Another semi-pro league coming?

[Barclay Donaldson]

I occasionally find myself perusing the job openings section of American Hockey Coaches Association. Job Openings - American Hockey Coaches Association

Posted on it is this:

South Shore Savages Hockey - Head Coach / General Manager

The South Shore Savages semi-professional hockey team based out of Pembroke, MA are seeking a qualified candidate to serve as the head coach and general manager. The South Shore Savages are proud members of the new North Eastern Hockey League with play beginning in the fall of 2023-2024.

Details:

Pay: Commission
Hours: Part-Time / Weekends and some weekdays
Housing is not included. Local candidates are preferred.

You may be asked to handle tasks outside of coaching and managing duties as well.

If interested, please send a brief message as well as your resume to [email protected]

Google has nothing on any South Shore Savages team.
Google has nothing on any North Eastern Hockey League.
So does anyone have any news on it? Considering they're using a Gmail account, I would be shocked if anyone did.

In other news, I am now taking bets on if this league ever plays a game. Well... at least if it gets closer than that Western Semi Pro League.

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[JMCx4]

IIRC, the SAPHL Commish Nick Russo mentioned some Northeast U.S. partner-of-sorts during this November podcast from Bench Minor. I'm too tired to listen to the whole thing again, so I'll leave it to @Barclay Donaldson or some other youngster to confirm or deny my powers of recollection.

 

[CANADIENSFAN90]

Perfect league possible for Manchester,nh

 

[Barclay Donaldson]

Perfect league possible for Manchester,nh

I hope you're being sarcastic...

Manchester, NH is a former AHL and ECHL market. At the very least, it should get a NAHL team. It should stay nowhere near a beer-league level semi-professional league.

Pembroke, MA and Manchester, NH shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence...

 

[CrazyEddie20]

I hope you're being sarcastic...

Manchester, NH is a former AHL and ECHL market. At the very least, it should get a NAHL team. It should stay nowhere near a beer-league level semi-professional league.

Pembroke, MA and Manchester, NH shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence...

Maybe the Fitchburg Trappers and Pinebridge Bucks can return in this new league!

 

[JMCx4]

Maybe the Fitchburg Trappers and Pinebridge Bucks can return in this new league!

@CANADIENSFAN90 should be named Commissioner immediately!

 

[CrazyEddie20]

@CANADIENSFAN90 should be named Commissioner immediately!

Someone has to take on the late Jim Riggs' role as master of minor league hockey disaster...

 

[CANADIENSFAN90]

I hope you're being sarcastic...

Manchester, NH is a former AHL and ECHL market. At the very least, it should get a NAHL team. It should stay nowhere near a beer-league level semi-professional league.

Pembroke, MA and Manchester, NH shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence...

Ok maybe another league should try Manchester I refuse to believe Manchester is that bad that it should never get another hockey team

 

[Barclay Donaldson]

Ok maybe another league should try Manchester I refuse to believe Manchester is that bad that it should never get another hockey team

Okay, but it also shouldn't be trying to host beer league level hockey with other teams playing exclusively out of rec rinks.

 

[CANADIENSFAN90]

Okay, but it also shouldn't be trying to host beer league level hockey with other teams playing exclusively out of rec rinks.

That’s a good point Manchester should try echl or AHL again

 

[Dan K]

I am assuming this the North Eastern Hockey League mentioned here:
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[battra]

Welp.

This looks great. They have a help wanted ad for owners.

 

[mk80]

Welp.

This looks great. They have a help wanted ad for owners.

I propose we all chip in as one ownership group . We can all own our very own Pro hockey team!

 

[JMCx4]

I propose we all chip in as one ownership group . We can all own our very own Pro hockey team!

As long as you're the person who bought the winning Mega Millions ticket in Maine last week, count me in for the postage to send in our NEHL ownership application.

 

[CrazyEddie20]

As long as you're the person who bought the winning Mega Millions ticket in Maine last week, count me in for the postage to send in our NEHL ownership application.

