2020-21 EHLP season

This is the 2020-21 Eastern Hockey League Premier Season. This is the Eastern Hockey League's lower level league. It is the league's 6th 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 Philadelphia Junior Flyers organization is sold and relocated to Somerset, New Jersey where they are renamed the Protec Jr. Ducks. They will have a team just in the top level league thus dropping out of the Premier League.https://www.easternhockeyleague.org/news_article/show/1087706
*New York Bridgemen withdrew from the league.
*The Keene Eclipse are added as a new franchise and will have teams in both of the EHL leagues.https://www.easternhockeyleague.org/news_article/show/1087706 The team relocated to the Biddeford Arena in Biddeford, Maine before starting play for the season and were renamed the Maine Eclipse. The team would withdraw from the league after playing on November 6th
*The New York Apple Core and Philadelphia Revolution are both no longer in the league. Both organizations will continue to run hockey programs at the youth level.
*The Vermont Lumberjacks were forced to temporarily relocate to the Waterville Valley Ice Arena in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire due to restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic. The were temporarily renamed the Lumberjacks Hockey Club due to the relocation.
*The Connecticut Chiefs were forced to temporarily relocate to the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield, Massachusetts and were temporarily renamed the Western Mass Chiefs.
==Teams==
===North Division===
Team 	Arena 	Location
Maine Eclipse 	Keene, New Hampshire/Biddeford, Maine 	Keene ICE/Biddeford Arena
New England Wolves 	Laconia, New Hampshire 	Merrill Fay Arena
New Hampshire Avalanche 	Hooksett, New Hampshire 	Ice Den Arena
Vermont Lumberjacks/Lumberjacks Hockey Club	Burlington, Vermont/Waterville Valley, New Hampshire	Gordon H. Paquette Ice Arena/Waterville Valley Ice Arena
===Central Division===
Team 	Arena 	Location
Boston Jr Rangers 	Tewksbury, Massachusetts 	Breakaway Ice Center
Connecticut Chiefs/Western Mass Chiefs	Newington, Connecticut/West Springfield, Massachusetts	Newington Arena/Olympia Ice Center
Valley Jr. Warriors 	Haverhill, Massachusetts 	Haverhill Valley Forum
Walpole Express 	Walpole, Massachusetts 	Rodman Arena
Worcester Jr. Railers 	Worcester, Massachusetts 	Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center
===South Division===
Team 	Arena 	Location
New Jersey 87's 	Middletown, New Jersey	Middletown Ice World Arena
New Jersey Renegades 	Flemington, New Jersey	Flemington Ice Arena
Philadelphia Little Flyers	Aston, Pennsylvania 	IceWorks Skating Complex
==Standings==
===North Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
New Hampshire Avalanche	34	29	4 	1 	158	90 	59
Lumberjacks Hockey Club	34	19	11	4 	122	106	42
New England Wolves 	37	8 	23	6 	117	178	22
Maine Eclipse 	10	3 	7 	0 	17 	45 	6
===Central Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Boston Jr Rangers 	36	29	3 	4 	163	70 	62
Railers Jr Hockey Club	36	24	12	0 	162	89 	48
Walpole Express 	36	16	16	4 	108	131	36
Western Mass Chiefs 	35	12	21	2 	97 	143	26
Valley Jr. Warriors 	36	7 	28	1 	75 	167	15
===South Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
New Jersey 87's 	32	24	6 	2 	154	95 	50
Philadelphia Little Flyers	32	16	14	2 	127	112	34
New Jersey Renegades 	34	9 	22	3 	93 	167	21
==Playoffs==
===Play-In Round===
*Valley Jr. Warriors defeated Western Mass Chiefs 3-2
===Division Semifinals===
*Lumberjacks Hockey Club defeated New England Wolves 2 games to none
*Boston Jr. Rangers defeated Valley Jr. Warriors 2 games to none
*Worcester Jr. Railers defeated Walpole Express 2 games to 1
*New Jersey Renegades defeated Philadelphia Little Flyers 2 games to 1
===Division Finals===
*Lumberjacks Hockey Club defeated New Hampshire Avalanche 2 games to 1
*New Jersey 87's defeated New Jersey Renegades 2 games to none
*Worcester Jr. Railers defeated Boston Jr. Rangers 2 games to 1
===Frozen Finals Round Robin===
Held at Ice Line Quad Rinks in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
*New Jersey 87's defeated Lumberjacks Hockey Club 3-0
*Worcester Jr. Railers defeated Lumberjacks Hockey Club 6-2
*Final Round Robin game cancelled as Vermont was eliminated 
===Championship Game===
*New Jersey 87's defeated Worcester Jr. Railers 5-2
==References==
Category:EHL Seasons
Category:2021 in ice hockey