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4 unusual facts about Eastern Hockey League


Butch Songin

Songin also played 1 game for the Worcester Warriors of the Eastern Hockey League during the 1954-55 season.

Eastern League

Eastern Hockey League, professional ice hockey minor league in the United States

Quebec Senior Hockey League

Boston Olympics (1947–49) Played a split schedule between the QSHL and the EAHL

Roanoke Valley Rebels

Roanoke Valley Rebels (EHL), a minor professional ice hockey franchise that played in the Eastern Hockey League from 1970-73


1938–39 AHL season

The Hershey Bears, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, transfer from the Eastern Amateur Hockey League to the I-AHL as an expansion team, playing in the West Division.

Jersey/Hampton Aces

The team was initially based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and played its home games at the Cherry Hill Centrum (formerly Cherry Hill Arena), an arena that had previously served as home to the New Jersey Knights of the World Hockey Association and the Jersey Devils of the Eastern Hockey League.

Keith A. Sei

Sei played junior hockey for the Saskatoon Quakers in 1982–83, and then joined the Washington Eagles of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the 1984–85 season, followed by a year with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League.

Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum

In the past, the arena hosted the Knoxville Speed, of the UHL, the Knoxville Cherokees, of the ECHL and the Knoxville Knights, of the EHL.

Roy McBride

McBride started his professional career in 1940 as a player in the Eastern Hockey League with the Washington Eagles.

Steve Rexe

He would go on to play with the Ottawa Nationals, Belleville Mohawks, Belleville Quintes of the OHA Senior League, Greensboro Generals of the EHL, the AHL,Springfield Kings where he back-stopped the Kings to a Calder Cup title in 1975, the Springfield Indians also of the AHL, Napanee Comets and Lindsay Lancers of the OHA Sr.


see also

By Saam

Saam was also involved in Philadelphia Ramblers (Eastern Hockey League) games as a radio play-by-play broadcaster.