Pennsylvania Amateur Hockey (1946-1992)

This page details amateur ice hockey in Pennsylvania between 1956 and 1980.

Results

1955-56

• 2/8: Hill School - Hershey Jr. Bears 4:1

1956-57

• Manheim Mohawks - Cocalio Flying Dutchmen 11:2
• Manheim Mohawks - Cocalio Flying Dutchmen 6:5
• 1/6: South Bend Royals - Lancaster Red Wings 17:6
• 1/13: South Bend Royals - Manheim 4:2
• 1/13: Lancaster Red Wings - Mellinger Wasps 7:5
• 1/20: Lancaster Red Wings - Mellinger Wasps 8:3
• 1/20: Chestnut Hill Indians - South Bend Royals 9:7
• 2/6: Hill School - Hershey Jr. Bears 5:1
• 4/17: Manheim Mohawks - Elizabethtown

1957-58

Valley Forge Ice Hockey League

• 1/5: Elizabethtown Hornets - Valley Forge Rebels 8:5
• 1/26: Manheim Mohawks - Valley Forge Rebels 7:5
• Elizabethtown Hornets - Denver Flying Dutchmen 9:3
• 2/2: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Valley Forge Rebels 2:2
• 2/22: Elizabethtown Hornets - Manheim Mohawks 6:4

Final standings

1. Elizabethtown 3-0
2. Manheim 1-1
3. Denver 0-1-1
4. Valley Forge 0-2-1

York County Amateur Hockey League

Standings as of 3/18

1. Dover 12-0-1-25
2. Iceland Lakes 7-3-1-15
3. White Roses 5-4-2-12
4. Rossville 4-5-1-9
5. Mt. Rose 4-7-1-9
6. New Holland 4-6-0-8
7. York Bears 0-11-0-0

Tri-County Summer (1958) Hockey League @ Hershey

• 6/25: Elizabethtown Hornets - Hershey Comets 10:5 - exhibition
• Elizabethtown Hornets - Thompsontown 9:2
• Elizabethtown Hornets - Hershey Comets 7:3
• Elizabethtown Hornets - Manheim Mohawks 11:4
• 8/6: Elizabethtown Hornets - Hershey Comets 5:3 - Elizabethtown 6-0, Hershey 4-3 in league after game

Standings as of 7/10

1. Elizabethtown 3-0
2. Hershey 2-1
3. Lancaster 1-2
4. Thompsontown 1-2
5. Manheim 0-3

Other games

• 11/27: Elizabethtown Hornets - Denver Flying Dutchmen 4:3
• 12/28: Elizabethtown Hornets - Ephrata 6:3
• 12/30: Manheim Mohawks - Elizabethtown Hornets 7:4
• Manheim Mohawks - Elizabethtown Hornets 7:4
• Manheim Mohawks - Thompsontown 8:7 OT
• Elizabethtown Hornets - Villanova 7:5
• Elizabethtown Hornets - Manheim Mohawks 7:3
• 1/23: Elizabethtown Hornets - Thompsontown 7:4
• 1/25: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen
• 2/7: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Manheim Mohawks 12:6
• 2/9: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen
• 3/1: Elizabethtown Hornets - Thompsontown

1958-59

Tri-County Amateur Hockey League @ Hershey

• Elizabethtown Hornets - Hershey Jr. Bears 13:7
• Denver Flying Dutchmen - Manheim Mohawks 7:0
• Lancaster Red Wings - Thompsontown 9:3
• Hershey Jr. Bears - Manheim Mohawks 14:5
• Elizabethtown Hornets - Denver Flying Dutchmen 4:1
• 1/4: Lancaster Red Wings - Hershey Jr. Bears 2:1
• 1/14: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen 3:3
• 2/?: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Lancaster Red Wings 4:2
• 4/19: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen 3:2 - semifinal
• Hershey Jr. Bears - Elizabethtown Hornets - "
• 4/21: Lancaster Red Wings - Hershey Jr. Bears 3:2 - final
• 4/23: Hershey Jr. Bears - Lancaster Red Wings 5:2 - "
• 4/26: Hershey Jr. Bears - Lancaster Red Wings 3:2 - "

