The NEHL was built to focus on giving players that were not quite ready for the ECHL, United Hockey League, and the Central Hockey League a place to play and develop after their Junior and college careers had finished.

The Comets decided two days before the playoff weekend that they were not going to participate as not enough players were available and they had financial concerns.

With the Comets as the league regular season leaders, they were to get a bye straight to the finals, which was to be played on Sunday.

The regular 44-game season was supposed to start in early November 2005, was postponed, saw six games played, and was cancelled in mid-December 2005.

In the 2006-2007 season, The New England Stars finished first with a record of 20-0, and cruised in the Championship series beating the Mohawk Valley Icecats 2 games to 0 (8-5 and 9-2) to capture the 2006-2007 NEHL Crown.