NJPE's 19U Girls team was recently featured on USAhockey.com, Way to Go Eagles! Good Luck! Follow the link below to read the article.

When the Niagara Junior Purple Eagles wanted to expand their program to include Tier I girls’ teams, they had conversations with Scott Welch, who had already coached many successful Buffalo Bisons teams.

Then two years ago, Welch left the Bisons and went to Niagara to coach the Junior Purple Eagles.

A funny thing happened when the girls first started putting on the Purple Eagles uniforms, which were identical to the ones worn by the Niagara University women’s team.

They became the Hartford Whalers of girls’ hockey — everybody’s second favorite team. more

http://nationals.usahockey.com/news_article/show/628906?referrer_id=2152416