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The Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) was a low-level professional ice hockey league. The league was developed by Curtis Russell, Tim Kolpien, Igor Mrotchek, and Jim Riggs, the former commissioner of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League in 2007. ==League history== Jim Riggs was hired to become the commissioner of the EPHL after being the commissioner of three leagues that folded. In October 2008, weeks before the first games were scheduled, two franchises (the Rome, New York-based Copper City Chiefs and the Exeter, New Hampshire-based New Hampshire Freeze) were replaced by the Hudson Valley Bears, based in Poughkeepsie and Newburgh, New York. The four-team league played the 2008–09 season with the Brooklyn Aces winning the regular season title. The Aces lost a three game championship series to the Jersey Rockhoppers, two games to one. Average league attendance was 821. The Hyannis Storm were announced as an expansion team to begin play in the 2009–10 season, however, Dan Adams, the chief investor of the Storm, said he would not be moving forward with bringing the team to the Hyannis Youth and Community Center that year. On April 10, 2009, Curtis Russell became President of the EPHL after Tim Kolpien resigned. The Eastern Professional Hockey League did not return for a second season. Mad Hatters principal owner and former EPHL president Tim Kolpien all but acknowledged the minor ice hockey league no longer exists. "Frustrating to say, but no consensus or agreement has been reached," Kolpien said by e-mail, "But given where we are on the calendar, I don't see any way the Mad Hatters or EPHL can play in 2009–10.〔()〕 The league website, www.ephl.com, currently has a message indicating that the league will return in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eastern Professional Hockey League (2008–09)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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