Garden State League

The Garden State League was an amateur competition that operated in New Jersey from 1957 until around 1972.
==Results==
;1955-56
*2/13: New Jersey Mets - Morristown 6:2
*2/19: New Jersey Mets - Lehigh University 5:1
*2/23: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 2:1 - 5th straight win for Mets
*2/26: New Jersey Mets - Highland Falls (NY)
*3/11: West Hampton Hurricanes - New Jersey Mets 7:5
Mets played exhibition games this winter. 
;1956-57
*1/16: Short Hills - Somerville Packards 5:2
*1/23: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills
*1/28: New Jersey Mets - Somerville Packards 13:4
*1/30: Rutherford Flyers - Short Hills 5:5
*2/6: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 6:4
*2/6: Rutherford Flyers - Somerville Packards 1:1
*2/20: New Jersey Mets - Somerville Packards 7:0
*2/27: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 5:3
Won by New Jersey Mets.
Other games
*3/3: New Jersey Mets - Clinton Stars 6:4 
*3/16: New Jersey Mets - Schenectady Generals 10:9 - New York State Championship semifinal
*3/17: New Jersey Mets - Clinton Stars 7:1 - " - final
;1957-58
*11/17: Short Hills - Caldwell Jets
*11/21: Rutherford Flyers - Lakeland Raiders 6:1
*11/24: Short Hills - Newark Hawks 8:0
*12/1: Newark Hawks - Lakeland Raiders 6:2
*12/1: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 6:1
*12/5: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 7:1
*12/7: Short Hills - Lakeland Raiders 19:1
*12/7: New Jersey Mets - Rutherford Flyers 10:2
*12/22: Caldwell Jets - New Jersey Mets 3:3
*12/22: Newark Hawks - Lakeland Raiders 7:0
*12/29: Caldwell Jets - Lakeland Raiders 8:1
*12/29: Rutherford Flyers - Newark Hawks 4:3
*1/2: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 1:0 
*1/4: Rutherford Flyers - Newark Hawks 4:3
*1/5: New Jersey Mets - Rutherford Flyers 9:0
*1/5: Caldwell Jets - Newark Hawks 6:3
*1/9: Short Hills - Lakeland Raiders 13:2
*1/13: New Jersey Mets - Rutherford Flyers 5:0
*1/16: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 7:3
*1/19: New Jersey Mets - Newark Hawks 10:1
*1/19: Short Hills - Caldwell Jets 4:1
*1/26: Rutherford Flyers - Newark Hawks 4:3
*1/26: Caldwell Jets - Lakeland Raiders 3:2
*2/9: Caldwell Jets - Short Hills 5:2
*2/9: Rutherford Flyers - Lakeland Raiders 9:3
*2/?: Caldwell Jets - Rutherford Flyers 3:3
*3/?: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 7:4
*3/5: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 2:0 - semifinal
*3/9: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 6:2 - " 
*3/16: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 9:3 - final
*3/23: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 8:6 - "
Standings as of 1/14
#New Jersey Mets 7-0-1-15
#Caldwell Jets 6-3-1-13
#Short Hills 5-1-0-10
#Rutherford Flyers 4-4-0-8
#Newark Hawks 2-5-0-4
#Lakeland Raiders 0-8-0-0
Other games
*1/5: Rutherford Flyers - West New York 2:2
*1/10: West New York - Lakeland Raiders 6:1 
*1/17: Rutherford Flyers - West New York Victorias 4:3
*1/24: West New York Victorias - Newark Hawks 4:1 
*1/31: West New York Victorias - Lakeland Raiders 4:1
*2/7: West New York Victorias - Rutherford Flyers 4:3
*3/7: West New York Victorias - Rutherford Flyers 3:2 - WNY finished 14-3-2 on season
*3/30: New Jersey Mets - Garden State League All-Stars 10:2
;1958-59
*New Jersey Mets - Newark Hawks 5:0
*Caldwell Jets - Paterson Flyers 7:2 
*11/14: Short Hills' - West New York Victorias 3:1
*11/16: Paterson Flyers - Newark Hawks 2:0
