Palm Beach Hawks

Ice hockey team in Lake Worth, Florida

Palm Beach Hawks

City| Lake Worth, Florida
League| USPHL
Founded| 2006 (As Palm Beach Predators)
Home arena| Palm Beach SkateZone
Owner(s)| Carlos & Debbie Frietas
General manager| Carlos Frietas
Head coach| Don Babineau
Website| PalmBeachJrHawks.com

The Palm Beach Hawks were an American ice hockey organization playing in Lake Worth, Florida. They fielded two Tier III teams and a number of youth teams.

## History

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Established in 2006 as the Palm Beach Predators, the organization was renamed as the Hawks in 2009. The organization were members of the Southeast Junior Hockey League (which became the EJHL South in 2011) from 2006 until 2011. A second team was formed for the 2009–10 season which competed in the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League and then the Empire Junior Hockey League from 2011 to 2013.[1] In 2013, many American junior hockey leagues reorganized and both teams joined the United States Premier Hockey League in the Elite and Empire Divisions, respectively.[2] In 2015, the Empire Division was rebranded to the USP3. In 2017, the USP3 was disbanded, the USPHL added a higher division, and the Hawks' teams were promoted to the Premier and Elite Divisions.

The junior-level Hawks in both the USPHL Premier and Elite were removed from the schedule early into the 2018–19 season.

## Season-by-season

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Season | League | Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Standing | Playoffs

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Palm Beach Predators
2006–07 | SEJHL | — | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 8 | 55 | 87 | 4th |
2007–08 | SEJHL | — | 30 | 14 | 15 | 1 | — | 29 | 157 | 138 | 3rd |
2008–09 | Did not participate
Palm Beach Hawks
2009–10  | MetJHL | Florida | 35 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 181 | 156 | 2nd, Florida |
SEJHL | — | 32 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 161 | 88 | 2nd | 2nd in round robin
2010–11  | MetJHL | Southern | 37 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 228 | 135 | 3rd, Southern |
SEJHL | — | 33 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 200 | 96 | 2nd | Lost final
2011–12  | EJHL South | South | 35 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 191 | 157 | 3rd, South |
EmJHL | Southern | 40 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 94 | 208 | 6th, Southern | Did not qualify
2012–13  | EJHL South | South | 41 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 105 | 162 | 6th, South |
EmJHL | Southern | 40 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 86 | 191 | 7th, Southern | Did not qualify
2013–14  | USPHL-Elite | Southern | 40 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 167 | 124 | 2nd, Southern | Eliminated in division quarterfinals
USPHL-Empire | Southern | 40 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 111 | 112 | 2nd, Southern | Eliminated in division semifinals
2014–15  | USPHL-Elite | South | 40 | 24 | 13 | — | 3 | 51 | 158 | 129 | 2nd, South | Eliminated in division quarterfinals
USPHL-Empire | South | 40 | 16 | 20 | — | 4 | 36 | 129 | 151 | T-7th, South | Eliminated in division quarterfinals
2015–16  | USPHL-Elite | South | 40 | 22 | 12 | — | 6 | 50 | 145 | 123 | T-5th, South | Eliminated in division semifinals
USP3 | South | 40 | 20 | 19 | — | 1 | 41 | 162 | 156 | 6th, South | Eliminated in division quarterfinals
2016–17  | USPHL-Elite | South | 40 | 6 | 32 | — | 6 | 18 | 121 | 245 | 8th, South | Eliminated in division quarterfinals
USP3 | South | 44 | 20 | 20 | — | 4 | 44 | 114 | 154 | 7th, South | Eliminated in division quarterfinals
2017–18  | USPHL-Premier | Florida | 44 | 20 | 20 | — | 4 | 44 | 182 | 191 | 3rd, Florida | Eliminated in division semifinals
USPHL-Elite | Florida | 44 | 17 | 21 | — | 6 | 40 | 149 | 175 | 4th, Florida | Eliminated in division semifinals
2018–19  | USPHL-Premier | Florida | 4 | 0 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 47 | Ceased operations midseason
USPHL-Elite | Florida | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | 0 | 2 | 13 | 56 | Ceased operations midseason

## References

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1. ^ "Young Simons impresses at training camp, teams open season this weekend". USA Junior Hockey Magazine. September 13, 2012.
2. ^ "United States Premier Hockey League Elite: A great tradition of junior hockey in the East continues". USA Junior Hockey Magazine. October 9, 2013.

## External links

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* Palm Beach Jr. Hawks
* Palm Beach Hawks Youth Hockey
* Palm Beach SkateZone

*[GP]: Games played
*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[T]: Ties
*[OTL]: Overtime losses
*[Pts]: Points
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against