You should read the ad more closely - somehow, you can be a "team owner" but aren't required to make any personal investment of capital... which is fantastically suspicious.

 

[battra]

I propose we all chip in as one ownership group . We can all own our very own Pro hockey team!

Can't cost more than fifty bucks each right?

You should read the ad more closely - somehow, you can be a "team owner" but aren't required to make any personal investment of capital... which is fantastically suspicious.

No, it's not suspicious.

IT'S FLIPPIN' AWESOME!!!

 

[mk80]

You should read the ad more closely - somehow, you can be a "team owner" but aren't required to make any personal investment of capital... which is fantastically suspicious.

Exactly why I think we should buy in, they help raise the funds for us! It's too good to be true!

As long as you're the person who bought the winning Mega Millions ticket in Maine last week, count me in for the postage to send in our NEHL ownership application.

Sadly the mega millions has eluded me again

 

[bs52]

I am assuming this the North Eastern Hockey League mentioned here:
Log into Facebook
Home | TheNEHL

Clicked the link and the logo immediately seemed familiar to me so I searched my inbox…

 

[Captain Crash]

So I just so happened to come across this on the Book of Faces: Pittsburgh River Monsters Hockey Club

Seems like we may have our first confirmed (?) team in the upcoming (?) NEHL with the Pittsburgh River Monsters. A bit of an homage of the Cleveland Monsters, to put it politely. Seems they'll be trying to get a lease at one the rec rinks around Pittsburgh's suburbs, and they're currently recruiting players, but that's the extent of the details available.

But there's a hidden bonus here. They shared a link to a Google form for interested players, and it appears to reveal the NEHL's intended franchise locations.

See the attached screenshot and let's spiral this discussion out of control.

 

[CANADIENSFAN90]

Bummer there’s no Vermont or new Hampshire teams as of now

 

[JMCx4]

... But there's a hidden bonus here. They shared a link to a Google form for interested players, and it appears to reveal the NEHL's intended franchise locations.

See the attached screenshot and let's spiral this discussion out of control.

The first seven (at least) presumed team locations reveal that either: (a) those cities are simply places that the organization (?) has identified to set up recruiting hubs for tryouts; or (b) the organizing (?) staff (?) started spring break early when their 4th grade (?) Geography class covered what "North Eastern" meant in the U.S..

 

[Captain Crash]

The first seven (at least) presumed team locations reveal that either: (a) those cities are simply places that the organization (?) has identified to set up recruiting hubs for tryouts; or (b) the organizing (?) staff (?) started spring break early when their 4th grade (?) Geography class covered what "North Eastern" meant in the U.S..

Well, you're obviously thinking too small for our NEHL visionaries. According to their Futue (sic) Markets page, they'll have the continent fully subdued by this time next year:

After our successful inaugural campaign, the NEHL plans to double in size, adding a completely separate 20 team circuit in the western United States, with teams ranging from Texas in the south, Wyoming and Alaska in the North and California and Arizona in the West.



We do not plan on working with existing semi-pro teams out in the West, but rather build teams the same manner we built our franchises in the East.



Teams throughout the entire league will play a regional heavy schedule, with teams still being able to visit and host one team from each conference.

At this rate, by 2025 I'd expect them to have moved their troops across the Bering Strait with a stranglehold over Kamchatka, preparing their inevitable conquest of Asia.

 

[Ratitude]

I think the NEHL will be great. Since the FPHL has been successful the proposed NEHL will make sure the FPHL ups their game.

 

[CANADIENSFAN90]

Agree I hope the league is good and doesn’t end up like pbla plays a month and than suspend the season and or fold

I think the NEHL will be great. Since the FPHL has been successful the proposed NEHL will make sure the FPHL ups their game.

 

[cynicalcitizen]

You should read the ad more closely - somehow, you can be a "team owner" but aren't required to make any personal investment of capital... which is fantastically suspicious.

Damn cynics! All you need is a couple of signatures and you are good to go.