Eastern Junior Hockey League (1993-2013)

The Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) was an American Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL had fifteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL was a member of USA Hockey, and the EJHL champion went on to play for the National Championship against the champions of the five other Tier III leagues and a host city.

The league disbanded in 2013 after the establishment of the United States Premier Hockey League of which three EJHL members joined. The twelve teams that did not join the USPHL formed the Eastern Hockey League along with the members of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League

History
The league was formed in 1993 with the NECDL Classics, the Rhode Island Sharks, the Tyngsborough Huskies, the Matt O'Neil Lightning, the Granite State Stars and the Springfield Olympics. The following year the Niagara Scenics joined the league from the North American Hockey League. The Scenics later left for the Metro Junior A Hockey League in Ontario. In the subsequent years, the league has added the Valley Jr. Warriors (1996); NY Apple Core (1997); Capital District (1999); Bay State Breakers (1999); Junior Bruins (1999); Green Mountain Glades (2000); NJ Hitmen (2004) and the Syracuse Stars (2005) who joined from the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.

Champions
The winning team in the EJHL is awarded the Gary Dineen Cup, named for the late Gary Dineen, one of the founders of the New England Junior Hockey League and of the New England Junior Falcons