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Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1933-1953)

The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League
(EAHL). The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its
commissioner from 1933 to 1972. Lockhart, who operated a small
intramural hockey league at New York City's Madison Square Garden,
offered his teams - and the use of the MSG ice - in exchange for
joining the league. The EAHL operated between 1933-1948 and 1949-1953.
The league has a somewhat tenuous existence. It began with seven
teams, and had various numbers of teams, going as low as four. There
was no 1948-49 season, but the league returned for the 1949-50 season
with eight teams. The league again did not operate during the 1953-54
season. The league started back up for the 1954-55 season and changed
its name to the Eastern Hockey League. The league operated between
1954 and 1973. It began with five teams and grew into two divisions
for the 1959-60 season. The league reached it peak in terms of team
number in the 1967-68 when it had twelve teams in two divisions. In
its final season the league had twelve teams split into three
divisions.

In 1973 the league folded. It split into two parts which became the
North American Hockey League and the Southern Hockey League.

Eastern Hockey League (1979-1981)

In 1979 the Eastern Hockey League name was revived. This league was
not successful and folded after only two seasons.

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