*11/23: Short Hills - Paterson Flyers 8:0
*11/23: Caldwell Jets - Newark Hawks 5:3
*11/23: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 9:0 
*11/30: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 4:1
*12/4: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 11:1
*12/7: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 7:0
*12/7: Short Hills - Caldwell Jets 3:0
*12/7: Newark Hawks - Paterson Flyers 3:1
*12/11: West New York Victorias - Newark Hawks 4:2
*12/14: New Jersey Mets - Newark Hawks 7:0
*12/14: Short Hills - Paterson Flyers 4:0
*12/14: Caldwell Jets - West New York Victorias 3:2 
*12/21: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 5:1
*12/21: Short Hills - West New York Victorias 5:4
*12/21: Paterson Flyers - Newark Hawks 5:4
*12/28: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 6:1 
*12/28: Caldwell Jets - Short Hills 4:2
*12/28: West New York Victorias - Newark Hawks 2:1 
*1/4: Newark Hawks - New Jersey Mets 2:1
*1/8: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 5:0 
*1/11: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 4:3 
*1/11: Short Hills - Newark Hawks 2:2
*1/15: West New York Victorias - Short Hills 4:4
*1/18: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 6:1
*1/20: Paterson Flyers - West New York Victorias 3:2 
*1/25: Short Hills - Paterson Flyers 2:1 
*1/25: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 7:3 
*1/29: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 5:3 
*2/1: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 5:2 
*2/1: Caldwell Jets - Short Hills 4:0
*2/1: Paterson Flyers - Newark Hawks 3:1
*2/8: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 9:2
*2/8: West New York Victorias - Newark Hawks 6:1
*2/15: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 4:1
*2/15: Short Hills - Paterson Flyers 4:3
*2/15: West New York Victorias - Branch Brook HC 6:0 
*2/22: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 8:3
*2/22: Short Hills - Newark Hawks 5:4
*3/1: New Jersey Mets - Newark Hawks 7:1
*3/1: West New York Victorias - Caldwell Jets 5:3 - WNY finished 6-13-1
*3/8: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 7:0 
*3/15: Short Hills - New Jersey Mets 3:2 - semifinal
*3/15: Caldwell Jets - Paterson Flyers 3:1 - "
*3/22: Paterson Flyers - Caldwell Jets 8:2 - " 
*3/22: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 5:4 - " 
*3/29: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 3:2 - "
*3/29: Paterson Flyers - Caldwell Jets 3:2 - " 
*4/12: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 10:3 - final
*4/19: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 9:2 - " 
Standings as of 2/9
#New Jersey Mets 15-1-0-30
#Caldwell Jets 11-4-0-22
#Short Hills 8-6-2-18
#Paterson Flyers 5-10-0-10
#West New York Victorias 3-12-1-7
#Newark Hawks 3-11-1-7
;1959-60
*11/?: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 3:2 
*11/18: Paterson Flyers - Boonton Riversides 5:1
*11/29: Boonton Riversides - West New York Victorias 3:3
*12/7: Paterson Flyers - West New York Victorias 4:2
*12/7: New Jersey Mets - Brooklyn Hawks 5:0 
*12/20: West New York Victorias - Brooklyn Hawks 5:4 
*12/21: Paterson Flyers - Boonton Riversides 7:3
*12/21: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 5:3
*12/28: Paterson Flyers - Newark Hawks 6:0
*12/28: Caldwell Jets - West New York Victorias 6:2
*12/28: New Jersey Mets - Boonton Riversides 14:2
*1/6: West New York Victorias - New Jersey Mets 8:6
*1/6: Brooklyn Hawks - Newark Hawks 5:1
