In 2012, Selects Sports Management, the owners of the Green Mountain Glades hockey club that played in the Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL), announced that they were moving the EJHL franchise to Saco, Maine, and merge the team with the Portland Jr. Pirates organization.

However, after only one season, there was a major re-shuffling in Tier III junior hockey leagues that led to the dissolution of the EJHL caused by several members leaving to form the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL).

After the reorganization of leagues, the former EJHL Jr. Pirates joined the Premier Division of the USPHL.

After the 2015–16 season, the Jr. Pirates organization and its teams were no longer listed as part of the USPHL.

[5] The Jr. Pirates have produced a number of alumni playing in higher levels of junior hockey, NCAA Division I, Division III college and professional programs.