2019-20 EHL season

This is the 2019-20 Eastern Hockey League season. This is the league's seventh season after it was formed by the merger of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League and six members of the Eastern Junior Hockey League.
==Playoffs Canceled==
On March 12th the league issued the following statement:
"The Eastern Hockey League (EHL) has announced today that effective immediately all remaining 2020 EHL and EHLP playoff games have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus and outbreak. This includes the upcoming 2020 Frozen Finals in Providence, RI. The decision was made by the league's Board of Governors with the best interest of our players, staff, and their families in mind."https://www.easternhockeyleague.org/news_article/show/1095107
==Membership Changes==
On April 23, 2019 the league announced the leagues teams for the 2019-20 season. Among the changes:https://www.easternhockeyleague.org/news_article/show/1014424
*The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights would be moving to the North American 3 Hockey League.http://www.na3hl.com/news/story.cfm?id=26800
*The Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels are not returning after being removed from the league during the 2018-19 season for using an over-aged player.
*The Exeter, New Hampshire based Seacoast Spartans will be added to the higher level league, The organization had previously operated youth teams at several different levels. The team will be based out of the Rinks at Exeter.
*The Worcester Jr. Railers will be added to both of the leagues. The team swill be based out of the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center.
*The New Hampshire Avalanche and New York Applecore are adding teams the Premier Division. Both organizations have already operated teams in the main league.
*The Staten Island based New York Bridgemen are being added to the Premier Division. The team appears to be based out of the Staten Island Skating Pavilion.
==Teams==
===New England Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Boston Jr Rangers 	Tewksbury, Massachusetts	Breakaway Ice Center
Connecticut Chiefs 	Newington, Connecticut 	Newington Arena
East Coast Wizards 	Bedford, Massachusetts 	Edge Sports Center
New England Wolves 	Laconia, New Hampshire 	Merrill Fay Arena
New Hampshire Avalanche	Hooksett, New Hampshire 	Ice Den Arena
Worcester Jr. Railers 	Worcester, Massachusetts	Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center
Seacoast Spartans 	Exeter, New Hampshire 	Rinks at Exeter
Seahawks Hockey Club 	Hyannis, Massachusetts 	Hyannis Youth and Community Center
Valley Jr. Warriors 	Haverhill, Massachusetts	Haverhill Valley Forum
Vermont Lumberjacks 	Burlington, Vermont 	Gordon H. Paquette Ice Arena
Walpole Express 	Walpole, Massachusetts 	Rodman Arena
===Mid-Atlantic Division===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Connecticut RoughRiders 	Norwalk, Connecticut 	SoNo Ice House
New Jersey 87's 	Middletown, New Jersey 	Middletown Ice World Arena
New York Applecore 	Brewster, New York 	Brewster Ice Arena
NC Force Golden Bears 	Garner, North Carolina 	Garner Ice House
Philadelphia Junior Flyers	West Chester, Pennsylvania	Ice Line Quad Rinks
Philadelphia Little Flyers	Aston, Pennsylvania 	IceWorks Skating Complex
Philadelphia Revolution 	Warminster, Pennsylvania 	Revolution Ice Gardens
Team Maryland 	Odenton, Maryland 	Piney Orchard Ice Arena
==Standings==
====New England Conference====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Boston Jr. Rangers 	46	39	5 	2 	208	104	80
New Hampshire Avalanche	46	33	9 	4 	185	87 	70
Vermont Lumberjacks 	46	34	11	1 	209	131	69
Seahawks Hockey Club 	46	31	15	0 	158	101	62
Walpole Express 	46	28	13	5 	147	110	61
New England Wolves 	46	25	16	5 	170	161	55
East Coast Wizards 	46	23	17	6 	164	132	52
Seacoast Spartans 	46	17	28	1 	123	160	35
Connecticut Chiefs 	46	14	28	4 	112	182	32
Valley Jr. Warriors 	46	13	31	2 	123	186	28
Worcester Jr. Railers 	46	7 	36	3 	111	240	17
====Mid-Atlantic Conference====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
New Jersey 87's 	46	36	8 	2 	234	104	74
Philadelphia Revolution 	46	30	12	4 	192	117	64
Connecticut RoughRiders 	46	28	14	4 	191	165	60
Team Maryland 	46	23	19	4 	182	161	50
Philadelphia Little Flyers 	46	23	20	3 	161	159	49
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 	46	19	26	1 	112	126	39
New York Apple Core 	46	13	28	5 	132	203	31
North Carolina Golden Bears	46	1 	45	0 	47 	332	2
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top eight teams qualify in the New England Conference while the top six qualify in the Mid-Atlantic Conference. The fifth through eighth place teams in the New England Conference play single elimination round.  The winners become the fifth and sixth seeds. The third through sixth seeds are matched up in two best-of-three series in each conference.The two winners in each conference and re-seeded and then matched up with the first and second seeds in the best-of-three second.round.  The winners of the four second round series advance to the EHL Frozen Finals being held at Schneider Arena on the campus of Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. The four teams play a single round robin March 25 to 28 with the top two teams advancing to a championship game being held on March 29.
===Preliminary Round===
*Seacoast Spartans defeated Walpole Express 5-3
*East Coast Wizards defeated New England Wolves 2-1
===Conference Quarterfinals===
*Vermont Lumberjacks defeated Seacoast Spartans 2 games to none
*Philadelphia Junior Flyers defeated Connecticut RoughRiders 2 games to 1
*East Coast Wizards defeated Seahawks Hockey Club 2 games to 1
*Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated Team Maryland 2 games to 1
Playoffs cancelled prior to start of conference semifinal round.
==References==
Category:2020 in hockey
Category:EHL Seasons