The Eastern Conference is one of two conferences in the Professional Inline Hockey Association

Professional Inline Hockey Association

The Professional Inline Hockey Association, often abbreviated to the PIHA, is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates an elite inline hockey league of 16 franchised member clubs, all of which are located in the United States. Headquartered in Middletown, Pennsylvania, the PIHA...

 (PIHA) used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Western Conference

Western Conference (PIHA)

The Western Conference is one of two conferences in the Professional Inline Hockey Association used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Eastern Conference....

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It was created in 2005 when PIHA expanded west with five teams in Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

. PIHA aligned its teams into two conferences. PIHA again expanded in 2006 into the St. Louis and New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 areas, and realigned each conference was divided into two divisions. When the league contracted prior to 2009, it combined the its divisions into the current Atlantic Division. The Eastern Conference Championship Trophy is awarded annually to the conference champion.

Divisions

Prior to the 2005 expansion and realignment, the Eastern Conference had only the Eastern Division. After the 2006 expansion the Eastern Conference was divided into two divisions: the Northeast

Northeast Division (PIHA)

The PIHA's Northeast Division was formed in 2007 as part of the Eastern Conference in a league realignment.-2007:*Boston Roller Rats*Connecticut Blaze*Hartford Fire Ants*Massachusetts Bombers*New Jersey Grizzlies*New Jersey Minutemen*Philadelphia Growl...

 and Mason Dixon

Mason Dixon Division (PIHA)

The PIHA's Mason Dixon Division was formed in 2004 as part of the league's realignment into two divisions. It lasted one year before being dropped in 2005...

. For the 2008 expansion, the Eastern Conference added two more divisions: the Atlantic and Southeast, bringing the division total to four. The league then contracted in 2009, which dissolved all divisions in the East except for the Atlantic Division.

Atlantic Division

• Harrisburg Lunatics
  Harrisburg Lunatics
  The Harrisburg Lunatics are a professional inline hockey team based in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, and competing in the PIHA. Harrisburg is one of two teams that were original members of PIHA that are currently competing in the PIHA, the other is the Pennsylvania Typhoon...
  
  
• Marple Gladiators
  Marple Gladiators
  The Marple Gladiators are a professional inline hockey team based in Broomall, Pennsylvania, and competing in the Professional Inline Hockey Association....
  
  
• New Jersey Grizzlies
  New Jersey Grizzlies
  The New Jersey Grizzlies are a professional inline hockey team based in Wallington, New Jersey, and competing in PIHA.-External links:*...
  
  
• Pennsylvania Typhoon
  Pennsylvania Typhoon
  The Pennsylvania Typhoon are a professional inline hockey team based in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Mason Dixon Division of the Eastern Conference of the Professional Inline Hockey Association...
  
  
• Suffolk Sting
  Suffolk Sting
  The Suffolk Sting are a professional inline hockey team based in Moriches, New York. They compete in the PIHA-External links:*...
  
  

Founders Cup champions produced

Founders Cup (PIHA)

The Founders Cup is the championship trophy of the Professional Inline Hockey Association , the major professional inline hockey league in the United States. It is similar to the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup...

• 2006
  2006 PIHA season
  -PIHA awards:...
  
   - Philadelphia Growl
  Philadelphia Growl
  The Philadelphia Growl were a professional inline hockey team based in Voorhees, New Jersey. They were members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the Professional Inline Hockey Association . The team was founded in 2003 as one of four original expansion franchises of the...
  
  
• 2007
  2007 PIHA season
  The 2007 PIHA season is the 6th regular season of the Professional Inline Hockey Association . The 2007 Founders Cup Playoffs began on April 24, 2007 and concluded on May 27, with the Boston Roller Rats defeating the Southside Snipers to win their first Founders Cup.-Events:The 2007 All-Star...
  
   - Boston Roller Rats
  Boston Swamp Rats
  The Boston Swamp Rats are a professional inline hockey team based in Holbrook, Massachusetts. They were members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the Professional Inline Hockey Association up until the 2008 season but the moved to the American Inline Hockey...