The 2014–15 EHL season was the 2nd season of the Eastern Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 2014 to March 2015 with a 44-game schedule for each team. The Philadelphia Little Flyers won the regular season championship. The Connecticut Oilers defeated the Northern Cyclones 3 games to 2 for the league championship, however, the Oilers were subsequently stripped of their title. USA Hockey determined that the team had used two players from Sweden who were ineligible due to errors with their paperwork.
Member changes The New Hampshire/Laconia Leafs franchise rebranded as the New England Wolves and returned from their one-year hiatus. The East Coast Wizards joined the league as an expansion franchise.
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 regular season title
Standings Boston Division Team xy – Walpole Express 442995164154121 x – East Coast Wizards 4421202145121142 x – Boston Bandits 4418202442118138 x – Boston Junior Rangers 4418221340122128 x – Valley Jr. Warriors 4416270133105141
Central Division Team xy – Connecticut Oilers 4431111164183103 x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 4428142058155126 x – New York Bobcats 4426161154156131 x – Hartford Jr. Wolfpack 4424170351167133 x – New York Apple Core 4419221241135164
North Division Team xy – New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 44347127115989 x – Northern Cyclones 44328316817899 x – Vermont Lumberjacks 4416243136107154 New England Wolves 441329112892169
South Division Team xyz – Philadelphia Little Flyers 44273227820675 x – Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 4423191148124122 x – New Jersey Rockets 4416251235126191 New Jersey Titans 44928342592185 Philadelphia Revolution 44832402087176
EHL playoffs Note: Division Winners were seeded 1-4 followed by the next 12 teams based upon their overall record.Teams are reseeded after each round irrespective of division rank.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
The Connecticut Oilers won the tournament and advanced to the USA Hockey National Junior Tier III Championship. However, while USA Hockey was reviewing the players and teams for the national series, discrepancies were found in the paperwork of two Swedish players on the Oilers. As a result, the two players were ruled ineligible and the Northern Cyclones were instead awarded the league bid to the championship. Additionally, the Oilers were retroactively stripped of the league title and the EHL decided to leave the championship position as "vacant" for the season.
References
EHL reference
External links Official website of the Eastern Hockey League