Metro Jets
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| Metro Jets | |
|---|---|
| City | Fraser, Michigan |
| League | NA3HL |
| Founded | 1989[1] |
| Home arena | Fraser Hockeyland |
| Colors | Navy Blue, White, Red |
| General manager | Justin Quenneville |
| Head coach | Justin Quenneville |
| Franchise history | |
| 1989–present | Metro Jets |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 2000–01 |
| Playoff championships | (Hurster Cup) 2001, 2002 |
The Metro Jets are a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The team plays their home games at Fraser Hockeyland in Fraser, Michigan. Players are ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope to earn a spot on higher levels of junior ice hockey in the United States and Canada, Canadian Major Junior, Collegiate, and eventually professional teams. The Jets won the 2002 USA Hockey Junior B Silver Cup national championship.[2]
Alumni
The Metro Jets have had many alumni move on to higher levels of junior ice hockey, NCAA Division I, Division III, ACHA college, at professional levels.[3]
Jon Cooper (ice hockey) coached the Jets to the 2002 USA Hockey Silver Cup National Junior B Championship and is now the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Steven Oleksy was the first Jets alumni to play in the National Hockey League when he made his debut with the Washington Capitals in 2013.
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