The Pioneers Ice Hockey Club is a member run, non-profit organization. We are a local club supporting the youth in Somerville and Branchburg. Teams are sanctioned by USA Hockey. The Middle-School team will play in the Middle School league at Bridgewater Sports Arena and the High School team will play a variety of competitive independent teams from New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
In January, 2008, the Pioneers Ice Hockey Club was born out of a few simple emails between parents with children that love to play hockey. With hopes of someday seeing their children play for their High School, the concept soon became reality as they advertised through email, local rinks, newspapers and passed flyers between players.
On February 20, 2008 the Pioneers held their first General meeting which was attended by more than 50 potential players and their families. As they say the rest is History!
The idea of starting an Ice Hockey Club, that would eventually feed a Somerville High School team, has been invisioned by many individuals over the years. Some have even presented the idea to the Somerville Board of Ed. Although the long-term goal of the Pioneers Ice Hockey Club is to feed a High School team; we started with a club to prove there is sufficient interest and support within the community. We are in regular contact with the Somerville Board of Education and will continue to work closely with the Board to someday hopefully reach our goal!
We kicked off our inaugural Hockey Season in the fall of 2008 with two Teams and look to continue developing Youth Ice Hockey in Somerville and Branchburg in the future.
General Manager: Tim Jones
Communications/Marketing: Christine Bliss
Secretary: Lorena Dolan
Treasurer: Peter Warn
Sponsor Coordinator: Robyn Burke
Somerville HS Liason: Thomas Waller