2018–19 EHL season
| 2018–19 EHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Eastern Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | Regular season September 2018 – March 2019 Post-season March 2019 |
| Number of games | 46–44 |
| Number of teams | 19 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Philadelphia Little Flyers |
| EHL Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | New Hampshire Avalanche |
| Runners-up | Philadelphia Little Flyers |
The 2018–19 EHL season was the 6th season of the Eastern Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2018 to March 2019 with an unbalanced schedule. The Philadelphia Little Flyers won the regular season championship and went on to be defeated by the New Hampshire Avalanche 4 to 3 for the league championship.
Member changes
- In the offseason, the New York Bobcats Royals with drew from the league and dissolved their junior program. The organization still operates its youth hockey program (as of 2025).[1]
- Around the same time, the Total Athletics Seahawks rebranded as the Seahawks Hockey Club.[2]
- A year after moving to Hamden, Connecticut, the Connecticut Oilers were purchased by the Connecticut Chiefs youth organization.[3] The club then rebranded to match their new situation.
- Over the summer, the North Carolina Golden Bears and Team Maryland were approved as expansion franchises for this season.
- In addition, the New Jersey 87's, an extant team in the EHL's Premier Division, founded a second franchise and began operating clubs in both the EHL and EHL Premier Divisions.
- The Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels, who had previously operated a franchise in the Elite Division, were also approved as an expansion franchise. In December, the Jr. Rebels were expelled from the league when they were discovered to be using an over-aged player. The player in question was reportedly 22 years old (junior ice hockey is restricted to players between the ages of 16 and 20) and used both a fake name and ID in order to register with USA Hockey.[4] At the time the team had a record of 0–9–1, however, all of the games were immediately voided and removed from the league standings.
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[5]
Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title; r = clinched regular season title
Standings
New England Conference
- North Division -
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xyz – New Hampshire Avalanche | 45 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 78 | 237 | 93 |
| x – Vermont Lumberjacks | 45 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 59 | 211 | 141 |
| x – Boston Junior Rangers | 46 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 58 | 170 | 115 |
| Valley Jr. Warriors | 44 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 39 | 146 | 202 |
| New England Wolves | 44 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 36 | 162 | 202 |
- South Division -
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – East Coast Wizards | 44 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 61 | 174 | 109 |
| x – Seahawks Hockey Club | 46 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 56 | 137 | 107 |
| x – Connecticut RoughRiders | 45 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 51 | 171 | 169 |
| Walpole Express | 45 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 43 | 143 | 160 |
| Connecticut Chiefs | 44 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 29 | 137 | 198 |
South Conference
- Central Division -
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xy – New Jersey 87's | 45 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 67 | 212 | 118 | |||
| x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights | 44 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 58 | 167 | 116 | |||
| x – New York Apple Core | 45 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 38 | 150 | 172 | |||
| Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels | expelled from league in December | |||||||||
- Mid-Atlantic Division -
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xyzr – Philadelphia Little Flyers | 44 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 81 | 246 | 73 |
| x – Philadelphia Revolution | 44 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 56 | 190 | 117 |
| x – Philadelphia Jr. Flyers | 46 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 44 | 160 | 172 |
| Team Maryland | 46 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 99 | 250 |
| North Carolina Golden Bears | 46 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 12 | 110 | 331 |
EHL playoffs
Note: All four division winners received byes to the conference semifinals and were seeded 1 and 2 in their respective brackets. The next four teams in each conference were seeded in the conference quarterfinals regardless of their division.
| Conference Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Conference Semifinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Round Robin) | Championship (Best-of-1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | New Hampshire Avalanche | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Vermont Lumberjacks | 2 | N4 | Boston Junior Rangers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N6 | Connecticut RoughRiders | 0 | New England | ||||||||||||||||||
| N2 | East Coast Wizards | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | New Hampshire Avalanche | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Boston Junior Rangers | 2 | N3 | Vermont Lumberjacks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | East Coast Wizards | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | N1 | New Hampshire Avalanche | 4 | |||||||||||||
| N5 | Seahawks Hockey Club | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Philadelphia Little Flyers | 2 | 4 | - | 6 | S1 | Philadelphia Little Flyers | 3 | |||||||||||||
| S1 | Philadelphia Little Flyers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights | 2 | S4 | New York Applecore | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| S6 | Philadelphia Revolution | 0 | South | ||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | New Jersey 87's | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Philadelphia Revolution | 2 | S3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| S5 | Philadelphia Jr. Flyers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
References
- ^ "New York Bobcats". New York Bobcats. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ "Seahawks Hockey Club". Seahawks Hockey Club. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ "CT Chiefs Join Eastern Hockey League". CT Chiefs. January 28, 2018.
- ^ "The Death Pool – EHL Kills Off Lehigh Valley After Catching 22 Year Old Illegal Player". The Junior Hockey News. December 6, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
- ^ "2018-19 Eastern Hockey League Standings". Hockey DB. Retrieved July 30, 2025.