Eastern Hockey League

The Eastern Hockey League was a professional ice hockey minor league in the United States .

Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1933 to 1953)

In 1933 the league with seven participating franchises was founded as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League (EAHL) by Thomas Lockhart , who was the EAHL's league representative from its inception until 1972 and who had already gained ice hockey experience in college.

After the first season, three more teams were added, so that the league reorganized and Frederick Rubien , the secretary of the US Olympic Committee, was elected as its new president.

The league's championship was called the James J. Walker Trophy , after a trophy found in a New York pawnshop in 1935 and used as a championship trophy from then on. In the late 1930s, three seasons were played in one year, so the trophy was awarded three times during the year.

In 1948/49 the league was suspended for one season, but the series came back with eight teams as early as the 1949/50 season, followed by the provisional out of the league in 1953.

Teams

• Atlantic City Seagulls (1933-1942; 1947-1952)
• Baltimore Clippers (1945-1950)
• Baltimore Orioles (1933-1942; 1944-1945)
• Boston Olympics (1940–1952)
• Bronx Tigers (1933-1934; 1937-1938)
• Brooklyn Crescents (1943-1944)
• Cleveland Knights (1949-1950)
• Crescent-Hamilton AC (1933-1935)
• Grand Rapids Rockets (1949-1950)
• Hershey Bears (1933-1938)
• Hershey Cubs (1938-1939)
• Johnstown Bluebirds (1941-1942)
• Johnstown Jets (1950–1953; 1955–1973)
• Milwaukee Clarks (1949-1950)
• New Haven Eagles (1943)
• New Haven Nutmegs (1952-1953)

• New Haven Tomahawks (1951–1952)
• New York Athletic Club (1933-1934)
• New York Rovers (1935–1952)
• Philadelphia Falcons (1942-1946; 1951-1952)
• Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (1935-1937)
• Riverdale Skeeters (1939-1942)
• St Nicholas Hockey Club (1933-1934)
• Springfield Indians (1951-1953)
• Toledo Buckeyes (1949-1950)
• Troy Uncle Sam Trojans (1952-1953)
• US Coast Guard Cutters (1942-1943)
• Washington Eagles (1939-1942)
• Washington Lions (1944-1947; 1951-1953)

master

• 1952/53 - Johnstown Jets
• 1951/52 - Johnstown Jets
• 1950/51 - Atlantic City Sea Gulls
• 1949/50 - New York Rovers
• 1948/49 - no championship
• 1947/48 - Baltimore Clippers
• 1946/47 - Boston Olympics
• 1945/46 - Boston Olympics
• 1944/45 - Boston Olympics
• 1943/44 - Boston Olympics

• 1942/43 - US Coast Guard Cutters
• 1941/42 - New York Rovers
• 1940/41 - Atlantic City Sea Gulls
• 1939/40 - Baltimore Orioles
• 1938/39 - New York Rovers
• 1937/38 - Atlantic City Sea Gulls
• 1936/37 - Atlantic City Sea Gulls
• 1935/36 - Baltimore Orioles
• 1934/35 - New York-Hamilton Crescents
• 1933/34 - Baltimore Orioles

Eastern Hockey League (1954 to 1973)

For the 1954/55 season, the league was finally reorganized and continued under the name Eastern Hockey League.

In 1954 the league started with five teams, by 1959 this number had grown to twelve, which remained until the end of the league in 1973 when twelve teams in three divisions were also playing for the championship.

In 1972/73 the EHL stopped playing and was replaced by the North American Hockey League and the Southern Hockey League , which took over most of the EHL teams.

Teams

• Baltimore Clippers (1954–1956; became Charlotte Rebels )
• Cape Cod Cubs (1972-1973)
• Charlotte Checkers (1960–1973)
• Charlotte Clippers (1956–1960; became Charlotte Checkers )
• Charlotte Rebels (1956; became Charlotte Clippers )
• Clinton Comets (1954-1973)
• Florida Rockets (1966–1968; became Jacksonville Rockets )
• Greensboro Generals (1959-1973)
• Jacksonville Rockets (1964–1966; became Florida Rockets ; 1968–1972)
• Jersey Devils (1964-1971; 1972-1973)
• Jersey Larks (1960–1961; became Knoxville Knights )
• Johnstown Jets (1955-1973)
• Knoxville Knights (1961-1968)
• Long Island Ducks (1961–1973)
• Nashville Dixie Flyers (1962-1971)

• New England Blades (1972–1973)
• New Haven Blades (1954–1972; became New England Blades )
• New York Rovers (1959-1961; 1964-1965)
• Philadelphia Ramblers (1955-1964)
• Rhode Island Eagles (1972–1973)
• Roanoke Valley Rebels (1970-1973)
• St. Petersburg Suns (1971–1972; became Suncoast Suns )
• Suncoast Suns (1972–1973)
• Salem Rebels (1967–1970; became Roanoke Valley Rebels )
• Syracuse Blazers (1967-1973)
• Washington Lions (1954–1957; became Washington Presidents )
• Washington Presidents (1957-1960; became Jersey Larks )
• Worcester Warriors (1954–1955)

master

• 1972/73 - Syracuse Blazers
• 1971/72 - Charlotte Checkers
• 1970/71 - Charlotte Checkers
• 1969/70 - Clinton Comets
• 1968/69 - Clinton Comets
• 1967/68 - Clinton Comets
• 1966/67 - Nashville Dixie Flyers
• 1965/66 - Nashville Dixie Flyers
• 1964/65 - Long Island Ducks

• 1963/64 - Clinton Comets
• 1962/63 - Greensboro Generals
• 1961/62 - Johnstown Jets
• 1960/61 - Johnstown Jets
• 1959/60 - Johnstown Jets
• 1958/59 - Clinton Comets
• 1957/58 - Washington Presidents
• 1956/57 - Charlotte Checkers
• 1955/56 - New Haven Blades
• 1954/55 - New Haven Blades

Northeastern / Eastern Hockey League (1978 to 1981)

In 1979 the Eastern Hockey League was revived under the same name. Despite the merger with the Northeastern Hockey League, which was founded a year earlier, the success of earlier days could not be built on and so the game was stopped after only three years.

Teams

• Baltimore Clippers (1979-1981)
• Erie Blades (1978-1981)
• Hampton Aces (1978-1981)
• Jersey Aces (1978; became Hampton Aces )
• Johnstown Red Wings (1979-1980)
• Johnstown Wings (1978–1979; became Johnstown Red Wings )
• Cape Cod / New Hampshire Freedoms (1978–1989)
• Richmond Rifles (1979-1981)
• Salem Raiders (1980-1981)
• Syracuse Hornets (1980-1981)
• Utica Mohawks (1978-1980)

master

• 1980/81 - Erie Blades
• 1979/80 - Erie Blades
• 1978/79 - Erie Blades