The EHL
EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
ARENAS

BALTIMORE CLIPPERS

Carlins's Iceland - Baltimore, MD (Baltimore Clippers 1954-56)
Carlin's Park, where Iceland was located, opened in 1919 and closed in 1955.
Iceland was destroyed by fire January 23, 1956
CAPE COD CUBS

Cape Cod Coliseum - South Yarmouth, MA (Cape Cod Cubs 1972-73)
Location: White's Path off Route 6 in South Yarmouth, MA
Opened: 1972
Seating: 5000
In the 1992 the building became a distribution center for the Christmas Tree Shops and expanded to three times its size.
Current: Distribution Center for Mid Cape Home Centers and Dennis East International.
CHARLOTTE CLIPPERS
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS
Charlotte Coliseum - Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Clippers/Checkers 1956-1973)
Opened: 1955
Named changed to Independence Arena in 1988, when new Charlotte Coliseum opened.
Renamed Cricket Arena in 2001.
Renamed Bojangles Coliseum in November 2008.
Current: Bojangles Coliseum

From Charlotte Program, courtesy: Barry Root.

From Charlotte Program, courtesy: Barry Root.
CLINTON COMETS

Clinton Arena - Clinton, NY (Clinton Comets - 1954-1973)
Opened: 1954
Current: Town of Kirkland Parks & Recreation

Utica Memorial Auditorium - Utica, NY (Clinton Comets)
Current: Utica Memorial Auditorium
Utica College Pioneers
GREENSBORO GENERALS
Greensboro Coliseum - Greensboro, NC (Greensboro Generals 1959-1973)
Opened: 1959
Has undergone two major renovations since the 1970s.
Current: Greensboro Coliseum
JACKSONVILLE ROCKETS / FLORIDA ROCKETS

Jacksonville Coliseum - Jacksonville, FL (Jacksonville/Florida Rockets 1964-1972)
Opened: 1960
First Game: Dec 1, 1960 - Charlotte Checkers 3 - New York Rovers 1, Attendance: 8,609
"First hockey game in Florida" (since the Tropical Hockey League of 1938-39)
Arena Desgregated: Jan 10, 1961 - Charlotte Checkers vs. Jersey Larks.
Demolished: 2003
Bringing Down the House - Florida Times-Union June 22, 2003
Hope and Hype Greeted the New Coliseum in 1960 - Florida Times-Union June 22, 2003
Implosion World - Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
Video: Boom! JVMC Implosion
Video: Junior Barracuda Night

Polaroid of Jax Coliseum by LI Ducks stickboy, 1967
Courtesy: Gregg Inkpen.

West Palm Beach Auditorium - West Palm Beach, FL (Florida Rockets 1966-68)
Nickname: "The Leaky Teepee"
Opened: 1965
Current: West Palm Beach Christian Convention Center (Sold to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Florida, June 1998.)
Capacity: 5000 Size: 27,600-square-foot



Macon Coliseum - Macon, GA (Jacksonville Rockets 1968-?)
Opened: 1965.
First Game: October 1968, Jacksonville (home) vs. Nashville at Macon - First Professional Hockey Game in Georgia.
Current: Macon Centreplex
JERSEY LARKS
JERSEY DEVILS
Cherry Hill Arena - Cherry Hill, NJ (Jersey Larks 1960-61, Jersey Devils 1964-1973)
Built: ? (Haddonfield applied for EHL membership in 1956.)
Names: Initially known as the Haddonfield Ice House Arena.
Renamed the Delaware Valley Garden in 1962.
Delaware Township became Cherry Hill in 1961. The Arena was renamed the Cherry Hill Arena in 1964.
By 1975 it was renamed The Cherry Hill Centrum.
Current: A strip mall across the sreet from The Centrum Shoppes. The anchor store, ShopRite supermarket, is closed.


