The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. For the 1988 the league merged with the All-American Hockey League to create the East Coast Hockey League(ECHL). 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The All-American Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization formed in 1972 as the Continental Hockey League. ... The ECHL is a professional minor-league double-A hockey association based in the United States and Canada. ...
In 2002 a second organization to carry the ACHL name was formed. This league would last only one season and its remnants would be used to creat the new South East Hockey League The South East Hockey League The South East Hockey League was formed in August 2003 It picked up the pieces of the Short lived ACHL and Had 4 teams for its first season. ...