2016–17 EHL Premier season
sports season
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 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. The team would return the following year.
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 conference title; r = clinched regular season title
Standings
Northern Conference
- New England Division -
- Boston Division -
Southern Conference
- Central Division -
- Mid-Atlantic Division -
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.
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