Interstate Hockey League

The Interstate Hockey League is a men's senior hockey league based in the southeastern portion of the state of Michigan.  The league announced a 2018-19 inaugural season. The league will be strictly amateur. The teams will be centrally owned by the league and operated by managers who will run the day to day operations.
==Season Cancellation==
In light of what happened with the USA Central Hockey League rushing to get the league going for 2018-19 and collapsing in short order and the death of a team operator, league commissioner Drake Mackenzie decided to delay the start of the league until the 2019-20 season.
==2019-20==
The league planned on beginning play with the 2019-20 season with the following:
*The Canton Wolfpack are no longer listed as a team on the league website.
*the addition of the Dimondale, Michigan based Lansing Capitals.https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/2019/05/08/interstate-hockey-league-michigan-lansing-capitals/1127657001/
*The Lapeer Nepessings
*the Bay City Muskies  They were later renamed the Bay City Americans. which was in honor of a former semipro team that played in the city from 1935 to 1975. 
*the Fraser, Michigan based Detroit Vipers (2019)
*a previously planned Traverse City, Michigan team to be called the Traverse City Gulls was relocated to St. Ignace, Michigan and will be named the St. Ignace Grizzlies after the arena they were planning on playing in voted down a lease for the team.
*the Motor City Stags were originally planned for Midland, Michigan but could not reach a satisfactory deal for ice time and relocated to Brighton, Michigan.
*the Alpena North Stars
*the Muskegon Voyageurs which were later renamed the Muskegon Mohawks
*the Battle Creek Calvary
*the Holland Beacons
*the St. Clair Gulls
*the Flint Wolfpack
The league would announce that it would hold off on beginning play until the 2020-21 season.
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Alpena North Stars 	Alpena, Michigan 	Northern Lights Arena
Battle Creek Calvary	Battle Creek, Michigan	TBD
Bay City Americans 	Bay City, Michigan 	Bay County Civic Arena
Flint Wolfpack 	Flint, Michigan 	Flint Iceland Arena
Hadley Nepessings 	Fraser, Michigan 	Fraser Hockeyland
Holland Beacons 	Holland, Michigan 	Griff's Icehouse West
Lansing Capitals 	Dimondale, Michigan 	The Summit Sports and Ice Complex
Macomb Stags 	Fraser, Michigan 	Fraser Hockeyland
Muskegon Voyagers 	Muskegon, Michigan 	Lakeshore Sports Center
Oakland Vipers 	Fraser, Michigan 	Fraser Hockeyland
St. Clair Gulls 	Fraser, Michigan 	Fraser Hockeyland
St. Ignace Grizzlies	St. Ignace, Michigan 	Little Bear East Community Center
===Planned teams that did not play or were renamed===
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Canton Wolfpack 	Canton, Michigan 	Arctic Edge
Fraser Vipers 	Fraser, Michigan 	Fraser Hockeyland
Macomb Hurons 	Macomb, Michigan 	Suburban Ice Arena
Port Huron Grizzlies	Port Huron, Michigan	McMorran Place
Sanilac Blades 	Sandusky, Michigan 	Colleen J Howe Arena
Vehicle City Villans	Flint, Michigan 	Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center
==Seasons==
*2018-19 IHL Season
*2019-20 IHL Season
==References==
Category:Established in 2018
Category:Ice hockey leagues in the United States