New Haven Blades

The New Haven Blades were a popular professional ice hockey team from New Haven, Connecticut from the Eastern Hockey League from that played from 1954 until the league's demise in 1972. The team played started play in the New Haven Arena in 1954, following the one season shutdown (1953–54) where no EHL teams played.

Following the Blades demise, the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL began play at recently constructed construction of the New Haven Coliseum.