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).
Around the same time, the Total Athletics Seahawks rebranded as the Seahawks Hockey Club.
A year after moving to Hamden, Connecticut, the Connecticut Oilers were purchased by the Connecticut Chiefs youth organization. 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. 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:
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 xyz – New Hampshire Avalanche 4539607823793 x – Vermont Lumberjacks 452814359211141 x – Boston Junior Rangers 462715458170115 Valley Jr. Warriors 441621739146202 New England Wolves 441726136162202
- South Division - Team xy – East Coast Wizards 442912361174109 x – Seahawks Hockey Club 462616456137107 x – Connecticut RoughRiders 452216751171169 Walpole Express 451820743143160 Connecticut Chiefs 441328329137198
South Conference - Central Division - Team xy – New Jersey 87's 453311167212118 x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 442713458167116 x – New York Apple Core 451724438150172 Lehigh Valley Jr. Rebels expelled from league in December
- Mid-Atlantic Division - Team xyzr – Philadelphia Little Flyers 4440318124673 x – Philadelphia Revolution 442715256190117 x – Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 462022444160172 Team Maryland 46103512199250 North Carolina Golden Bears 46539212110331
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.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
References
EHL reference
External links Official website of the Eastern Hockey League