The team was founded in 2009 as the Trenton Habs and joined the International Junior Hockey League (IJHL) for the 2008–09 season as an associate member, playing a season of exhibition games against IJHL teams as well as participating in league showcase and national championship tournament.
[2] The Habs finished the 2009–10 season winning the IJHL Super Elite National Championship.
[4][5] In May 2013, it was announced that the organization joined forces with the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the North American Hockey League to give players more opportunities and exposure and renamed the team the Jersey Shore Wildcats.
Prior to the 2016–17 season, the Wildcats became part of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) when it absorbed the NA3EHL.
[7] AAU Sanctioned Junior A National Championship In 2013 & 2014, the MWJHL, NSHL, & WSHL advanced two teams each.