2018-19 EHLP Season

This is the 2018-19 Eastern Hockey League Premier Season. This is the Eastern Hockey League's lower level league. It is the league's 4th season as a feeder league for the higher EHL's league. It was known as the Elite Division for 2015-16 and the 19U Elite Division for 2016-17. The league is an U-19 level league and not a true junior league.
==Membership Changes==
*The Connecticut Chiefs join the league at this level after the organization is sold and relocated from Hamden, Connecticut where they were known as the Connecticut Oilers. The Oilers were originally scheduled to have a team in the league for 2017-18 but they withdrew during the summer of 2017.
*The Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels as being members of the league in mid-June.https://www.ehlpremier.org/news_article/show/926933 But they were gone by the time the schedule was released on July 30th.https://www.ehlpremier.org/news_article/show/937998
*The Jersey Wildcats withdrew
==Membership==
====North Conference====
Team 	Arena 	Location
Boston Jr Rangers 	Tewksbury, Massachusetts	Breakaway Ice Center
Connecticut Chiefs 	Newington, Connecticut 	Newington Arena
New England Wolves 	Laconia, New Hampshire 	Merrill Fay Arena
Valley Jr. Warriors	Haverhill, Massachusetts	Haverhill Valley Forum
Vermont Lumberjacks	Burlington, Vermont 	Gordon H. Paquette Ice Arena
Walpole Express 	Walpole, Massachusetts 	Rodman Arena
====South Conference====
Team 	Arena 	Location
Central Penn Panthers 	Lancaster, Pennsylvania 	Regency Ice Rink
New Jersey 87's 	Middletown, New Jersey 	Middletown Ice World Arena
New Jersey Renegades 	Flemington, New Jersey 	Flemington Ice Arena
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
====Announced then withdrew====
Team 	Arena 	Location
Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels	Whitehall, Pennsylvania	The Rink at Lehigh Valley
==Standings==
===North Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Boston Jr Rangers 	42	34	4 	4 	244	91 	72
New England Wolves 	41	31	10	0 	207	139	62
Connecticut Chiefs 	42	21	18	3 	126	153	45
Vermont Lumberjacks	44	19	20	5 	150	168	43
Walpole Express 	41	15	25	1 	138	152	31
Valley Jr. Warriors	41	8 	29	4 	100	252	20
===South Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Philadelphia Little Flyers	41	31	7 	3 	205	103	65
Philadelphia Revolution 	40	28	10	2 	214	148	58
New Jersey 87's 	41	26	14	1 	190	148	53
New Jersey Renegades 	42	13	24	5 	170	217	31
Central Penn Panthers 	41	14	25	2 	183	264	30
Philadelphia Junior Flyers	42	9 	29	4 	137	226	22
==Playoffs==
===Format===
the top five teams qualifying with the fourth and fifth place teams playing a single game sudden death and then the winner becoming the fourth seed. The division semifinals and final are best-of-three. The division winners meet in a single game final on March 25th at Schneider Arena in Providence, Rhode Island.
===New England Conference First Round===
*Vermont Lumberjacks defeated Walpole Express 5-1
===Mid-Atlantic Conference First Round===
*New Jersey Renegades defeated Central Penn Panthers 9-2
===New England Conference Semifinals===
*Boston Jr Rangers defeated Vermont Lumberjacks 2 games to none
*New England Wolves defeated Connecticut Chiefs 2 games to none
===Mid-Atlantic Conference Semifinals===
*Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated New Jersey Renegades 2 games to none
*New Jersey 87's defeated Philadelphia Revolution 2 games to none
===New England Conference Final===
*New England Wolves defeated Boston Jr Rangers 2 games to none
===Mid-Atlantic Conference Final===
*Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated New Jersey 87's 2 games to 1
===Final===
*New England Wolves defeated Philadelphia Little Flyers 4-2
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:EHL Seasons