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14-763: The team was founded in 2006 by local businessmen Steve Levesque and Tom McBrierty. Originally slated to play in the America East Hockey League the league folded prior to the start of the first campaign and was reformed by remaining teams into the International Junior Hockey League where the Moose played in the New England Division of the Super Elite League. The inaugural season (2006–07) for

28-652: A game. The Moose played home games at the Bank of Maine Ice Vault located in Hallowell, Maine, which opened in 2012. They previously played in the Kennebec Ice Arena, which was originally built in 1973 on the same site. It was destroyed after a roof collapse on March 2, 2011. America East Hockey League America East Hockey League was a junior A league that folded in August 2008. The league had teams in

42-637: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pennsylvania Enforcers The Pittsburgh Cougars are a currently dormant junior ice hockey team. The Cougars play their home games at the Iceoplex at Southpointe near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania . The team was originally known as the Traverse City Enforcers playing in Traverse City, Michigan as a member of the now defunct Continental Elite Hockey League from 2001 until

56-629: The Northern States Junior Hockey League (NSHL). It joined the NSHL as a full member for the 2013–14 season. The team was co-owned by Ben Gray and Charlie Davis. The Maine Moose also operate Peewee, Bantam, U16 Midget, and U18 Midget youth hockey teams. In 2011, the Maine Moose U18 Midget team won the state championship, beating the previous season's champions Lewiston Gladiators 3-0. In spring 2014,

70-702: The 2006-2007 season with teams based in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. The 2007–2008 season saw six teams in the AEHL after a few teams folded and the Eastern Penn Jr. Bucks announced the team would suspend operations for the season. Following the 2007–08 season the AEHL went through major changes when the Pennsylvania Enforcers , Delaware Thunder , and Wooster Oilers left

84-777: The Maine Moose junior franchise was sold to Jeff Dupere and renamed the Maine Timberwolves as well as a relocation to Lewiston, Maine , to play in the Androscoggin Bank Colisée . Their logo is exactly like that of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves , with "Minnesota" replaced with "Maine" and "Hockey" underneath. On September 17, the NSHL suspended the Timberwolves operations indefinitely for failure to meet financial obligations prior to ever playing

98-497: The Maine Moose was led by head coach Paul Contreras. Amidst the early season struggles and some off-ice issues, Contreras was let go in mid-October. Assistant coach Glenn Carey took over as interim head coach and the team responded by winning eight straight games finishing the regular season in third place in the standings (although they were awarded the second seed as the Montreal team was not able to meet its financial obligations and

112-465: The Moose in 2009–10. The team was sold in 2010, and did not play in the 2010–11 season. The team's home rink collapsed in March 2011, and therefore did not play in the 2011–12 season. The team announced in 2012, that former Lewiston Maineiacs coach Jeff Guay had been named as the new head coach. The Moose played their first home game in two years on October 19, 2012, as an independent team affiliated with

126-686: The Moose missed out on the regular season title by two points to the New England Stars . They would go on to play the Stars in the finals, but the best-of-three series would be won by the Stars on a game three win. After the completion of the season, it was announced that coach Glenn Carey would be leaving the organization to take over the coaching duties of the New Jersey Kings in Monmouth, New Jersey. Chad Foye and Ben Gray co-coached

140-475: The league folded in 2004. The TC Enforcers home arena was Centre Ice. In the 2002–2003 season, Scott Gardiner, head coach of the Enforcers, won CEHL coach of the year. In the same season, Goaltender Aaron Walski was named league rookie of the year. The team was resurrected in 2007 as a member of the America East Hockey League . The team finished their first season with only 9 wins, 35 losses and 6 ties. After

154-436: The league to join the new United Junior Hockey League . After the three teams left the AEHL soon announced major expansion of the league into Canada . In May 2008 the AEHL announced four new teams from Quebec joined the AEHL for the upcoming 2008–2009 season. In August 2008 the league went dark, with most of the teams having been transferred to other independent junior hockey leagues. This ice hockey league article

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168-658: The northeastern region of the United States. Its stated goal was to develops its players to play on college, major junior, and professional teams. America East was also the first junior league affiliated with the North American Amateur Hockey Association . The league was formed in 2005 with five member teams for the 2005–2006 season based in the Northeastern United States. The league expanded to 9 teams for

182-409: Was hired as co-coach along with Glenn Carey, and the team had its strongest regular season. Despite a slow start to the first six games, the Moose would be one of the league's best teams for the rest of the season. Led by the line of Jamie Osbourne, Blaine Cardali and Dan Dearing, with converted forward Andy Harrington on defense and a strong goalie tandem in nets made up of Charles White and Zack Parent,

196-562: Was removed prior to the playoffs). The Moose made it to the finals but lost to the Springfield Pics by a score of 6–2. In 2007–08, the Moose struggled to .500 record. Several mid-season departures left the roster depleted and many games were played with less than four full lines for the remainder of the year. The Moose finished the season in third place but were ousted in two games by the Exeter Freeze. In 2008–09, Ben Gray

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