Standings as of 3/22

1. Elizabethtown 8-1-0-16
2. Denver 6-2-1-13
3. Lancaster 4-3-1-9
4. Hershey 4-4-1-9
5. Thompsontown 2-7-1-5
6. Manheim 1-8-0-2

York County Amateur Hockey League

Standings

1. White Roses 14-3-1-29
2. Dover 14-3-1-29
3. Mt. Rose 12-5-0-24
4. Iceland Lakes 9-8-1-19
5. New Holland 6-10-1-13
6. Dillsburg 4-13-1-9
7. York Bears 0-17-1-1

Other games

• 1/14: Hershey Jr. Bears - Hill School 2:1

1959-60

1960 Denver Flying Dutchmen

Central Pennsylvania Amateur Hockey League @ Hershey

• 10/19: Hershey Jr. Bears - Lancaster Red Wings 4:1
• 10/19: Elizabethtown Hornets - Thompsontown Jets 11:4
• 10/26: Elizabethtown Hornets - Denver Flying Dutchmen 4:0
• 10/26: Lancaster Red Wings - Manheim Mohawks 10:1
• 10/28: Manheim Mohawks - Hershey Jr. Bears 6:5
• 10/28: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Lancaster Red Wings 5:3
• 11/2: Hershey Jr. Bears - Manheim Mohawks 4:1
• 11/2: Thompsontown Jets - Denver Flying Dutchmen 3:2
• 11/4: Elizabethtown Hornets - Denver Flying Dutchmen 4:0
• 11/4: Lancaster Red Wings - Manheim Mohawks 10:1
• 11/9: Hershey Jr. Bears - Thompsontown Jets 7:1
• 11/9: Elizabethtown Hornets - Denver Flying Dutchmen 1:1
• 11/11: Elizabethtown Hornets - Manheim Mohawks 11:2
• 11/11: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen 2:1
• 12/18: Thompsontown Jets - Lancaster Red Wings 6:2
• 12/28: Elizabethtown Hornets - Hershey Jr. Bears 6:4
• 12/28: Thompsontown Jets - Lancaster Red Wings 3:1
• 12/29: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Manheim Mohawks 8:1
• 1/4: Lancaster Red Wings - Hershey Jr. Bears 6:1
• 1/4: Elizabethtown Hornets - Thompsontown Jets 9:3
• 1/11: Manheim Mohawks - Lancaster Red Wings 3:3
• 1/11: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Elizabethtown Hornets 5:2
• 1/18: Hershey Jr. Bears - Mannheim Mohawks 9:3
• 1/18: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Thompsontown Jets 7:5
• 2/1: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Elizabethtown Hornets 2:2
• 2/1: Thompsontown Jets - Hershey Jr. Bears 3:1
• 2/29: Elizabethtown Hornets - Manheim Mohawks 6:3
• 2/29: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Lancaster Red Wings 3:2
• 3/7: Hershey Jr. Bears - Denver Flying Dutchmen 0:0
• 3/7: Thompsontown Jets - Manheim Mohawks 4:1
• 3/14: Elizabethtown Hornets - Hershey Jr. Bears 3:3
• 3/14: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Manheim Mohawks 6:4
• 3/28: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Elizabethtown Hornets 4:1

Standings

1. Denver Flying Dutchmen 14-3-3-31
2. Elizabethtown Hornets 13-3-4-30
3. Hershey Jr. Bears 9-8-3-21
4. Thompsontown Jets 10-10-0-20
5. Lancaster Red Wings 7-12-1-15
6. Manheim Mohawks 1-18-1-3

Semifinals

• 3/30: Hershey Jr. Bears - Denver Flying Dutchmen 5:2
• 3/30: Elizabethtown Hornets - Thompsontown Jets 9:1

Final

• 4/3: Hershey Jr. Bears - Elizabethtown Hornets 4:2

York County Amateur Hockey League

Standings as of 3/1

1. Dover 16-2-1-33
2. White Roses 13-4-2-28
3. Iceland Lakes 12-5-2-26
4. New Holland 7-10-1-15
5. Dillsburg 4-16-0-8
6. York Bears 0-15-0-0

