The regular season ran from October 20, 2017, to April 7, 2018, originally scheduled for 52 games for each of the six teams.
At one point, the league website listed teams called the Baldwinsville Bandits, Elmira Express, Newark Diamonds, Palmyra Battalion, Syracuse Crush, and Watertown Whalers.
However, on June 26, the IDHL then announced it would not play and instead purchased the Watertown Wolves when the team's local ownership group, said to be exhausted from the emotional investment in running a professional sports franchise, backed out.
[8] The Danbury Titans would also fold for citing overhead costs and specifically workers' compensation insurance in Connecticut.
The Cornwall Nationals folded during the season due to lack of funds despite sitting in second place at the time.