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City
  
East Meadow, New York

Founded
  
2000

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League
  
Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (2000–2003) Atlantic Junior Hockey League (2003–2013) EHL-Premier (2013–2016)

Home arena
  
Twin Rinks at Eisenhower Park

Colors
  
Dark Green, Black, White

Owner(s)
  
Ron & Joel Friedman and Chris & Peter Ferraro

Location
  
East Meadow, New York, United States

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The New York Bobcats were an USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey organization from East Meadow, New York on Long Island. They played at The Twin Rinks at Eisenhower Park.

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History

The Bobcats organization was founded in 2000 as a member of the Tier III Junior B Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (MetJHL) winning the league playoffs in 2002 and qualified for the 2002 Tier III Junior B National Championships. In 2003, the Bobcats became one of the charter members of the Tier III Junior A Atlantic Junior Hockey League (AJHL) along with five other MetJHL organizations. The Bobcats would go on to win the regular season and playoff titles in 2006 and 2007 while in the AJHL. In 2013, Tier III junior hockey leagues were reorganized and the AJHL became the Eastern Hockey League (EHL). In 2015, the EHL added a lower level division (formerly called Junior B) called the EHL-Elite Division and added all the current EHL teams (including the Bobcats) to the EHL-Premier Division. In 2016, head coach and general manager Craig Doremus took the same positions with the Tier II junior New Jersey Titans of the North American Hockey League. Subsequently, the Bobcats were no longer listed as part of the EHL and as of July 2016 have not announced any plans for the following seasons.

The players, ages 16–20, carried amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hoped to earn a spot on higher levels of junior hockey in the United States and Canada, Canadian Major Junior, Collegiate, and eventually professional teams.

Alumni

The Bobcats have produced a number of alumni playing in higher levels of junior hockey, NCAA Division I, Division III college and professional programs, including:

  • Tim Filangieri - Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
  • Louis Liotti - Worcester Sharks (AHL)
  • Dinos Stamoulis - Springfield Falcons (AHL)
  • Tony Romano - Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL), (New Jersey Devils 2005 NHL Entry Draft)
  • Will Bodine - Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
  • James Brannigan - Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
  • Bill Keenan - Lindlövens IF (Swedish Division One)
  • Joe Grimaldi - Elmira Jackals (ECHL)
  • Vlady Nikiforov - Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
  • Keith Kinkaid - New Jersey Devils (NHL)
  • Joey Spagnoli - Elmira Jackals (ECHL), Danbury Whalers (FHL)

    • References

    New York Bobcats Wikipedia
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