Other games

• 11/19: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Franklin & Marshall 4:1
• 11/19: Lancaster Red Wings - New Holland Chiefs 6:1
• 11/19: Morgantown - Manheim Mohawks 3:2
• 2/8: Central Penn All-Stars - Hershey Jr. Bears 5:3
• 2/11: Lancaster Red Wings - New Holland Chiefs 7:2
• 2/11: Manheim Mohawks - Morgantown 5:4
• 2/11: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Franklin & Marshall 7:3
• 2/25: Franklin & Marshall - Lancaster Red Wings 9:6
• 2/25: Manheim Mohawks - New Holland Chiefs 4:2
• 2/25: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Morgantown 5:5
• 2/26: Dover - Thompsontown Jets 9:5
• 2/27: Franklin & Marshall - York 7:6
• 3/10: Manheim Mohawks - Lititz 7:0
• 3/10: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen 6:2
• 3/10: New Holland Chiefs - Morgantown 5:2
• 3/24: New Holland Chiefs - Lititz 7:3
• 3/24: Manheim Mohawks - Denver Flying Dutchmen 6:6
• 3/24: Lancaster Red Wings - Morgantown 5:2
• 4/2: Denver-Thompsontown Combination - Baltimore 5:4

1960-61

1961 Elizabethtown Hornets

Central Penn Amateur Hockey League

• 10/21: Hershey Jr. Bears - Lancaster Red Wings 5:1
• 10/24: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Lancaster Red Wings 3:0
• 10/25: Elizabethtown Hornets - Thompsontown Blue Jays 7:3
• 10/31: Elizabethtown Hornets - Lancaster Red Wings 9:3
• 11/4: Manheim Mohawks - Denver Flying Dutchmen 6:6
• 11/7: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Manheim Mohawks 6:2
• 11/7: Elizabethtown Hornets - Hershey Jr. Bears 5:2
• 11/14: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Lancaster Red Wings 5:3
• 11/14: Hershey Jr. Bears - Thompsontown Blue Jays 3:0
• 12/9: Lancaster Red Wings - Thompsontown Blue Jays 7:6
• 12/12: Hershey Jr. Bears - Elizabethtown Hornets 8:3
• 12/19: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Hershey Jr. Bears 5:3
• 12/19: Lancaster Red Wings - Manheim Mohawks 7:1
• 12/21: Hershey Jr. Bears - Denver Flying Dutchmen 5:4
• 12/28: Elizabethtown Hornets - Manheim Mohawks 10:0
• 12/28: Thompsontown Blue Jays - Denver Flying Dutchmen 5:3
• 1/2: Lancaster Red Wings - Hershey Jr. Bears 3:2
• 1/9: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Hershey Jr. Bears 5:2
• 1/9: Manheim Mohawks - Lancaster Red Wings 5:2
• 1/11: Manheim Mohawks - Hershey Jr. Bears 2:1
• 1/11: Lancaster Red Wings - Thompsontown Blue Jays 11:3
• 1/13: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Thompsontown Blue Jays 6:6
• 1/16: Hershey Jr. Bears - Manheim Mohawks 6:0
• 1/16: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Thompsontown Blue Jays 4:2
• 1/17: Lancaster Red Wings - Hershey Jr. Bears 5:3
• 1/23: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Elizabethtown Hornets 3:3
• 1/24: Elizabethtown Hornets - Lancaster Red Wings 7:1
• 1/27: Hershey Jr. Bears - Elizabethtown Hornets 6:2
• 1/30: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen 4:4
• 2/1: Hershey Jr. Bears - Denver Flying Dutchmen 1:0
• 2/1: Thompsontown Blue Jays - Manheim Mohawks 5:1
• 2/6: Thompsontown Blue Jays - Hershey Jr. Bears 8:2
• 2/6: Lancaster Red Wings - Elizabethtown Hornets 3:2
• 3/6: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen 4:4
• 3/17: Thompsontown Blue Jays - Lancaster Red Wings 10:5
• 3/19: Lancaster Red Wings - Manheim Mohawks 10:4
• 3/20: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Elizabethtown Hornets 5:5
• 3/24: Elizabethtown Hornets - Denver Flying Dutchmen 6:0
• 3/26: Lancaster Red Wings - Thompsontown Blue Jays 5:1
• 3/27: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Manheim Mohawks 7:5

