The benefits to a Travel-Rec league are far reaching.  A few of them are:

• Keep 11+ year olds involved with ice hockey, where in the past they may have turned away due to the emphasis on body checking.
• Allow the physical maturation of 11-14 year olds to happen more naturally, allowing later developing children the opportunity to more safely stay within the game they've enjoyed since being a Mite.
• Allow 11-14 year olds to develop and concentrate on their skills and mature physically while becoming more equal in size, strength and motor skills. This is the prescribed method per the Herb Brooks Foundation.
• Introduce children to "travel hockey" while having fun and allow them to decide in future years if they want to move to "true travel" hockey and/or high school hockey

Teams and organizations thinking of joining our league should be:

• "House", "House Select", "B, C, or D" level teams
• Prepared to play a "home and home" game with each member team
• Prepared to play in a league where ALL teams qualify for postseason play
• Concentrating on letting their teams and children have fun, while playing hockey
• Prepared to police any potential parent/fan poor behavior

During the 2006-2007 season; the foundation for the league took root with various teams playing exciting, non-check games across the NY-metropolitan region. Our organization is proud to serve the youth of the area, keeping fair play, good sportsmanship and skill development as foundations for their development.

The MYHL enables various house leagues, house-select, "B, C or D" level teams to enjoy all the benefits of travel hockey without the addition of the ultra competitive nature that forces teams to focus on qualifying for state, district and national tournaments.  The MYHL caters to organizations and players serving the New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania and Connecticut areas. In our first year, we expect to have over 160 of the area's youth from the ages of 11 to 14 to participate in programs within our league.

We expect the league to be a learning experience that has been tempered with competitive play, good sportsmanship and fun.