The Empire Junior Hockey League (EmJHL) was a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey league. The league was classified as Tier III Junior B until the 2011âÂÂ12 season when USA Hockey combined the Tier III Junior A and Junior B classifications.
On February 25, 2010, the Empire Junior Hockey League Board of Governors voted to eliminate 20-year-old players from the League by changing the restriction of no more than four 20-year-olds per team to a maximum of two per team in the 2010âÂÂ11 season. Starting with the 2011âÂÂ12 season there would be no 20-year-olds in the league.
In 2013, the Empire League and the Eastern Elite Hockey League both agreed to affiliate with the newly formed United States Premier Hockey League becoming the Empire and Elite Divisions, respectively. Starting with the 2015âÂÂ16 season the USPHL's Empire Division was renamed to the USP3 Division.
, the following teams made up the league in its final season: