The Professional Inline Hockey Association (PIHA) is an "incorporated for-profit association" which operates an inline hockey league, with two conferences, of 11 franchised member clubs, all of which are currently located in the United States.

Headquartered in Middletown, Pennsylvania, the PIHA is considered to be one of the premier inline hockey leagues in the United States.

The Founders Cup Finals is held annually to crown the league playoff champion in the Pro and Minor divisions at the end of each season.

After RHI started for its second time; and its chances didn't look good, Charles Yoder thought 'There's gotta be a way for it to work'.

This led to the creation of the Professional Inline Hockey Association in 2002; the founding teams were the Cherry Hill Renegades, Delaware Blades (which became the Marple Grenades in 2003), Harrisburg Lunatics, Line Lexington Law Dawz, Mount Laurel Generation, Pottstown Machine, Reading Nasty Boyz, and York Typhoon.

The Pottstown (Mission) Machine, Line Lexington (Labeda) Law Dawgz, Mount Laurel (Nexed)Generation, and Cherry Hill (Tour) Renegades all contracted after their first season, while the Philadelphia Growl, South Jersey Beast and West Chester Shockwave (who became the Downingtown Rage) were the three expansion franchises bringing the league total to seven.

The league's second series of expansion and reductions led to the Marple Gladiators and Philadelphia Beast contracting and expanding with the Bridgewater Extremes, Morristown Minutemen (later the New Jersey Minutemen and now the New Jersey Stampede), and the South JerseyTeam Breakaway, along with the first two franchises located outside of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware tri-state area; the Buffalo Wings and the Frederick Vipers, both of which folded after competing in only seven games during the 2004 season bringing the league total back to eight by season's end.

The Bridgewater Extremes, South Jersey Team Breakaway and Reading Nasty Boyz all contracting.

The Nasty Boyz retracting left the Harrisburg Lunatics and York Typhoon as the only original two franchises.

The Pittsburgh Phantoms (now the Pittsburgh Bandits), Richmond Rollin Robins, Aurora Crimson Catz (now the Fort Collins Catz), Colorado Springs Thunder, Littleton Fire, Pikes Peak Prowlers, and Westminster Blizzard entered in 2006; and a season later the Boston Roller Rats, Massachusetts Bombers, Connecticut Blaze, Hartford Fire Ants, New Jersey Grizzlies, Feasterville Fury, Marple Gladiators, Cincinnati Flying Monkeys, Midwest Tornados, River City Whalers, Southside Snipers, and St. Louis Pythons were all added bringing the total to 25 teams.

At the turn of the decade, PIHA saw a rebuilding stage as the American Inline Hockey League started to take shape.

On 28 February 2012, the PIHA co-founder Charley Yoder argued "it became the series the league hoped for" since Suffolk Sting and their rivals "played hard, physical hockey and were very well matched.

Other principal decision makers who serve under the authority of the PIHA ceo include: Each Professional Inline Hockey Association regulation games is played between two teams.

In the IIHF-InLine, a linesman stops play the moment the puck crosses the goal line for an illegal clearing violation.

Starting with the 2017-2018 season, The PIHA implemented a new rule where players in possession of the puck may not stop behind their own goal line.

The PIHA's regular season standings are based on a point system instead of winning percentages.

The next most successful active franchise is the Colorado Springs Thunder with two Founders Cup championships, and are currently two-time defending champions.

Players, coaches, officials, and team builders who have had notable careers are eligible to be voted into the Professional Inline Hockey Association Hall of Fame.