Standings

As of 3/7

1. Denver 8-3-6-22 74:55
2. Hershey 10-8-1-21 74:61
3. Elizabethtown 9-5-2-20 87:47
4. Lancaster 7-7-2-16 69:66
5. Thompsontown 6-7-3-15 77:67
6. Manheim 2-12-6 33:111

Final

1. Elizabethtown 11-5-4-26
2. Denver 9-4-7-25
3. Hershey 10-8-2-22
4. Lancaster 9-8-3-21
5. Thompsontown 8-8-4-20
6. Manheim 2-16-2-6

Semifinals

• Elizabethtown Hornets - Hershey Jr. Bears 2:0 on series
• 4/3: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen 3:2 OT
• 4/4: Denver Flying Dutchmen - Lancaster Red Wings 8:3
• 4/5: Lancaster Red Wings - Denver Flying Dutchmen 3:0

Final

• 4/8: Elizabethtown Hornets - Lancaster Red Wings 5:4
• 4/10: Elizabethtown Hornets - Lancaster Red Wings 3:1

York County Amateur Hockey League

Standings as of 2/2

1. Dover 9-1-0-18
2. Iceland Lakes 5-4-0-10
3. Dillsburg 5-5-0-10
4. New Holland 3-7-0-6
5. White Roses 2-4-0-4

Post 2/2 scores

• 2/10: Dover - White Roses Forfeit
• 2/15: New Holland - Iceland Lakes 2:1
• 2/16: Dover - Dillsburg 11:2
• 2/28: Dover - White Roses 8:1
• 3/1: New Holland - Dillsburg 4:3

1961 Lititz Hawks

Lititz Pike Amateur Hockey League

Standings as of 2/17

1. Lititz Hawks 8-2-0-16 74:27
2. Ephrata 8-2-0-16 56:34
3. Franklin & Marshall 6-4-1-13 37:22
4. Morgantown 5-5-1-11 48:47
5. Manheim 5-7-0-10 50:44
6. New Holland 1-11-0-2 12:89

Standings as of 2/24

1. Lititz Hawks 11-2-0-22
2. Ephrata 8-3-2-18
3. Manheim 6-6-1-13
4. Franklin & Marshall 6-7-0-12
5. Morgantown 5-7-1-11
6. New Holland 2-11-0-4

Semifinals

• 3/2: Lititz - Manheim 5:1
• 3/2: Ephrata - Morgantown 2:1
• 3/16: Morgantown - Ephrata 4:2
• 3/21: Morgantown - Ephrata 2:1 OT - Morgantown won series 2-1, with 1 tie

Final

• 3/30: Lititz - Morgantown 8:4 - Lititz clinched title

Other games

• 2/21: Elizabethtown Hornets - Dover 6:3

1961-62

Central Penn Amateur Hockey League

• 11/15: Lancaster Red Wings - Hershey Jr. Bears 3:3 (not counted in table)
• 12/20: Elizabethtown Hornets - Lancaster Red Wings 11:4

Standings as of 12/21

1. Elizabethtown 2-0-0-4
2. Hershey 1-0-0-2
3. Lancaster 0-0-3-0

League folded mid season.

Lititz Pike Amateur Hockey League

Standings

1. Lititz Blackhawks 12-5-2-26
2. Morgantown 8-5-6-22
3. Terre Hill 7-6-6-20
4. Ephrata 6-8-5-17
5. Overlook 5-8-6-16
6. New Holland 6-12-1-13

Semifinals

• 3/13: Terre Hill - Lititz 3:2
• 3/13: Morgantown - Overlook 7:3
• 3/16: Lititz - Terre Hill 3:2
• 3/16: Morgantown - Overlook 6:5 OT
• 3/23: Terre Hill - Lititz 5:1

Final

• 3/26: Morgantown - Terre Hill 7:5
• 3/29: Terre Hill - Morgantown 6:5
• 3/31: Terre Hill - Morgantown 4:3

Other games

• East Allentown Huskies - Reading 10:1
• 1/10: Hill School - Hershey Jr. Bears 4:1
• 2/4: Lehigh University - East Allentown Huskies 12:2
• 3/24: East Allentown Huskies - Lancaster Overlook 7:0 - Allentown finished 3-4-1 on season

