The Eels Are The Most Aggressive College Placement Program in Junior Hockey
The Florida Eels Have Advanced An Unprecedented 236 Players Into College. The Florida Eels are the pinnacle of Premier and Elite Junior Hockey. Moreover our players average over $25,000 in scholarships and grants per year. That is over $100,000 for four years. This year alone with 12 plus players advancing to college this season our players will garner in excess of $300,000 per year and over a million dollars during their 4 years.
Both our Elite and Premier teams advanced to the USPHL Nationals. We have a direct Affiliation with its NCDC Affiliate the Islanders Hockey Club.
The USPHL is the best league in the Nation. 2,500+ NCAA Division. 1 and 3 Alumni. 1,100 currently playing college hockey. Those are incredible numbers. Only the USHL has more. Simply put the USPHL is known as a college placement league. No other Tier II or Tier III Junior league can come close its accomplishments.
Every year the Eels are at the top of their Divisions and perform incredibly at playoffs
GM Frank Scarpaci often echoes, “ The true statistic in judging a team is how many players a program places in college.”
The Eels Program is all about player development. As you can see some programs say this but the Eels go beyond lip service… it defines excellence.
This is what the Eels are all about: Player Development; and move players to college. It is most impressive to see our program accomplish this mission.
The Eels no doubt have a rich and storied history of college placement. To date the Eels have 236 alumni who have gone on to play college hockey.These include some of the most prestigious schools in the USA.
The following colleges have committed to our players:
Adrian College NCAA DIV. III
Alabama Huntsville NCAA DIV. I
Albertus Magnus College NCAA Div. III
Aurora University NCAA DIV. III
Arizona State University ACHA
Babson College NCAA DIV. III
Becker College NCAA DIV. III
Bentley College NCAA DIV. I
BETHAL College NCAA DIV. III
Boston College NCAA DIV. I
Boston University NCAA DIV. I
Buffalo State NCAA DIV. III
Bryant University ACHA
Canisius College NCAA DIV. I
Castleton State College NCAA DIV. III
Colby College NCAA DIV. III
Colorado State University ACHA
Columbia University ACHA
Concordia University Wisconsin NCAA DIV. III
Curry College NCAA DIV. III
Daniel Webster University NCAA DIV. III
Davenport University ACHA Div. I
Drexel University ACHA
Finlandia University NCAA DIV. III
Fitchburg State University NCAA DIV. III
Florida Atlantic University ACHA
Florida State University ACHA
Framingham State University NCAA DIV. III
Franklin Pierce University NCAA DIV. II
Florida Gulf Coast University ACHA
Grand Valley State University ACHA
Hamilton College NCAA DIV. III
Hamline University NCAA DIV. III
Hobart College NCAA DIV. III
Hudson Valley Comm. College
Indiana University ACHA
Johnson and Wales University NCAA DIV. III
Lake Forrest College NCAA DIV. III
Superior State College NCAA DIV. I
Lawrence University NCAA DIV. III
Lebanon Valley College NCAA DIV. III
Lewis University ACHA
Manhattanville College NCAA DIV. III
Merrimack College NCAA DIV. I
Michigan State University NCAA DIV. I
MIKWAKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING NCAA DIV. III
Minnesota State University NCAA DIV. I
New England College NCAA DIV. III
New York University ACHA
Nicholas College NCAA DIV. III
Northeastern University NCAA DIV. I
Northern Arizona University ACHA
Northern Illinois University ACHA
Northland College NCAA DIV. III
Post University NCAA DIV II
Plymouth State University NCAA DIV II
RPI
Sacred Heart University NCAA DIV. I
Salem State University NCAA DIV. III
Salve Regina University NCAA DIV. III
Skidmore College NCAA DIV. III
Slippery Rock University ACHA
Southern New Hampshire University
St. Anselum NCAA DIV. II
St Mary’s College NCAA DIV. III
Stevenson University NCAA DIV. III
SUNY Brockport NCAA DIV. III
SUNY Broome NCAAA Jr. College
SUNY Canton NCAA DIV. III
SUNY Plattsburg NCAA DIV. III
Thomas College ACHA Div. II
Townsend College ACHA
Trine University NCAA Div. III and ACHA Div. II
U Mass Boston NCAA DIV. III
U Mass Lowell NCAA DIV. I
University of Central Florida ACHA
University of Connecticut ACHA
University of Florida ACHA
University of Indiana PA
University of North Colorado ACHA
University of Maine NCAA DIV. I
University of Maryland ACHA
University of Maryland Baltimore ACHA
University of Minnesota ACHA
University of New Hampshire NCAA DIV. I
University of Notre Dane NCAA DIV. I
University of Oklahoma ACHA
University of Rhode Island University ACHA
University of Central Florida ACHA
University of Southern Maine NCAA DIV. III
University of Southern New Hampshire ACHA
University of Vermont NCAA DIV. I
University of Wisconsin NCAA DIV. I
Utica College NCAA DIV. III ACHA
Waldorf University
West Michigan State University ACHA
Westfield State University NCAA DIV. III
Worcester State University NCAA DIV. III
Additionally, four Eel players have been drafted into the NHL (Teddy Ruth, (Notre Dame) (Washington Capitals now with the Columbus Blue Jackets) RJ Boyd(Michigan State Univ.) (Florida Panthers) Brad Peltz(Yale) (Ottawa Senators) Cam Darcy (Northeastern Univ.) drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning 2014 and another three were in attendance at NHL Prospects camps Malcolm Lyles(Florida Panthers), and Bennet Sneider(NY Islanders) and Clay WhittTampa Bay Lightning.
The Eels continue to be the pinnacle of excellence. Don’t you feel YOU deserve this?
