2018-19 EHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Eastern Hockey League season. This is the league's sixth season after it was formed by the merger of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League and six members of the Eastern Junior Hockey League.
The league announced  a 46 game schedule for each team that will begin on September 8, 2018 and finish with the EHL Frozen Finals to be held March 21-24, 2019 at the Schneider Arena on the campus of Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island
==Membership Changes==
*At the end of the 2017-18 the EHL franchises affiliated with the Connecticut Oilers organization were sold and then relocated to the Newington Arena in Newington, Connecticut.  The organization would withdraw prior to the start of the season.
*On April 12, 2018 the newly established Maryland Black Bears of the North American Hockey League established an affiliated team to be based out of their home arena, the Piney Orchard Ice Arena in Odenton, Maryland. The EHL team would be named Team Maryland on May 8, 2018.
*The North Carolina Golden Bears were announced as a new member, they will be based out of the Garner Ice House in Garner, North Carolina
*The Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels and New Jersey 87's who already had teams playing in the lower level 19U and Premier Divisions respectively add second teams to play in the higher level league
*The Charleston Mariners were originally announced as an expansion team for the 2018-19 season. On May 16, 2018 the team had announced on its website that it would participate at the Junior A level in 2019-20 and that the timing is not appropriate for a 2018-19 start date.
*Tthe New York Bobcats Royals are no longer listed on the league website.
*The Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels were removed from the league in early December for using an over-aged player.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/the-death-pool-ehl-kills-off-lehigh-valley-after-catching-22-year-old-illegal-player/
==Teams==
====New England Conference====
=====North Division=====
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Boston Jr Rangers 	Tewksbury, Massachusetts	Breakaway Ice Center
New England Wolves 	Laconia, New Hampshire 	Merrill Fay Arena
New Hampshire Avalanche	Hooksett, New Hampshire 	Ice Den Arena
Valley Jr. Warriors 	Haverhill, Massachusetts	Haverhill Valley Forum
Vermont Lumberjacks 	Burlington, Vermont 	Gordon H. Paquette Ice Arena
=====South Division=====
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Connecticut Chiefs 	Newington, Connecticut	Newington Arena
Connecticut RoughRiders 	Norwalk, Connecticut 	SoNo Ice House
East Coast Wizards 	Bedford, Massachusetts	Edge Sports Center
Total Athletics Seahawks	Hyannis, Massachusetts	Hyannis Youth and Community Center
Walpole Express 	Walpole, Massachusetts	Rodman Arena
====Mid-Atlantic Conference====
=====North Division=====
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels 	Whitehall, Pennsylvania	The Rink at Lehigh Valley
New Jersey 87's 	Middletown, New Jersey 	Middletown Ice World Arena
New York Applecore 	Brewster, New York 	Brewster Ice Arena
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	Pittston, Pennsylvania 	Revolution Ice Centre
=====South Division=====
Team 	Centre 	Arena
North Carolina 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
===Announced and then delayed until 2019-20===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Charleston Mariners	North Charleston, South Carolina	Carolina Ice Palace
==Standings==
===New England Conference===
====North Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
New Hampshire Avalanche	45	39	6 	0 	237	93 	78
Vermont Lumberjacks 	45	28	14	3 	211	141	59
Boston Jr Rangers 	46	27	15	4 	170	115	58
Valley Jr. Warriors 	44	16	21	7 	146	202	39
New England Wolves 	44	17	26	1 	162	202	35
====South Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
East Coast Wizards 	44	29	12	3 	174	109	61
Seahawks Hockey Club 	46	26	16	4 	137	107	56
Connecticut RoughRiders	45	22	16	7 	171	169	51
Walpole Express 	45	18	20	7 	143	160	43
Connecticut Chiefs 	44	13	28	3 	137	198	29
===South Conference===
====Central Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
New Jersey 87's 	45	33	11	1 	212	118	67
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	44	27	13	4 	167	116	58
New York Apple Core 	45	17	24	4 	150	172	38
====Mid-Atlantic Division====
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Philadelphia Little Flyers 	44	40	3 	1 	246	73 	81
Philadelphia Revolution 	44	27	15	2 	190	117	56
Philadelphia Junior Flyers 	46	20	22	4 	160	172	44
Team Maryland 	46	10	35	1 	99 	250	21
North Carolina Golden Bears	46	5 	39	2 	110	331	12
==EHL Frozen Finals Playoffs==
===Format===
The top six teams in each conference will qualify for the playoffs. The two division champions earn the 1 and 2 seeds plus a first round bye. The three seed plays the six seed and the four seed plays the five seed in a best-of-three series. Teams will be re-seeded and the one seed will play the four seed and the two seed will play the three seed in a best-of-three series. The four second round winners will advance to the Frozen Finals.
The Frozen Finals will be held March 21st through 23th at Schneider Arena on the campus of Providence College. The last four teams will participate in a round robin tournament with a title game being held on March 24th.
===Conference Quarterfinals===
*Vermont Lumberjacks defeated Connecticut RoughRiders 2 games to none
*Boston Jr Rangers defeated Seahawks Hockey Club 2 games to none
*Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights defeated New York Apple Core 2 games to none
*Philadelphia Revolution defeated Philadelphia Junior Flyers 2 games to none
===Conference Semifinals===
*New Hampshire Avalanche defeated Boston Jr Rangers 2 games to none
*East Coast Wizards defeated Vermont Lumberjacks 2 games to 1
*Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated Philadelphia Revolution 2 games to 0
*Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights defeated New Jersey 87's 2 games to 1
===Frozen Finals Round Robin===
March 21
*Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated East Coast Wizards 4-3
*New Hampshire Avalanche defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 4-0
March 22
*New Hampshire Avalanche defeated Philadelphia Little Flyers 3-2
*East Coast Wizards defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 7-2
March 23
*Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 6-1
*New Hampshire Avalanche defeated East Coast Wizards 4-1
====Round Robin Standings====
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
New Hampshire Avalanche 	3 	3	0	0 	11	3 	6
Philadelphia Little Flyers 	3 	2	2	0 	12	7 	4
East Coast Wizards 	3 	1	1	0 	11	10	2
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	3 	0	3	0 	3 	17	0
===Frozen Finals Championship Game===
March 24
*New Hampshire Avalanche defeated Philadelphia Little Flyers 4-3
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:EHL Seasons