The Atlantic Junior Hockey League (AJHL) is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States. The AJHL was part of the Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League organization and was formed in 2003 with a stated goal to "meet the needs of the Junior hockey community and the players it serves in the Eastern United States". On May 30, 2012 the AJHL announced that after nine years of being a part of the Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League, the 12 AJHL ownership groups successfully became a stand-alone entity. The AJHL is now managed and governed solely by the league owners. The Atlantic Junior Hockey League, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is pursuing 501c3 status from the Internal Revenue Service.
The league prepares High school and college aged players for college and pro hockey, and indeed seems to have some success. As of December 2009 the alumni page list 273 players who left the AJHL to play for NCAA colleges, and various professional leagues, the CHL and in Europe.
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