The 2025 U18AAA Major Atlantics will be hosted by the Kensington Wild, April 2nd to 6th at Credit Union Centre in Kensington PEI. With the event being held in PEI the NBPEI Major U18 Hockey League will have representation from both the Island Major U18 teams as well as the New Brunswick Major U18 Champions.  The Charlottetown Knights will represent as Team PEI and the Prince Edward Island Major U18 Provincial Champion Kensington Wild will be the Host Team.

The Moncton Flyers are returning to the Atlantics as Team NB after beating the Fredericton Caps 4 - 1 in games in the New Brunswick Major U18 Provincial Championship.  Nova Scotia's representative has come down to one game between the Weeks Majors and Halifax Macs this coming Saturday in Halifax with their series tied 2-2 in a best of 5.

The first game of the Atlantics Championship sees Team PEI taking the tournament Hosts Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Gametimes, Thursday through Saturday are 12:30 pm, 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm with the Gold Medal game is scheduled for Sunday April 6th.  More details on the Atlantics can be found at:   u18-male.atlanticaaahockey.ca   

The NBPEI Major U18 Hockey League announced its League Awards with the conclusion of the 2024-25 regular season on March 2nd.  The Fredericton Caps are the 2024-25 League Champions.  Both the Fredericton Caps and Moncton Flyers ended up tied with 55 points after 37 games, however the Caps won four games of seven in head to head play securing the league title.

Following are individual awards based on league statistics and those voted by teams:

This season the NSU18 Major Hockey League, NBPEI Major U18 Hockey League and the NS U16AAA Hockey League joined together to raise funds for the Hockey Fights Cancer Campaign. Teams held events over the first four months of the 2024-25 hockey season leading up to the cheque presentation during the 2025 IceJam Tournament located in Bedford NS on January 11th.  A total of $47,401.74 was raised for the Cancer Society.  Thanks to all those that contributed to this years campaign.

NBPEI Major U18 Teams enter into games the first week of the New Year with their sights set on the 2025 IceJam set to begin January 8th and running thru January 12th at the GreenFoot Energy Centre in Bedford NS.   All six teams will see action with the Moncton Flyers kicking things off against the Halifax Macs on Wednesday, January 8th at 7:00 pm while the remaining five NBPEI teams begin tournament play on Thursday, January 9th.   Round robin tournament play wraps up at 9:30 pm on January 10th with the Charlottetown Knights taking on the Valley Wildcats.

The IceJam gives teams the opportunity to see how they place within the Atlantic Region heading into the final games of their respective league schedules and playoffs before Atlantics.  The 2025 Atlantics will be hosted by the Kensington Wild, April 2nd - 6th at the Credit Union Center in Kensington PEI.

The New Brunswick - Prince Edward Island Major U18 Hockey League wish all their teams, players past and present, families, fans, supporters, volunteers and sponsors a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!  

Both the NBPEI Major U18 Hockey League and the NS U18 Major Hockey League are heading to Amherst Dec 7th and 8th to play a couple interlocking league exhibition games and regular season league games as part of the Maritime Development Hockey Alliance (MDHA) between the two leagues.  The games, billed as the "Stadium Series" is the start of what is hoped to be an annual event between the leagues where interlocking games are played in neutral locations, not only to reduced the amount of travel involved with interlocking play but also provide the opportunity for communities to host games at the U18 Major level.

Two interlocking league  exhibition games will be played at the Amherst Stadium Saturday December 7th.  The first game will start at  1 pm with the March & Mill Co. Hunters hosting the Fredericton Caps, followed at 4:15 pm with Kensington Wild taking on Weeks Majors.

Sunday, December 8th regular season games will be played in both leagues.  At 11 am Weeks Majors will host March & Mill Co. Hunters from the NS U18 Major Hockey League followed at 3pm with the Moncton Flyers taking on the Charlottetown Knights in the NBPEI Major U18 Hockey League Matchup.