Howard County Scholastic Hockey Association

High school ice hockey in Maryland is well organized and enjoys widespread participation and recognition. High school hockey has existed in Howard County since the founding of the MSHL in 1988. The MSHL started with 9 varsity teams for an abbreviated 1988-89 Season. MSHL Teams that year included: Atholton, Boys Latin, Centennial, DeMatha, Glenelg (combined with Hammond students as a developmental team), Howard, Mt St Joseph, Oakland Mills, and Wilde Lake. On January 5, 1989, Maryland high school youth ice hockey became a reality when the first MSHL winter sports season game was played at the Baltimore Arena. The game was between Centennial and Oakland Mills.

In 2014, the Howard Conference established a Junior Varsity (JV) Co-Op Program that is made up of students of Varsity programs that do not have the ability or census to build their own respective JV program. This enables any Howard Conference Varsity program to share a talent feeder system while the same players may be dual rostered to their home school. In commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Ft. McHenry in 1814, the team has been named the Howard Conference Buccaneers, Est. 2014. For more information on our Conference JV program, contact your respective Howard County High School.