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Jersey Rockhoppers
Jersey Rockhoppers
City	West Orange, New Jersey
League	Eastern Professional Hockey League
Founded	2008
Home arena	Richard J. Codey Arena
Colors	Black, Orange
Owner(s)	Curtis Russell, Igor Mrotchek
General manager	TBA
Head coach	Brian Gratz
Franchise history
2008 to 2009	Jersey Rockhoppers
Championships
Regular season titles	1

The Jersey Rockhoppers were a professional ice hockey team based in West Orange, New Jersey, in the United States. The Rockhoppers were founding members of the Eastern Professional Hockey League and played at the 2,500 seat Richard J. Codey Arena.

The Rockhoppers name was chosen by the team's owners after a name the team contest. The owners decided on an animal name, co-owner Igor Mrotchek stated “We think that Rockhoppers makes a nice match and is identifiable with grace, agility and an aggressive nature compared to other penguins”^[1]. On March 28, 2009, the Rockhoppers won the EPHL Championship by defeating the Brooklyn Aces 2 games to 1. [1]

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#	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
6	John Morea	LW	R	5' 9"	180 lbs.	Brooklyn, New York, USA
8	Chris Ferazzoli	C	L	5' 6"	165 lbs.	Floral Park, New York, USA
10	Ron Duguay	F	R	6' 2"	210 lbs.	Sudbury, Ontario Canada
16	Anthony Becker	F	R	5' 11"	173 lbs.	North Tonawanda, New York, USA
17	Matt Tyree	F	L	6' 1"	210 lbs.	Spooner, Wisconsin, USA
18	Logan Bittle	F	R	6' 1"	200 lbs.	Peoria, Illinois, USA
19	Tom Boudreau	F	R	5' 8"	159 lbs.	Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
20	Drew Sanders	F	L	5' 8"	175 lbs.	Modesto, California, USA
21	Kyle Bozoian	F	L	6' 2"	205 lbs.	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
22	Jason McCrimmon	F	R	6' 4"	238 lbs.	Detroit, Michigan, USA
25	Joe Welgos	F	R	6' 2"	190 lbs.	Darien, Illinois, USA
27	Patrick Serpico	F	R	5' 8"	180 lbs.	Marlboro, New Jersey, USA

Defensemen
#	Player	Pos.	Shoots	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
5	Mike Bouchard	D	L	6' 1"	220 lbs.	Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA
11	Rich Jondo	D	L	6' 3"	215 lbs.	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
23	Alex Hager	D	R	5' 11"	198 lbs.	Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
24	Dustin Henning	D	R	5' 11"	185 lbs.	Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA

Goaltenders
#	Player	Pos.	Catches	Height	Weight	Place of Birth
1	Rob Lemelin	G	R	6' 1"	205 lbs.	South Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
39	Nick Niedert	G	R	5' 8"	185 lbs.	Hudson, Iowa, USA

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