1986-87 ACHL season

This was the 1986-87 Atlantic Coast Hockey League season. This was the league's sixth and final season.

Franchise changes

 * The New York Slapshots found a home in Troy, New York.  However, they would only last for six games before being folded by the league at an emergency league meeting on November 27, 1986.
 * The league awarded a team to Asheville, North Carolina, but it would never play.

Merger with All-American Hockey League

 * The Mohawk Valley Comets folded after Utica got an AHL team, the Utica Devils.
 * The Carolina Thunderbirds and Virginia Lancers joined the All-American Hockey League which had started play in 1986
 * The Erie Golden Blades folded with the league.