5 North Park Youth Hockey

12U Futures Silver 1

The quarters will see Long Island Sharks (seed four) against Montclair Blues (seed five) and Delco Phantoms - Sheehan (seed three) against Long Island Edge (seed six). Top seeds Howard Huskies - Chapin and New Jersey Colonials will be watching the quarters to scout their potential opponents as they await the semifinals at Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA.

12U Futures Silver 2

Semifinals will see top-seed New Jersey Titans - Bird against seed four Prestige Stars and Genesis Hockey Club - Malik (seed two) face off against Campus Wild (seed three). Winners of the semis will face off in the Championship game while the other two compete for the bronze at Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA.

13U Diamond

Nassau County Lions played Long Beach Lightning last weekend in a seed two versus three matchup. With Long Beach Lightning coming out on top in an overtime thriller - they moved on and will face top-seeded Genesis Hockey Club in a best-of-three series this weekend to determine the division champion at Iceworks Skating Complex in Aston, PA.

14U Diamond

At Middletown Sports Complex in Middletown, NJ, the two semifinal match ups will see Wonderland Wizards (seed one) vs. Cranford Hockey Club (seed four) and Nassau County Lions (seed two) vs. Howard Huskies (seed three). The path to the finals is open and will see the winner from each semi compete in the finals.

14U Futures Gold 1

Seeds one and two: Ridgefield Lions and Snider Hockey will be watching the quarter match ups closely at Middletown Sports Complex in Middletown, NJ awaiting their opponents for the semis. Quarters: #3 Delco Phantoms vs. #6 Exton Kings and #4 Central Penn Panthers vs. #5 Long Beach Lightning. Winners will face the top teams of the division in the semis in hopes of advancing to the championship.

14U Futures Gold 2

Quarterfinals matchups are set with Triad Storm (seed three) against Aviator Hockey Club (seed six) and Metro Militia (seed four) against Union Thunder (seed five). The winner of each will advance to the semis where they will face either the Easton Icehawks (seed one) or Genesis Hockey Club (seed two) at Middletown Sports Complex in Middletown, NJ.

14 Futures Silver 1

Skate Zone in Atlantic City, NJ will be hosting an action filled four-game quarterfinals before the final matchups for the semis and championship for the division can be set. Quarter matchups will be:

#1 Baltimore Stars vs #8 Union Thunder – Remo

#2 Long Island Sharks – Tory vs. #7 Campus Wild

#3 Peconic Wildcats – Ierna vs. #6 Long Island Edge

#4 Genesis Hockey Club – Baker vs. #5 Howard Huskies – Donnelly

14U Futures Silver 2

Top-seeded Loudoun Knights and second-seed Delco Phantoms - Ancone await the semifinals at Middletown Sports Complex in Middletown, NJ while the quarterfinalists face off to advance. The Long Island Enforcers (seed three) will take on the Wilmington Nighthawks (seed six) and Hershey Jr Bears (seed four) will take on Metro Militia (seed five). Winners will advance to meet up with the top seeds in the semis and who see can make their way to the finals.