2016–17 EHL Premier season

2016–17 EHL Premier season
LeagueEastern Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationRegular season
September 2016 – March 2017
Post-season
March 2017
Number of games48
Number of teams17
Regular season
Season championsPhiladelphia Little Flyers
EHL Playoffs
Finals championsPhiladelphia Jr. Flyers
  Runners-upPhiladelphia Little Flyers

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 of 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.[1] The team would return the following year.

Regular season

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[2]

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 GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
xyz – New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 48 33 11 4 70 171 114
x – Northern Cyclones 48 24 19 5 53 129 133
x – Vermont Lumberjacks 48 22 18 8 52 158 140
New England Wolves 48 8 36 4 20 98 196

- Boston Division -

Team GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
xy – Valley Jr. Warriors 48 32 13 3 67 178 127
x – Boston Junior Rangers 48 28 17 3 59 140 135
x – Walpole Express 48 24 20 4 52 144 147
x – East Coast Wizards 48 21 20 7 49 145 155
x – Boston Bandits 48 23 24 1 47 146 163

Southern Conference

- Central Division -

Team GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
xy – Connecticut Oilers 48 17 27 4 38 145 208
x – Hartford Jr. Wolfpack 48 17 29 2 36 125 162
x – New York Apple Core 48 14 30 4 32 129 214
x – Connecticut Nighthawks 48 13 34 1 27 91 184

- Mid-Atlantic Division -

Team GP W L OTL Pts GF GA
xyzr – Philadelphia Little Flyers 48 39 4 5 83 194 74
x – Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 48 36 8 4 76 163 88
x – Philadelphia Revolution 48 31 14 3 65 180 120
x – New Jersey Rockets 48 26 20 2 54 167 141

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.

Conference Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3) 		Quarterfinals
(Best-of-3) 		Semifinals
(Best-of-3) 		Championship
(Best-of-5)
            
N1 New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 2
N8 Boston Bandits 0
1 Philadelphia Little Flyers 2
8 New York Apple Core 0
N2 Valley Jr. Warriors 1
N7 East Coast Wizards 2
1 Philadelphia Little Flyers 2
Northern
5 New Jersey Rockets 0
N3 Boston Junior Rangers 2
N6 Vermont Lumberjacks 1
2 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 2
7 East Coast Wizards 1
N4 Northern Cyclones 2
N5 Walpole Express 0
1 Philadelphia Little Flyers 2
2 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 3
S1 Philadelphia Little Flyers 2
S8 Connecticut Nighthawks 1
3 New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 2
6 Northern Cyclones 0
S2 Connecticut Oilers 0
S7 New York Apple Core 2
2 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 2
Southern
3 New Hampshire Junior Monarchs 0
S3 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 2
S6 Hartford Jr. Wolfpack 0
4 Boston Junior Rangers 1
5 New Jersey Rockets 2
S4 Philadelphia Revolution 0
S5 New Jersey Rockets 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References

  1. ^ "New Jersey names Doremus as new head coach". NAHL. May 13, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  2. ^ "2016-17 Eastern Hockey League Standings". Hockey DB. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
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