The Electricians will again host the "20th Annual Marquette Electricians Fall Classic" on the last weekend in September. This tournament has become one of the best Major Midget tournaments in the United States. Among the Tournament Champions have been both U.S. (Alaska All-Stars, Detroit Little Caesars) and Canadian (Thunder Bay Kings) National Champions.

 The Electricians "AAA" Hockey Team was formed in 1986 to provide an opportunity for Upper Peninsula hockey players to compete at the highest level possible without having to travel too far from home. Although we are an Upper Peninsula based team, players from Lower Michigan, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Alaska, Canada, Russia, Norway, and Finland have called themselves Marquette Electricians.

Non-Resident players are housed with families from the Marquette community. Often these are families from the local hockey program who volunteer to take in a  student-athlete for the hockey season. Temporary guardianship papers are filed with the local District court that give the housing parent the right to act in the players best interest, but does not remove custody from the legal parents. In keeping with NCAA regulations, room and board payments are charged.

One of the major benefits of playing hockey for the Electricians is the fact that all of the players attend Marquette Senior High School. This is important especially to the nonresident players who can interact with their teammates in both educational and social functions and not just see them at the rink.

The City of Marquette is located on the beautiful South shore of Lake Superior in Michigans' Upper Peninsula. It is accessible by air from Detroit and Minneapolis via Northwest Airlines, from Milwaukee via Midwest Express, and from Chicago via American Airlines. By car we are 8 hours from Detroit, 7 hours from Minneapolis, and 6 hours from Chicago. Marquette and its' surrounding townships have a population of about 36.000, and Northern Michigan University has an enrollment of about 8,500. Shopping malls, movie theaters, golf courses and both downhill and cross-country ski facilities, along with events that surround a major State University, including Division I and II athletic events and a major Regional Medical Center, all within 10 minutes of each other make Marquette an ideal place to spend the hockey season.
 

The Electricians own a 43 passenger motor coach that has been fitted with study tables, 2 televisions and a VCR. Seats have been removed and realigned to allow for maximum passenger comfort.

Since April 1st, 2008 Mike Dagenais has been Head Coach for the Electricians, Dagenais, 24, was most recently the associate head coach of the Marquette American Legion Bantam AA team. Legion compiled a 49-19-3 record last season, with Brian Nebel as head coach.  A Marquette native, Dagenais also served as an assistant coach for the RE/MAX Pee Wee AA team for the 2005-06 season and an assistant coach for the U.P. Sports Connection Squirt AA team for the 2004-05 campaign. A former Electrician, Dagenais was a Gold Medal winner for the United States Under 17 Select Team in the Four Nations Tournament in the Czech Republic, where Team USA was victorious over the Czech Republic, Germany, Canada and Sweden. He also played three seasons (2001-04) with the Waterloo Blackhawks Junior A team in the United States Hockey League.

The Electricians play all of their home games at the 4,200 seat Lakeview Arena, which is also the old home of the 1991 NCAA National Champion Northern Michigan University Wildcats. Playing and practicing in the same area with one of the top College Hockey programs in the country gives the players a glimpse of what lies ahead of them, and what it takes to become a Division I player.

Chartered in 1946, our principal sponsor, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1070 covers Electricians in Marquette, Alger, Luce, Chippewa, and Mackinac Counties. Besides hockey, the Local has team sponsorships in Pop Warner Football, Mens Softball, and Little League Baseball. In addition, various personal sponsorships have been made in Luge, Childrens Trust Fund, Girl Scouts, Special Olympics, BMX, Legion Basbeall, DARE, and Skiing, along with the Make-a-Wish Foundation and numerous other charities. The Local has provided manpower and materials for Bay Cliff Health Camp (provides services for handicapped children), Janzen House (indigent housing), The Womens Center, The Maritime Museum, Habitat for Humanity and Adopt-a-Park. Local Union 1070 believes that the children are our future. Our Union motto is: "the Union of Hearts and Minds".

Our main purpose is to provide a showcase for our players to display their talents in front of Junior "A" and College scouts. Last season several former Electricians were playing on Junior "A" teams. The Electricians currently have former players competing at  Michigan Tech, and St. Cloud State (WCHA); Northern Michigan University, Lake Superior State, Ferris State, Notre Dame, and UA-Fairbanks (CCHA); and U. Mass. - Amherst (Hockey East), and Quinnipiac (MAAC) in Division I, and the University of Wisconsin - Stout in Division III.