*2/1: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 3:2
*2/1: Newark Hawks - Boonton Riversides 6:3
*2/18: Paterson Flyers - Caldwell Jets 2:2
*2/22: Paterson Flyers - Brooklyn Hawks 5:1 - semifinal
*3/22: Paterson Flyers - Brooklyn Hawks 4:3 - " - Paterson won series, 3 games to 2
*New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets - " 
*3/28: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 7:6 - final
*4/3: Paterson Flyers - New Jersey Mets 8:4 - " 
*4/17: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers - "
*4/24: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers - " 
Standings as of 11/19
#New Jersey Mets 5-0-0-10
#Paterson Flyers 3-2-1-7
#Caldwell Jets 3-1-1-7
#Brooklyn Hawks 3-1-1-7
#Newark Hawks 2-3-0-4
#West New York Victorias 1-4-1-3
#Boonton Riversides 0-6-0-0 
;1960-61
*10/13: West New York Victorias - Morristown 6:4
*10/24: Boonton Riversides - West New York Victorias 6:0 - Boonton 2-0-1 on season
*10/31: Brooklyn Hawks - West New York Victorias 9:3
*1/9: Boonton Riversides - West New York Victorias 8:3 - WNY 6-10 on season
*1/19: 'West New York Victorias - Brooklyn Hawks 13:1
#Boonton Riversides
#New Jersey Mets
#Brooklyn Hawks
#West New York Victorias
Semifinals
*3/26: Boonton Riversides - Brooklyn Hawks 5:2 - Boonton won series 2-0
*3/26: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 11:4 - Mets won series 2-0
Final
*4/9: New Jersey Mets - Boonton Riversides 7:1 - 4th straight title for Mets
;1961-62
*1/21: Paterson Flyers - Boonton Riversides
*1/21: New Jersey Mets - Brooklyn Hawks
Morristown was also in the league.
New Jersey Mets won the title and played in the Eastern AHA Championship. 
;1963-64
*11/?: Asbury Park Casinos - Boonton Riversides 5:0 - Asbury Park was 4-2 after this game
*12/1: New Jersey Rockets - Morristown 8:1 - Rockets 11-0, Morristown 2-5-2 after game
*12/10: Asbury Park Casinos - Paterson Flyers (shutout)
*12/15: Asbury Park Casinos - Boonton Riversides 4:4 
*12/27: Asbury Park Casinos - New Jersey Rockets 3:2 
Casinos were 7-6-2 in the league as of 1/9. New Jersey Rockets won the championship.
;1964-65
*10/11: West New York - Paterson Flyers 3:2
*10/11: Boonton - Morristown 7:2
*10/18: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 7:0
*10/18: West New York - Morristown 3:1
*10/18: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 4:2
*10/23: Morristown - Paterson Flyers 4:2 
*10/25: Paterson Flyers - Boonton 5:2
*10/25: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 5:4 
*10/30: Boonton - Morristown 7:3
*11/1: West New York - Paterson Flyers 7:2
*11/1: New Jersey Rockets - Morristown 4:1
*11/1: West New York - Boonton 5:4
*11/6: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 10:0 
*11/8: West New York - Morristown 5:0
*11/8: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 2:2
*11/13: West New York - Paterson Flyers 8:2 
*11/15: Boonton - Paterson Flyers 8:1
*11/15: New Jersey Rockets - Morristown 10:3
*11/20: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 3:3 
*11/22: Paterson Flyers - Morristown 4:1
*11/22: Boonton - Rahway 6:0 
*12/6: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 4:1
*12/6: Paterson Flyers - Rahway 10:0
*12/6: West New York - New Jersey Rockets 3:2
*12/11: Paterson Flyers - Boonton 5:2
*12/18: Paterson Flyers - Rahway 9:2
*12/20: Boonton - Rahway 8:2
*12/20: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 5:3
*12/27: Paterson Flyers - New Jersey Rockets 4:2 
