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The 2008-09 UJHL season is the inaugural season of the United Junior Hockey League. The league was originally planning on eight teams based in expected to consist of eight teams. The Delaware Thunder, New Jersey Ice Hoppers, Penn Enforcers, South Jersey Raptors and Wooster Oilers were to transfer from the America East Hockey League and three expansion franchises were to be placed in Findlay, Ohio, Jamestown, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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rdfs:label	2008-09 UJHL Season
rdfs:comment	The 2008-09 UJHL season is the inaugural season of the United Junior Hockey League. The league was originally planning on eight teams based in expected to consist of eight teams. The Delaware Thunder, New Jersey Ice Hoppers, Penn Enforcers, South Jersey Raptors and Wooster Oilers were to transfer from the America East Hockey League and three expansion franchises were to be placed in Findlay, Ohio, Jamestown, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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abstract	The 2008-09 UJHL season is the inaugural season of the United Junior Hockey League. The league was originally planning on eight teams based in expected to consist of eight teams. The Delaware Thunder, New Jersey Ice Hoppers, Penn Enforcers, South Jersey Raptors and Wooster Oilers were to transfer from the America East Hockey League and three expansion franchises were to be placed in Findlay, Ohio, Jamestown, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In June 2008, the league announced that the New Jersey Ice Hoppers, South Jersey Raptors and the planned Pittsburgh franchise were no longer expected to compete in the UJHL. The league also announced the addition of the Elmira Jr. Jackals from the Empire Junior Hockey League and that the Delaware Thunder had moved to Elkins Park, Pennsylvania and renamed themselves the Philadelphia Thunder. Near the end of June, Elmira announced that they decided to join the league for the 2009-10 season instead of 2008-09. In August 2008, the league announced that they would accept four Canadian teams consisting of prep schools and small colleges that fielded junior teams in Quebec. The Harrington Icebreakers, Saint Lawrence Lions, Team Ulysse and Draveurs de Trois-Rivières were originally planning to enter the America East Hockey League until the league went dark over the Summer in 2008. In February 2009, all four Canadian teams left the league. In March 2009, as the playoffs were begin, three of the remaining five teams left the league as well, leaving only Philadelphia and Wooster.

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