Garden State League
The Garden State League was an amateur competition that operated in New Jersey from 1957 until around 1972.
Results
- 1955-56
- 2/20: New Jersey Mets - Lehigh University 5:1
Mets played exhibition games this winter.
- 1956-57
- 1/16: Short Hills - Somerville Packards 5:2
- 1/23: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills
- 1/28: New Jersey Mets - Somerville Packards 13:4
- 1/30: Rutherford Flyers - Short Hills 5:5
- 2/6: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 6:4
- 2/6: Rutherford Flyers - Somerville Packards 1:1
- 2/20: New Jersey Mets - Somerville Packards 7:0
- 2/27: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 5:3
Won by New Jersey Mets.
Other games
- 3/3: New Jersey Mets - Clinton Stars 6:4
- 3/16: New Jersey Mets - Schenectady Generals 10:9 - New York State Championship semifinal
- 3/17: New Jersey Mets - Clinton Stars 7:1 - " - final
- 1957-58
- 11/17: Short Hills - Caldwell Jets
- 11/24: Short Hills - Newark Hawks 8:0
- 12/5: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 7:1
- 12/7: Short Hills - Lakeland Raiders 19:1
- 1/2: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 1:0
- 1/4: Rutherford Flyers - Newark Hawks 4:3
- 1/9: Short Hills - Lakeland Raiders 13:2
- 1/13: New Jersey Mets - Rutherford Flyers 5:0
- 1/?: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 6:3
- 1/?: Rutherford Flyers - Newark Hawks 4:3
- 2/?: Caldwell Jets - Rutherford Flyers 3:3
- 3/?: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 7:4
- 3/5: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 2:0 - semifinal
- 3/9: Short Hills - Rutherford Flyers 6:2 - "
- 3/16: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 9:3 - final
- 3/23: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 8:6 - "
Standings as of 1/14
- New Jersey Mets 7-0-1-15
- Caldwell Jets 6-3-1-13
- Short Hills 5-1-0-10
- Rutherford Flyers 4-4-0-8
- Newark Hawks 2-5-0-4
- Lakeland Raiders 0-8-0-0
Other games
- 1/5: Rutherford Flyers - West New York 2:2
- 1/10: West New York - Lakeland Raiders 6:1
- 1/17: Rutherford Flyers - West New York Victorias 4:3
- 1/24: West New York Victorias - Newark Hawks 4:1
- 1/31: West New York Victorias - Lakeland Raiders 4:1
- 2/7: West New York Victorias - Rutherford Flyers 4:3
- 3/7: West New York Victorias - Rutherford Flyers 3:2 - WNY finished 14-3-2 on season
- 1958-59
- New Jersey Mets - Newark Hawks 5:0
- Caldwell Jets - Paterson Flyers 7:2
- 11/14: Short Hills' - West New York Victorias 3:1
- 11/16: Paterson Flyers - Newark Hawks 2:0
- 11/23: Short Hills - Paterson Flyers 8:0
- 11/23: Caldwell Jets - Newark Hawks 5:3
- 11/23: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 9:0
- 11/30: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 4:1
- 12/4: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 11:1
- 12/7: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 7:0
- 12/7: Short Hills - Caldwell Jets 3:0
- 12/7: Newark Hawks - Paterson Flyers 3:1
- 12/11: West New York Victorias - Newark Hawks 4:2
- 12/14: New Jersey Mets - Newark Hawks 7:0
- 12/14: Short Hills - Paterson Flyers 4:0
- 12/14: Caldwell Jets - West New York Victorias 3:2
- 12/21: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 5:1
- 12/21: Short Hills - West New York Victorias 5:4
- 12/21: Paterson Flyers - Newark Hawks 5:4
- 12/28: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 6:1
- 12/28: Caldwell Jets - Short Hills 4:2
- 12/28: West New York Victorias - Newark Hawks 2:1
- 1/4: Newark Hawks - New Jersey Mets 2:1
- 1/8: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 5:0
- 1/11: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 4:3
- 1/11: Short Hills - Newark Hawks 2:2
- 1/15: West New York Victorias - Short Hills 4:4
- 1/18: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 6:1
- 1/20: Paterson Flyers - West New York Victorias 3:2
- 1/25: Short Hills - Paterson Flyers 2:1
