2021-22 EHL Season

This is the 2021-22 Eastern Hockey League season. This is the league's ninth season after it was formed by the merger of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League and six members of the Eastern Junior Hockey League.
==Membership Changes==
*The Maine Eclipse resumed operations for the start of the 2021-22 season in both leagues. According to a report on the Junior Hockey News website the team was removed from the league again in late September. The report attributed the issues as being a result of lack of experience of the ownership and several other reasons.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/the-death-pool-ehls-maine-eclipse-dead/ The juniorhockey.com website had published a follow up article and re-republished several articles pertaining to the indirect involvement of a person that had been placed on USA Hockey's and Safesport's permanently banned list as one of the team's coaches being involved in an event run by that person during the summer of 2021.https://www.juniorhockey.com/news/news_detail.php?news_id=94445 The organizations two teams would forfeit games September 24th to September 26 as the organization was being investigated and apparently removed from the league.
*a new team based out of the Thayer Arena in Warwick, Rhode Island was announced for the 2022-23 season.https://www.easternhockeyleague.org/news_article/show/1197723
==Teams==
===North Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Maine Eclipse 	Biddeford, Maine 	Biddeford Arena
New England Wolves 	Laconia, New Hampshire 	Merrill Fay Arena
New Hampshire Avalanche	Hooksett, New Hampshire	Ice Den Arena
Seacoast Spartans 	Exeter, New Hampshire 	Rinks at Exeter
Vermont Lumberjacks 	Burlington, Vermont 	Gordon H. Paquette Ice Arena
===East Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Boston Jr Rangers 	Tewksbury, Massachusetts	Breakaway Ice Center
East Coast Wizards 	Bedford, Massachusetts 	Edge Sports Center
Seahawks Hockey Club	Hyannis, Massachusetts 	Hyannis Youth and Community Center
Valley Jr. Warriors 	Haverhill, Massachusetts	Haverhill Valley Forum
Walpole Express 	Walpole, Massachusetts 	Rodman Arena
===Central Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Connecticut Chiefs 	Newington, Connecticut 	Newington Arena
Connecticut RoughRiders	Norwalk, Connecticut 	SoNo Ice House
New York Applecore 	Brewster, New York 	Brewster Ice Arena
Worcester Jr. Railers 	Worcester, Massachusetts	Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center
===South Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
New Jersey 87's 	Middletown, New Jersey	Middletown Ice World Arena
Philadelphia Little Flyers	Aston, Pennsylvania 	IceWorks Skating Complex
Protec Jr. Ducks 	Somerset, New Jersey 	Protec Ponds
Team Maryland 	Odenton, Maryland 	Piney Orchard Ice Arena
==Standings==
===North Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
New Hampshire Avalanche	46	32	9 	5 	179	97 	69
New England Wolves 	46	23	19	4 	138	168	50
Vermont Lumberjacks 	46	21	20	5 	168	152	47
Seacoast Spartans 	46	19	23	4 	147	174	42
===East Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Boston Jr. Rangers 	46	34	9 	3 	150	84 	71
Walpole Express 	46	27	17	2 	130	115	56
East Coast Wizards 	46	20	23	3 	115	145	43
Valley Jr. Warriors 	46	18	21	7 	140	158	43
Seahawks Hockey Club	46	15	23	8 	127	171	38
===Central Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Worcester Jr. Railers 	46	28	15	3 	163	139	59
Connecticut Chiefs 	46	18	23	5 	140	158	41
Connecticut RoughRiders	46	14	26	6 	139	240	34
New York Apple Core 	46	12	30	4 	148	224	28
===South Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Philadelphia Little Flyers	46	30	12	4 	210	137	64
New Jersey 87's 	46	30	12	4 	160	113	64
Protec Jr. Ducks 	46	25	16	5 	147	144	55
Team Maryland 	46	25	19	2 	157	139	52
==Playoffs==
All teams qualify. The fourth and fifth place teams in the East Division meet in a single game elimination round with the winner becoming the fourth seed in the East Division. The division semifinals and division finals are best-of-three. The four division final losers have a second chance to qualify for the Frozen Finals. The six teams that qualify for the Frozen Finals are paired into two pools of three teams with each team playing a round robin within the pool. The top two teams advance to the semifinals with the first place from one pool playing the second place team from the other pool. The winners meet for the league championship.
===East Division Qualifier Round===
*Seahawks Hockey Club defeated Valley Jr. Warriors 3-2 (ot)
===North Division Semifinals===
*New Hampshire Avalanche defeated Seacoast Spartans 2 games to none
*New England Wolves defeated Vermont Lumberjacks 2 games to 1
===East Division Semifinals===
*Boston Jr. Rangers defeated Seahawks Hockey Club 2 games to none
*Walpole Express defeated East Coast Wizards 2 games to 1
===Central Division Semifinals===
*Worcester Jr. Railers defeated New York Apple Core 2 games to 1
*Connecticut Chiefs defeated Connecticut RoughRiders 2 games to none
===South Division Semifinals===
*Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated Team Maryland 2 games to none
*New Jersey 87's defeated Protec Jr. Ducks 2 games to none
===North Division Final===
*New Hampshire Avalanche defeated New England Wolves 2 games to none
===East Division Final===
*Walpole Express defeated Boston Jr. Rangers 2 games to none
===Central Division Final===
*Worcester Jr. Railers defeated Connecticut Chiefs 2 games to 1
===South Division Final===
*Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated New Jersey 87's 2 games to none
===Wild Card Round===
*New Jersey 87's defeated Connecticut Chiefs 3-2 (ot)
*New England Wolves defeated Boston Jr. Rangers 2-1 (ot)
===Frozen Finals Round Robin===
====Pool A====
*Walpole Express defeated New Hampshire Avalanche 2-0
*New England Wolves defeated New Hampshire Avalanche 2-1 (ot)
*New England Wolves defeated Walpole Express 2-0
=====Standings=====
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
New England Wolves 	2 	2	0	0 	4 	1 	4
Walpole Express 	2 	1	1	0 	2 	2 	2
New Hampshire Avalanche	2 	0	2	1 	1 	4 	1
====Pool B====
*Worcester Jr. Railers defeated Philadelphia Little Flyers 4-0
*New Jersey 87's defeated Philadelphia Little Flyers 6-2
*Worcester Jr. Railers defeated New Jersey 87's 4-2
=====Standings=====
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Worcester Jr. Railers 	2 	2	0	0 	8 	2 	4
New Jersey 87's 	2 	1	1	0 	8 	6 	2
Philadelphia Little Flyers	2 	0	2	0 	2 	10	0
===Semifinals===
*New Jersey 87's defeated New England Wolves 3-1
*Walpole Express defeated Worcester Jr. Railers 3-1
===Championship Game===
*New Jersey 87's defeated Walpole Express 2-0
==References==
Category:2022 in ice hockey
Category:EHL Seasons