2013–14 EHL season

2013–14 EHL season
LeagueEastern Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationRegular season
September 2013 – March 2014
Post-season
March 2014
Number of games44
Number of teams17
Regular season
Season championsNew Hampshire Junior Monarchs
EHL Playoffs
Finals championsNorthern Cyclones
  Runners-upNew Hampshire Junior Monarchs

The 2013–14 EHL season was the inaugural season of the Eastern Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2013 to March 2014 with a 44-game schedule for each team. The New Hampshire Junior Monarchs won the regular season championship and went on to be defeated by the Northern Cyclones 3 games to 2 for the league championship.

League Foundation

In 2013, the Atlantic Junior Hockey League was affected by a sizable shift in junior hockey that saw the formation or dissolution of several leagues.[1] Six former members of the Eastern Junior Hockey League (the Boston Bandits, Connecticut Oilers, New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs, New York Apple Core, Philadelphia Revolution, and Valley Jr. Warriors) joined the league witch then rebranded as the Eastern Hockey League, taking the same name as two former minor leagues.

Member changes

  • The Laconia Leafs rebranded as the New Hampshire Leafs during the summer.[2] However, before the start of the season, the team withdrew from the league. They would return the following season as the New England Wolves.[3]

Regular season

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[4]

Note: y = clinched division title; z = clinched regular season title

Standings

East Division

Team GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
y – Connecticut Oilers 44 26 13 3 2 57 170 121
New York Bobcats 44 23 15 5 1 52 146 132
Hartford Jr. Wolfpack 44 20 16 4 4 48 125 121
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 44 19 16 8 1 47 121 111
New York Apple Core 44 20 21 1 2 43 141 155
Walpole Express 44 13 22 7 2 35 110 150

North Division

Team GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
yz – New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 44 35 8 1 0 71 182 89
Northern Cyclones 44 32 10 2 0 66 179 106
Boston Bandits 44 22 17 3 2 49 149 136
Boston Junior Rangers 44 18 21 2 3 41 120 149
Valley Jr. Warriors 44 16 20 3 5 40 121 146

South Division

Team GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA
y – Philadelphia Little Flyers 44 28 11 2 3 61 169 93
New Jersey Rockets 44 21 20 2 1 45 132 162
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 44 19 18 7 0 45 113 107
Philadelphia Revolution 44 19 23 2 0 40 124 158
New Jersey Titans 44 10 28 3 3 26 115 168
Washington Junior Nationals 44 5 37 1 1 12 80 193

EHL playoffs

Note: The division winners were seeded 1-3 while the remaining teams were sorted based upon their regular season record.
Teams are reseeded after the First Round with no respect to division champions.

Play-in
(Best-of-1) 		First Round
(Best-of-3) 		Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3) 		Semifinals
(Best-of-3) 		Championship
(Best-of-5)
                         
1 New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 3 6 -
16 New Jersey Titans 0 2 -
16 New Jersey Titans 8
17 Washington Junior Nationals 2
1 New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 4 6 -
8 Valley Jr. Warriors 1 2 -
2 Philadelphia Little Flyers 4 4 -
15 Walpole Express 1 1 -
1 New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 2 3 6
5 Boston Bandits 3 2 2
3 Connecticut Oilers 1 4 2
14 Valley Jr. Warriors 3 3 5
2 Northern Cyclones 2 5 -
7 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 1 4 -
4 Northern Cyclones 3 4 -
13 Philadelphia Revolution 2 2 -
1 New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 2 4 3 1 2
2 Northern Cyclones 1 2 4*** 6 3
5 New York Bobcats 3 5 -
12 Boston Junior Rangers 1 4 -
3 Philadelphia Little Flyers 3 2 5
6 Hartford Jr. Wolfpack 2 3 0
6 Boston Bandits 6 4 -
11 New York Apple Core 4 2 -
2 Northern Cyclones 6 3 -
3 Philadelphia Little Flyers 2 2 -
7 Harford Jr. Wolfpack 5 5 -
10 New Jersey Rockets 4 0 -
4 New York Bobcats 2 3 -
5 Boston Bandits 3 5 -
8 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 5 4 -
9 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 3 3 -

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

The Northern Cyclones advanced to the USA Hockey National Junior Tier III Championship. The New Hampshire Junior Monarchs played the runners-up of the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League for an at-large bid. New Hampshire won and also participated.[5]

References

  1. ^ EHL (June 6, 2013). "Announcing The Eastern Hockey League". EasternHockeyLeague.org. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  2. ^ "Leafs Are Now Lakers and Playing in Eastern Hockey League". Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  3. ^ "Pointstreak Sites".
  4. ^ "2013-14 Eastern Hockey League Standings". Hockey DB. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  5. ^ "Junior National Tournament". USA Hockey. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
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