Boston Bandits (Ice Hockey)

Boston Bandits
City	Bridgewater, Massachusetts
League	National Collegiate Development Conference
Founded	1996
Home arena	Bridgewater Ice Arena
Colors	Red, black, white
Owner(s)	Ben Ewing Tom Poti
General manager	Doug Shepherd
Head coach	Rich Alger (2018)
Franchise history
1996–2011	Bridgewater Bandits
2011–present	Boston Bandits

The Boston Bandits, formerly the Bridgewater Bandits, are a junior ice hockey organization from Bridgewater, Massachusetts in the United States, with teams playing in the United States Premier Hockey League's National Collegiate Development Conference and Premier Division. The organization plays home games at the Bridgewater Ice Arena in Bridgewater, Massachusetts

The current National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC) Boston Bandits played in the Tier III Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) from 1996 until its dissolution in 2013. The Bandits would then join the Atlantic Junior Hockey League which would reorganize and become the Eastern Hockey League (EHL) for the 2013–14 season.

The Bandits organization also fields teams in the lower level USPHL Premier Division, as well as youth hockey select teams at the Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt and various other levels. The Premier team originally played in the Empire Junior B Hockey League until 2013 and then the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (MetJHL) from 2013 to 2015 at which point the EHL added the Elite Division and the former EHL teams were all promoted to the Premier Division. The MetJHL team then joined the EHL-Elite Division.

In 2017, the Bandits' organization left the EHL for the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL). The USPHL was planning to launch the Tier II level league, which became the NCDC, for the 2017–18 season. However, the USPHL was denied the Tier II status by USA Hockey and the junior league went independent. The top level Bandits team joined the NCDC and the developmental team joined the Premier Division.

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