Northeast Hockey Associations Join Forces to Form One Group

(Left to right) Junior players Liam O’Rielly and Curtis Kavanagh, Minor players Patrick Devereaux and Noah Boland join Senior Eagles Scott Marshall and James Cadigan in the various home and away jerseys to help with the announcement.

All levels of hockey coming out of Jack Byrne Arena next year will carry the Northeast Eagles name, after an agreement this week. Following five seasons of operating independently out of the same arena, the three levels of hockey at Jack Byrne Arena have joined forces heading into the 2016-17 season. The Northeast Minor Hockey Association has joined with the junior and senior teams to form one group designed to help promote the game at all levels. As part of this agreement, the junior team – which plays in the St. John’s Junior Hockey League and has had a player affiliation agreement with Northeast since 2011 – will change its name to Eagles moving forward.

The minor association as well as the senior and junior teams will continue to have their own executives and associations, but will come together to help each other through a separate body designed to help with promotion, fundraising and sponsorship. The agreement was reached at a recent meeting of all three organizations.

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