Valley Forge Country Club (2 games 1961) - Audubon, PA
The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA (Charlotte vs. Jersey Devils, Dec 28, 1972)
Built: 1967
Demolished after 2008-9 season.
JOHNSTOWN JETS
KNOXVILLE KNIGHTS

Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum- Knoxville, TN (Knoxvillle Knights 1961-1968)
Built: 1961
Current: Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum and Knoxville Ice Bears (SPHL)
Video: Knoxville Ice Bears Hockey
LONG ISLAND DUCKS / NEW YORK ROVERS (1959-61)
Long Island Arena - Commack, NY (New York Rovers/Long Island Ducks 1959-1973)
Built: 1954-59
Long Island Arena at Ballparks.com

First game at Long Island Arena, October 1959
New York Rovers 4, Greenboro Generals 1


The Ducks first uniforms, before the logos arrived. 1961
Courtesy: Gregg Inkpen

Gilles Villemure leads walk to dressing room.1961
Courtesy: Gregg Inkpen

New Haven at Long Island 1967 - no glass.
Courtesy: Gregg Inkpen
NASHVILLE DIXIE FLYERS

Nashville Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, TN (Nashville Dixie Flyers - 1962-1971)
Opened: 1962
Current: Nashville Municipal Auditorium
NEW ENGLAND BLADES
Eastern States Exposition Coliseum - West Springfield, MA (New England Blades: 1972)
Opened for hockey: 1929
Current: Mass. Twisters Indoor Soccer
Seating: 5600
NEW HAVEN BLADES
New Haven Arena - New Haven, CT (New Haven Blades 1954-1972)
NEW YORK ROVERS (1964-65)

Madison Square Garden - New York (New York Rovers 1964-65)
Opened: 1925
Closed: 1968

Long Island Ducks at New York Rovers 1964
Crystal Rink - Norwalk, CT
(New York Rovers 1964-65)

Three shots of Crystal Rink, Norwalk, CT, in 1966. The independent Connecticut based HomeOilers are playing. The New York Rovers played several home games at Crystal Rink in 1964-65. The referee in each shot is EHL official Neil Moran.

Photos courtesy Chris Moran
PHILADELPHIA RAMBLERS

Philadelphia Arena - Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Ramblers 1955-1964, New York Rovers 1964-65)
Opened: Feb 14. 1920
Destroyed by Arson: August 24, 1983.
Notable Tenants: Philadelphia Quakers (NHL) 1930-31, Philadelphia Warriors (NBA) 1946-62, Philadelphia 76ers (NBA) 1963-67

http://quakers.flyershistory.net/
RHODE ISLAND EAGLES

Mount Saint Charles Arena (Brother Adelard Arena) - Woonsocket, RI (Rhode Island Eagles 1972-73)
Opened: 1963
Current: Mount Saint Charles Academy Hockey
SALEM REBELS / ROANOKE VALLEY REBELS

Salem Civic Center - Salem, VA (Salem Rebels -1967-1971 Roanoke Valley Rebels 1971-73)
Opened: 1967
Current: Salem Civic Center
Salem Civic Center 2008 Division III Basketball Finals Photostream


Roanoke Civic Center - Roanoke, VA (Roanoke Valley Rebels 1971-73 some games)
Opened: 1971
Current: Roanoke Civic Center and VT Hokie Hockey
ST. PETERSBURG / SUNCOAST SUNS

Bayfront Center - St. Petersburg, FL (Suncoast Suns 1971-73)
Dedicated: May 1, 1965
First Game: Greensboro defeats Jacksonville, November 12, 1965 (5 more Jacksonville "home" games this season.)
Capacity: 5800
Demolished: 2004
SYRACUSE BLAZERS

Syracuse Onadaga War Memorial Arena- Syracuse, NY (Syracuse Blazers 1967-1973)
Built: 1951
Seating: 7,000
Current: On Center Complex - War Memorial and Syracuse Crunch (AHL)


State Fair Coliseum - Syracuse (Syracuse Blazers)
Built: 1927
Refurbished: 1972
Link: http://www.nysfair.org/

WASHINGTON LIONS

Uline Arena - Washington, DC (Washington Lions 1954-1957, Washington Presidents 1957-1959)
Built: 1941. Name Changed to Washington Coliseum in 1959.
Current: A Waste Management facility.
Seating: 9000
llyaymans Uline Photo Stream
As decades pass, a coliseum's glory days go to waste - Washington Business Journal


Convention Hall - Atlantic City, NJ (Washington Lions 1954-55)
Lions played 4 games in AC - Jan 14, 29 & Feb 5 vs. Baltimore and Jan 22 vs. Worcester.
Misc: Home of the world's largest and loudest pipe-organ.
Seating 10,500
WORCESTER WARRIORS
Worcester (Webster Square) Arena - Worcester, MA (Worcester Warriors 1954-55)
Seating: 1014-1500
Used one of the first "Zamboni Model A"s