1962-63

1963 Lititz

Lititz Pike Amateur Hockey League

Standings

1. Lititz 18-1-1-37
2. Ephrata 10-9-1-19
3. New Holland 8-10-2-18
4. Morgantown 7-11-2-16
5. Manheim 6-12-2-14
6. Terre Hill 6-12-2-14

Semifinals

• 2/21: Lititz - New Holland 6:4
• 2/21: Morgantown - Ephrata 4:3
• 2/25: Lititz - New Holland 4:2
• 2/25: Ephrata - Morgantown 5:4
• 2/28: Morgantown - Ephrata 5:4

Final

• 3/4: Lititz - Morgantown 5:3
• 3/7: Morgantown - Lititz 4:0
• 3/11: Lititz - Morgantown 3:2

Other games

• 1/19: Hill School - Lancaster Red Wings 7:0
• 1/20: East Allentown Huskies - Valley Forge Falcons 3:1
• 1/27: Lititz - East Allentown Huskies
• 2/3: East Allentown Huskies - Manheim 10:8
• 2/10: East Allentown Huskies - Lehigh University 7:3
• 3/10: East Allentown Huskies - Manheim 11:7 - 8th win in 12 games for Huskies

1963-64

Lititz Pike Amateur Hockey League

Standings as of 2/18

1. Morgantown 15-3-1-31 140:66
2. Lititz 14-4-1-29 109:42
3. Ephrata 11-7-1-23 120:66
4. New Holland 7-10-1-15 68:82
5. Middletown 7-11-0-14 73:95
6. Overlook 0-19-0-0 50:190

Semifinals

• 2/20: Lititz - New Holland 7:2
• 2/20: Ephrata - Morgantown 6:5
• 2/27: Lititz - New Holland 6:3
• 2/27: Morgantown - Ephrata 9:3
• 3/2: Morgantown - Ephrata 7:2

Final

• 3/5: Lititz - Morgantown 4:2
• 3/9: Lititz - Morgantown 9:4

Other games

• 1/24: Hill JV - Main Line Hockey Club 8:6
• 3/7: Lehigh University - East Allentown Huskies 7:3

1964-65

Central Penn Amateur Hockey League @ Hershey

• 11/17: Lancaster Red Wings - Middletown Flyers 9:3
• 11/24: Lancaster Red Wings - Harrisburg Lenkerbrook 10:2
• 12/8: Lancaster Red Wings - Pennsylvania National 8:2
• 12/15: Lancaster Red Wings - Harrisburg Lenkerbrook 6:1
• 12/22: Lancaster Red Wings - Pennsylvania National 8:6
• 12/29: Lancaster Red Wings - Middletown Flyers 7:1
• 1/5: Lancaster Red Wings - Harrisburg Lenkerbrook 5:5
• 1/12: Lancaster Red Wings - Pennsylvania National 6:3
• 1/19: Lancaster Red Wings - Middletown Flyers 17:0
• 1/26: Lancaster Red Wings - Harrisburg Lenkerbrook 8:4
• 2/2: Lancaster Red Wings - Pennsylvania National 6:6
• 2/9: Lancaster Red Wings - Middletown Flyers 7:3
• 3/9: Harrisburg Lenkerbrook - Lancaster Red Wings 10:7
• 3/16: Lancaster Red Wings - Pennsylvania National 8:2
• 3/23: Lancaster Red Wings - Middletown Flyers 4:3 - Lancaster finished 12-1-2, Middletown 0-15
• 4/5: Lancaster Red Wings - Harrisburg Lenkerbrook 4:4 - final

Standings as of 12/30

1. Lancaster 6-0-0-12
2. Lenkerbrook 3-2-1-7
3. Pennsylvania 2-3-1-5
4. Middletown 0-6-0-0

Other games

• 1/3: Hershey Lanenker - Allentown Huskies 6:4
• 1/10: Allentown Huskies - Lancaster
• 1/17: Hill School - Main Line Hockey Club 9:2
• 1/23: Allentown Huskies - Lafayette 6:2 - Huskies 4-1 on season after game
• 2/6: Hill School - Summit Redwings 7:3
• 2/27: Allentown Huskies - Lehigh University 9:5

Sources

• Elizabethtown Chronicle
• Lancaster New Era
• Lebanon Daily News
• York Daily Record