- 1/25: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 7:3
- 1/29: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 5:3
- 2/1: New Jersey Mets - West New York Victorias 5:2
- 2/1: Caldwell Jets - Short Hills 4:0
- 2/1: Paterson Flyers - Newark Hawks 3:1
- 2/8: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 9:2
- 2/8: West New York Victorias - Newark Hawks 6:1
- 2/15: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 4:1
- 2/15: Short Hills - Paterson Flyers 4:3
- 2/15: West New York Victorias - Branch Brook HC 6:0
- 2/22: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 8:3
- 2/22: Short Hills - Newark Hawks 5:4
- 3/1: New Jersey Mets - Newark Hawks 7:1
- 3/1: West New York Victorias - Caldwell Jets 5:3 - WNY finished 6-13-1
- 3/8: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 7:0
- 3/15: Short Hills - New Jersey Mets 3:2 - semifinal
- 3/15: Caldwell Jets - Paterson Flyers 3:1 - "
- 3/22: Paterson Flyers - Caldwell Jets 8:2 - "
- 3/22: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 5:4 - "
- 3/29: New Jersey Mets - Short Hills 3:2 - "
- 3/29: Paterson Flyers - Caldwell Jets 3:2 - "
- 4/12: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 10:3 - final
- 4/19: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 9:2 - "
Standings as of 2/9
- New Jersey Mets 15-1-0-30
- Caldwell Jets 11-4-0-22
- Short Hills 8-6-2-18
- Paterson Flyers 5-10-0-10
- West New York Victorias 3-12-1-7
- Newark Hawks 3-11-1-7
- 1959-60
- 11/?: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 3:2
- 11/18: Paterson Flyers - Boonton Riversides 5:1
- 12/7: Paterson Flyers - West New York Victorias 4:2
- 12/7: New Jersey Mets - Brooklyn Hawks 5:0
- 12/20: West New York Victorias - Brooklyn Hawks 5:4
- 12/21: Paterson Flyers - Boonton Riversides 7:3
- 12/21: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 5:3
- 12/28: Paterson Flyers - Newark Hawks 6:0
- 12/28: Caldwell Jets - West New York Victorias 6:2
- 12/28: New Jersey Mets - Boonton Riversides 14:2
- 1/6: West New York Victorias - New Jersey Mets 8:6
- 1/6: Brooklyn Hawks - Newark Hawks 5:1
- 2/1: New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets 3:2
- 2/1: Newark Hawks - Boonton Riversides 6:3
- 2/18: Paterson Flyers - Caldwell Jets 2:2
- 2/22: Paterson Flyers - Brooklyn Hawks 5:1 - semifinal
- 3/22: Paterson Flyers - Brooklyn Hawks 4:3 - " - Paterson won series, 3 games to 2
- New Jersey Mets - Caldwell Jets - "
- 3/28: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers 7:6 - final
- 4/3: Paterson Flyers - New Jersey Mets 8:4 - "
- 4/17: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers - "
- 4/24: New Jersey Mets - Paterson Flyers - "
Standings as of 11/19
- New Jersey Mets 5-0-0-10
- Paterson Flyers 3-2-1-7
- Caldwell Jets 3-1-1-7
- Brooklyn Hawks 3-1-1-7
- Newark Hawks 2-3-0-4
- West New York Victorias 1-4-1-3
- Boonton Riversides 0-6-0-0
- 1960-61
- 10/13: West New York Victorias - Morristown 6:4
- 10/24: Boonton - West New York Victorias 6:0 - Boonton 2-0-1 on season
- 10/31: Brooklyn Hawks - West New York Victorias 9:3
- 1/9: Boonton - West New York Victorias 8:3 - WNY 6-10 on season
- 1/19: 'West New York Victorias - Brooklyn Hawks 13:1
New Jersey Mets won the title.
- 1961-62
- 1/21: Paterson Flyers - Boonton Riversides
- 1/21: New Jersey Mets - Brooklyn Hawks
Morristown was also in the league.
New Jersey Mets won the title and played in the Eastern AHA Championship.
- 1963-64
- 11/?: Asbury Park Casinos - Boonton Riversides 5:0 - Asbury Park was 4-2 after this game
- 12/1: New Jersey Rockets - Morristown 8:1 - Rockets 11-0, Morristown 2-5-2 after game
- 12/10: Asbury Park Casinos - Paterson Flyers (shutout)
- 12/15: Asbury Park Casinos - Boonton Riversides 4:4
- 12/27: Asbury Park Casinos - New Jersey Rockets 3:2
Casinos were 7-6-2 in the league as of 1/9. New Jersey Rockets won the championship.
