Eastern Hockey League
Eastern Hockey League
Eastern Hockey League
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Eastern Hockey League
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 Final logo in 1972–73 | |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1933 |
| Ceased | 1973 |
| Replaced by | North American Hockey League Southern Hockey League |
| President | Tommy Lockhart |
| Country | United States |
The Eastern Hockey League was a minor professional United States ice hockey league.
Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1933–1953)
The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League (EAHL). The league was founded by Tommy Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1937 to 1972. Lockhart, who operated a small intramural hockey league at New York City's Madison Square Garden, offered his teams – and the use of the MSG ice – in exchange for joining the league.
The EAHL operated between 1933–1948 and 1949–1953. The league had a somewhat tenuous existence. It began with seven teams, and had various numbers of teams, going as low as four. There was no 1948–49 season, but the league returned for the 1949–50 season with eight teams. The league again did not operate during the 1953–54 season.
Teams
- Atlantic City Seagulls (1932–33 to 1941–42)
- Atlantic City Seagulls (1947–48 to 1951–52)
- Baltimore Blades / Clippers (1944–45 to 1949–50)
- Baltimore Orioles (1933–34 to 1941–42)
- Boston Olympics (1940–41 to 1951–52)
- Bronx Tigers (1933–34 to 1933–34; 1937–38)
- Brooklyn Crescents (1943–44)
- Cleveland Knights (1949–50)
- Crescent-Hamilton Athletic Club (1933–34 to 1934–35)
- Grand Rapids Rockets (1949–50)
- Hershey B'ars / Bears (1933–34 to 1937–38)
- Hershey Cubs (1938–39)
- Johnstown Blue Birds (1941–42)
- Johnstown Jets (1950–51 to 1952–53)
- Milwaukee Clarks (1949–50)
- New Haven Eagles (1943–44)
- New Haven Tomahawks / Nutmegs (1951–53)
- New York Athletic Club (1933–34)
- New York Rovers (1935–36 to 1951–52)
- Philadelphia Falcons (1942–43 to 1945–46; 1951–52)
- Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (1935–36 to 1936–37)
- River Vale Skeeters (1939–40 to 1941–42)
- St. Nicholas Hockey Club (1933–34)
- Springfield Indians (1951–52 to 1952–53)
- Toledo Buckeyes (1949–50)
- Troy Uncle Sam Trojans (1952–53)
- United States Coast Guard Cutters (1942–43)
- Washington Eagles (1939–40 to 1941–42)
- Washington Lions (1944–45 to 1946–47; 1951–52 to 1952–53)
Timeline
Eastern Hockey League (1954–1973)
The league started back up for the 1954–55 season and changed its name to the Eastern Hockey League.
The league operated between 1954 and 1973. It began with five teams and grew into two divisions for the 1959–60 season. The league reached it peak in terms of team number in the 1967–68 when it had twelve teams in two divisions. In its final season the league had twelve teams split into three divisions.
The EHL ceased operations after the 1972–73 season. Some of its northern teams became the North American Hockey League, while most of its Southern teams became the Southern Hockey League.
Teams
- Baltimore Clippers (1954–55 to 1955–56)
- Cape Cod Cubs (1972–73)
- Charlotte Checkers (1956–57 to 1972–73)
- Clinton Comets (1954–55 to 1972–73)
- Greensboro Generals (1959–60 to 1972–73)
- Jacksonville Rockets/Florida Rockets (1964–65 to 1971–72)
- Jersey Devils (1964–65 to 1972–73)
- Jersey Larks (1960–61)
- Johnstown Jets (1955–56 to 1972–73)
- Knoxville Knights (1961–62 to 1967–68)
- Long Island Ducks (1961–62 to 1972–73)
- Nashville Dixie Flyers (1962–63 to 1970–71)
- New England Blades (1972–73)
- New Haven Blades (1954–55 to 1971–72)
- New York Rovers (1959–60 to 1960–61; 1964–65)
- Philadelphia Ramblers (1955–56 to 1963–64)
- Rhode Island Eagles (1972–73)
- Roanoke Valley Rebels (1970–71 to 1972–73)
- Salem Rebels (1967–68 to 1969–70)
- St. Petersburg Suns (1971–72)
- Suncoast Suns (1972–73)
- Syracuse Blazers (1967–68 to 1972–73)
- Washington Lions (1954–55 to 1956–57)
- Washington Presidents (1957–58 to 1959–60)
- Worcester Warriors (1954–55)
Timeline
References
- ^ Fischler, Stan (2013). We Are the Rangers: The Oral History of the New York Rangers. Triumph Books. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-60078-867-3.
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