The 2016–17 EHL Premier season was the 4th season of the Eastern Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2016 to March 2017 with a 48-game schedule for each team. The Philadelphia Little Flyers won the regular season championship and went on to be defeated by the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 3 games to 2 for the league championship.
Member changes In May 2016, Craig Doremus, the head coach/GM of the New York Bobcats, left the club to take a similar role with the New Jersey Titans. The Bobcats were unable to fill his role in time for this season and, as a result, were forced to withdraw from the league. The team would return the following year.
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:
Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title; r = clinched regular season title
Standings Northern Conference - New England Division - Team xyz – New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 483311470171114 x – Northern Cyclones 482419553129133 x – Vermont Lumberjacks 482218852158140 New England Wolves 4883642098196
- Boston Division - Team xy – Valley Jr. Warriors 483213367178127 x – Boston Junior Rangers 482817359140135 x – Walpole Express 482420452144147 x – East Coast Wizards 482120749145155 x – Boston Bandits 482324147146163
Southern Conference - Central Division - Team xy – Connecticut Oilers 481727438145208 x – Hartford Jr. Wolfpack 481729236125162 x – New York Apple Core 481430432129214 x – Connecticut Nighthawks 48133412791184
- Mid-Atlantic Division - Team xyzr – Philadelphia Little Flyers 4839458319474 x – Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 4836847616388 x – Philadelphia Revolution 483114365180120 x – New Jersey Rockets 482620254167141
EHL playoffs Note: Division Winners receive the top two seeds in each conference with the rest of the teams being seeded based upon regular season record.Note: After the first round, all teams were reseeded with no respect to either conference or division.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
References
EHL reference
External links Official website of the Eastern Hockey League