The Maryland Black Bears are excited to announce its affiliation with Team Maryland (EHL), Team Maryland AAA and The Mercer Chiefs AAA. Team Maryland AAA is a USA Hockey sanctioned Tier I youth hockey club based out of the Piney Orchard Ice Arena in Odenton, Maryland. The Mercer Chiefs are a USA Hockey sanctioned Tier I and Tier II travel hockey club based out of the Ice Land Skating Center in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. Team Maryland (EHL) is the EHL’s newest franchise which will also play at Piney Orchard in Odenton, Maryland.
The path to college hockey in the Mid-Atlantic now runs through Team Maryland and the Mercer Chiefs.