North American Hockey League (Professional League)

The North American Hockey League ( NAHL for short ) was a professional North American ice hockey minor league .

In 1973 the league was brought into being, as well as the Southern Hockey League founded at the same time , it mainly took the teams of the abolished Eastern Hockey League into their game operations. The league's championship trophy was the Lockhart Cup , which was awarded to the winner of the play-offs at the end of the season. In addition, the league is considered one of the templates for the film Slap Shot (Original title: Slap Shot ) with Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean .

Except for the name, the league has nothing in common with the current US junior league, the North American Hockey League, and the Canadian Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey .

Teams

team	Years	Playing times	city
Jaros de Beauce	1975-1977	2	Saint-Georges , Quebec
Broome Dusters	1973-1977	4th	Binghamton , New York
Buffalo Norsemen	1975-1976	1	Buffalo , New York
Cape Cod Cubs / Cape Codders	1973-1976	3	South Yarmouth , Massachusetts
Erie Blades	1975-1977	2	Erie , Pennsylvania
Johnstown Jets	1973-1977	4th	Johnstown , Pennsylvania
Long Island Cougars	1973-1975	2	Commack , New York
Maine Nordiques	1973-1977	4th	Lewiston , Maine
Mohawk Valley Comets	1973-1977	4th	Utica , New York
Philadelphia Firebirds	1974-1977	3	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Syracuse Blazers	1973-1977	4th	Syracuse , New York

Lockhart Cup

season	master	finalist
1973/74	Syracuse Blazers	Long Island Cougars
1974/75	Johnstown Jets	Broome Dusters
1975/76	Philadelphia Firebirds	Beauce Jaros
1976/77	Syracuse Blazers	Maine Nordiques