Lockhart Cup

The Lockhart Cup was the league playoff championship trophy for the North American Hockey League (1973-1977).  Along with the Crockett Cup (the Southern Hockey League(1973-1977) playoff championship trophy) the trophy indirectly replaced the Boardwalk Cup which was the championship trophy of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League and its' successor league the Eastern Hockey League (1933-1973).
The trophy was named in honor of Thomas Lockhart, who was commissioner of the Eastern Hockey League from 1937 to 1973.  Lockhart was inducted into the Hockey Hall Of Fame in 1965 in the builders category.  He was also the first president of the Amateur Hockey Association of the Unitied States (know known as USA Hockey.
The trophy at last report is missing. (For more information on the trophy and the hunt for it see the link below).
==Lockhart Cup Finals==
Season 	Champion 	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
==Links/Further Reading==
Story on Lockhart, the Trophy, and the attempt to find it
Category:Trophies and awards