The 2024–25 EHL season is the 11th season of the Eastern Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 19, 2024 to March 10, 2025 with a 46-game schedule for each team. The Express Hockey Club won a tie-breaker over the New Hampshire Avalanche to claim the regular season championship. The New Jersey 87's defeated the New Hampshire Avalanche 2–1 in the Frozen Final to win their second league championship.
Member changes The Northeast Generals assumed control of the Bridgewater Bandits organization in January, 2024. While the collective group would rebrand as the 'Northeast Generals' for the 2024–25 season, the EHL team would retain the Bridgewater Bandits name.
Team Maryland was sold to the Boston Hockey Academy on May 6, 2024. The franchise was moved to Tewksbury, Massachusetts and renamed as the Boston Dukes.
On June 19, 2024, both the Boston Jr. Rangers and Railers Jr. Hockey Club announced that they were joining the United States Premier Hockey League for the 2024–25 season. Six days later, the Seacoast Spartans follow suit and joined the USPHL as well.
The Connecticut Chiefs teams were sold on July 15, 2024. After moving to Simsbury, Connecticut, both clubs were renamed as the Connecticut Nor'Easter.
The Boston Junior Eagles, who had originally planned on starting play in 2023, joined the league for this season.
The Providence Hockey Club rebranded as the Providence Capitals.
On November 11, 2024, the United States Premier Hockey League announced that the Boston Junior Terriers were accepted as a new league member for the 2025-26 season. The EHL determined that the franchise had breached the multi-year contract the two had signed in 2022 and were immediately suspended pending a resolution. The Terriers, since renamed Boston Dogs, joined the USPHL immediately after the suspension with the EHL having to readjust the remainder of the schedule to compensate.
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 Central Division Team xy – Providence Capitals 4732104169173113 x – HC Rhode Island 4620186248128132 x – Connecticut Nor'Easter 4621221245139159 x – Connecticut RoughRiders 4714321029121221 New York Apple Core 465392012109270
East Division Team xyz – Express Hockey Club 46363437915673 x – East Coast Wizards 4631121265192129 x – Seahawks Hockey Club 4623192050135144 x – Boston Junior Eagles 4618253039127152 Bridgewater Bandits 4613284131115178 Boston Junior Terriers † 1511400225337 † The Boston Junior Terriers were suspended in November and subsequently left the EHL.
North Division
Team xy – New Hampshire Avalanche 46374057921679 x – New England Wolves 4634111069183122 x – Vermont Lumberjacks 4523172351126137 x – Valley Jr. Warriors 4613267033102162 Boston Dukes 46935112083211
South Division Team xy – New Jersey Bears 4632100468195122 x – New Jersey 87's 4633121067207110 x – Pennsylvania Huntsmen 4623184151176145 x – Philadelphia Hockey Club 4621223045140149 Philadelphia Little Flyers 4619232242143174
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of games played on April 12, 2025.
Player Team Alexander Legkov New Jersey 87's 38 31 66 97 6 Daniel Kroon Providence Capitals 47 25 48 73 58 Daxton St. Hilaire East Coast Wizards 46 31 40 71 18 Deaglan Kelly Providence Capitals 43 30 38 68 55 Ryan Arendes Pennsylvania Huntsmen 44 28 32 60 87 Louis-Charles Tremblay New Hampshire Avalanche 46 23 33 56 24 Danny Storella New Hampshire Avalanche 44 30 24 54 40 Joey Ala East Coast Wizards 43 15 39 54 18 Landon Adams New Jersey 87's 33 22 31 53 2 Owen House New Jersey Bears 45 19 33 52 10 Ben Carfora New Hampshire Avalanche 43 13 39 52 39
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage
Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SO GA SV SV% GAA Lukas Toth Express Hockey Club 18 979 12 0 2 5 22 482 .956 1.35 Wills Seagrave New Hampshire Avalanche 19 1,052 17 1 0 5 27 432 .941 1.54 Alex Koenig Express Hockey Club 29 1,612 22 3 2 8 42 828 .951 1.56 Alex Gerard New Hampshire Avalanche 23 1,300 15 3 0 3 40 572 .935 1.85 Kaden Clegg Providence Capitals 23 1,365 16 4 2 5 43 755 .946 1.89
EHL playoffs
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
References
EHL reference
External links Official website of the Eastern Hockey League