A new league, the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) will be starting up on November 1st. The first team from the league, the Danbury Mad Hatters, will be close to my home town and I will be covering them here on Bleacher Report as they go through their inaugural season.
Other teams included in this league are the Copper City Chiefs (Rome, NY), Brooklyn Aces, New Hampshire Freeze, and the Jersey Rockhoppers. Each team is going to play 50 games (25 home, 25 away).
The Mad Hatters have begun signing players for their team and will also be holding a tryout in an attempt to recruit players. I watched the Danbury Trashers when they were in Danbury a few years ago but when their owner was arrested (he was apart of the Mob) the team was shut down. Bringing hockey back to Danbury is something that I have wanted the city to do since the Trashers left and it seems they finally have.
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I will do a big pre-season preview of the team once training camp is under way in October but getting it known that this league exists and will be kicking off this year would be good to help get people interested in it.
Check out the EPHL here and the Mad Hatters here.
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4 months ago
Good stuff Chris. Should be a good opportunity for you to get some real experience in hockey coverage. It's always interesting to see the recycling of minor hockey leagues and the crazy names some of the teams come up with. I mean, Freeze? Rockhoppers? This is great.
from 4 months ago
Im really excited to do this....Minor league hockey is awesome.
4 months ago
SECTION 102 is BACK!!!!!
from 4 months ago
Section 102 is the best. I can't wait until opening night to get back in there.
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