- 1964-65
- 10/11: West New York - Paterson Flyers 3:2
- 10/11: Boonton - Morristown 7:2
- 10/18: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 7:0
- 10/18: West New York - Morristown 3:1
- 10/18: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 4:2
- 10/23: Morristown - Paterson Flyers 4:2
- 10/25: Paterson Flyers - Boonton 5:2
- 10/25: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 5:4
- 10/30: Boonton - Morristown 7:3
- 11/1: West New York - Paterson Flyers 7:2
- 11/1: New Jersey Rockets - Morristown 4:1
- 11/1: West New York - Boonton 5:4
- 11/6: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 10:0
- 11/8: West New York - Morristown 5:0
- 11/8: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 2:2
- 11/13: West New York - Paterson Flyers 8:2
- 11/15: Boonton - Paterson Flyers 8:1
- 11/15: New Jersey Rockets - Morristown 10:3
- 11/20: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 3:3
- 11/22: Paterson Flyers - Morristown 4:1
- 11/22: Boonton - Rahway 6:0
- 12/6: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 4:1
- 12/6: Paterson Flyers - Rahway 10:0
- 12/6: West New York - New Jersey Rockets 3:2
- 12/11: Paterson Flyers - Boonton 5:2
- 12/18: Paterson Flyers - Rahway 9:2
- 12/20: Boonton - Rahway 8:2
- 12/20: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 5:3
- 12/27: Paterson Flyers - New Jersey Rockets 4:2
- 1/3: Boontom - Paterson Flyers 1:0
- 1/3: New Jersey Rockets - Rahway 11:0
- 1/8: Boonton - West New York 7:2
- 1/10: West New York - Paterson Flyers 5:2
- 1/10: Boonton - Rahway 11:0
- 1/17: Boonton - Rahway 4:0
- 1/17: New Jersey Rockets - Rahway 11:2
- 1/22: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 6:3
- 1/31: Boonton - Paterson Flyers 3:1
- 1/31: West New York - Rahway 5:1
- 2/7: New Jersey Rockets - Rahway 9:3
- 2/7: Boonton - Paterson Flyers 6:6
- 2/14: West New York - Paterson Flyers 4:3
- 2/14: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 6:3
- 2/14: New Jersey Rockets - Rahway 12:0
- 2/19: West New York - Paterson Flyers 2:1
- 2/26: West New York - Rahway 8:1
- 2/28: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 4:1
- 2/28: Paterson Flyers - Rahway 6:2
- 3/7: Paterson Flyers - Rahway 9:1
- 3/7: West New York - Boonton 3:2
- 3/14: West New York - Paterson Flyers 3:1 - semifinal
- 3/14: Boonton - New Jersey Rockets 6:4 - "
- 3/21: West New York - Paterson Flyers 4:3 - "
- 3/21: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton - "
- 3/26: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton - "
- 3/28: West New York - New Jersey Rockets 2:1 OT - final
- New Jersey Rockets - West New York - "
- 4/11: New Jersey Rockets - West New York 6:3 - "
Standings
- New Jersey Rockets 19-5-4-42 158:61
- West New York 19-7-2-40 116:73
- Boonton 14-9-5-33 128:87
- Paterson Flyers 9-17-2-20 96:110
- Rahway 2-25-1-5 54:221
Note: Morristown became known as Rahway.
- 1965-66
Standings
- New Jersey Rockets 23-2-3-49 179:64
- West New York 19-4-4-43 131:60
- Boonton 9-15-4-22 97:131
- Long Island Jets 7-17-3-17 81:122
- Paterson Flyers 3-23-2-8 77:171
- 1966-67
Standings as of 2/27
- West New York 15-5-0-30
- New Jersey Rockets 13-4-3-29
- Paterson Flyers 4-12-4-12
- Boonton 4-15-1-9
- 3/12: West New York - Paterson Flyers 8:1 - semifinal
- 3/12: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton - "
- 3/19: Paterson Flyers - West New York 3:1 - "
- 3/19: New Jersey Rockets - Boonton 9:1 - "
- 3/26: Paterson Flyers - West New York 3:2 - "
- 4/1: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 6:2 - final
- 4/2: New Jersey Rockets - Paterson Flyers 12:2 - "
- 1967-68
Standings as of 2/5
- New Jersey Rockets 15-1-1-31
- West New York 6-8-2-14
- Paterson Flyers 6-9-1-13
- Brooklyn 4-13-0-8
- 3/10: Paterson Flyers - New Jersey Rockets 2:0 - semifinal
- 1968-69
West New York, Brooklyn Eagles, Paterson Flyers, and New Jersey Rockets competed. West New York won the playoff title.
- 1969-70
Standings as of 2/3
- Paterson Flyers 12-1-2-26
- West New York Victorias 9-4-2-20
- Brooklyn Eagles 5-9-1-11
- Livingston Seagulls 1-13-1-3
- 1970-71
Paterson Flyers, Livingston Seagulls, West New York Victorias, and Brooklyn Eagles competed.
- 10/31: West New York - Brooklyn 7:1
Sources
- The Morning Call
- The Record