*1/3: Boontom - Paterson Flyers 1:0
*1/3: New Jersey Rockets - Rahway 11:0 
*1/8: Boonton - West New York 7:2
*1/10: West New York - Paterson Flyers 5:2
*1/10: Boonton - Rahway 11:0 
*1/17: Boonton - Rahway 4:0
*1/17: New Jersey Rockets - Rahway 11:2 
*1/22: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 6:3
*1/31: Boonton - Paterson Flyers 3:1
*1/31: West New York - Rahway 5:1
*2/7: New Jersey Rockets - Rahway 9:3
*2/7: Boonton - Paterson Flyers 6:6 
*2/14: West New York - Paterson Flyers 4:3
*2/14: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 6:3
*2/14: New Jersey Rockets - Rahway 12:0 
*2/19: West New York - Paterson Flyers 2:1 
*2/26: West New York - Rahway 8:1
*2/28: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 4:1
*2/28: Paterson Flyers - Rahway 6:2
*3/7: Paterson Flyers - Rahway 9:1
*3/7: West New York - Boonton 3:2
*3/14: West New York - Paterson Flyers 3:1 - semifinal
*3/14: Boonton - New Jersey Rockets 6:4 - "
*3/21: West New York - Paterson Flyers 4:3 - "
*3/21: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton - " 
*3/26: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton - " 
*3/28: West New York - New Jersey Rockets 2:1 OT - final
*New Jersey Rockets - West New York - " 
*4/11: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 6:3 - " 
Standings 
#New Jersey Rockets 19-5-4-42 158:61
#West New York 19-7-2-40 116:73
#Boonton 14-9-5-33 128:87
#Paterson Flyers 9-17-2-20 96:110
#Rahway 2-25-1-5 54:221
Note: Morristown became known as Rahway. 
;1965-66 
Standings 
#New Jersey Rockets 23-2-3-49 179:64
#West New York 19-4-4-43 131:60
#Boonton 9-15-4-22 97:131
#Long Island Jets 7-17-3-17 81:122 
#Paterson Flyers 3-23-2-8 77:171 
;1966-67
Standings as of 2/27
#West New York 15-5-0-30
#New Jersey Rockets 13-4-3-29
#Paterson Flyers 4-12-4-12
#Boonton 4-15-1-9 
*3/12: West New York - Paterson Flyers 8:1 - semifinal
*3/12: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton - "
*3/19: Paterson Flyers - West New York 3:1 - "
*3/19: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 9:1 - " 
*3/26: Paterson Flyers - West New York 3:2 - " 
*4/1: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 6:2 - final
*4/2: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 12:2 - " 
;1967-68
Standings as of 2/5
#New Jersey Rockets 15-1-1-31
#West New York 6-8-2-14
#Paterson Flyers 6-9-1-13
#Brooklyn 4-13-0-8
*2/24: West New York - Paterson Flyers 5:2 - WNY 9-9 in league
*3/10: Paterson Flyers - New Jersey Rockets 2:0 - semifinal
*3/23: New Jersey Rockets - West New York - final
;1968-69
West New York, Brooklyn Eagles, Paterson Flyers, and New Jersey Rockets competed. West New York won the playoff title. 
;1969-70
Standings as of 2/3
#Paterson Flyers 12-1-2-26
#West New York Victorias 9-4-2-20
#Brooklyn Eagles 5-9-1-11
#Livingston Seagulls 1-13-1-3
;1970-71
*10/31: West New York - Brooklyn 7:1
*11/13: Paterson - Brooklyn 11:2
*11/20: Livingston - Brooklyn 7:2
*11/27: West New York - Brooklyn 4:1
*12/5: Livingston - West New York 6:2
*1/22: Brooklyn - Paterson 2:2
Standings as of 11/28
#Livingston Seagulls 6-0-0-12 40:8
#Paterson Flyers 3-2-0-6 29:19
#West New York Victorias 3-4-0-6 27:28
#Brooklyn Eagles 1-7-0-2 15:56
;1971-72
Standings 
#West New York Victorias 14-3-2-30
#New York Greenleafs 12-4-3-27
#Brooklyn Eagles 4-12-3-11
#Livingston Seagulls 4-15-0-8
Final
*3/19: New York - West New York 5:2 - final, series tied 1-1
==Sources==
*The Morning Call
*The Record
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