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2019–20 Mercury Elite Hockey League

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The 2019–20 Mercury Elite Hockey League is the fourth season of the Mercury Elite Hockey League, the premier ice hockey league in Mercury. The league will be contested by 24 teams, including 6 international clubs.

Qualification

Qualification for the MCHL will be determined according to the following criteria:

  • Craitish Cosmos and Dyas Stiks qualify automatically
  • Regular season champions
  • Play-off champions
  • Northern, Central and Southern Conference champions, best team from the International Conference, barring Craitish Cosmos and Dyas Stiks.
  • If any team qualifies through more than one of the above criteria, then the remaining berths will be allocated to the highest-placed teams in the overall standings.

Regular season

The league's 24 teams play a 66-game schedule from September 2019 to March 2020. Each team plays every other team in the league twice, and each team in their conference a further four times. At the end of the season, the four conference winners advance to the play-offs in addition to the eight next-highest ranked teams in the overall standings.

Legend
Qualified to play-offs and MCHL
Qualified to play-offs
Qualified to MCHL
XXX Conference champion
Team Conf. Pld RW OTW OTL RL GF GA GD Pts
Nafferton Panthers CEN 66 41 12 3 10 286 165 +121 150
Bisminster Battalion NOR 66 44 4 5 13 276 181 +95 145
Castleton Vikings CEN 66 37 5 5 19 234 194 +40 126
Mercury Hornets CEN 66 38 2 7 19 244 193 +51 125
Hanseong Stingrays NOR 66 37 5 1 23 247 189 +58 122
Senya Dyas Stiks INT 66 35 6 4 21 258 212 +46 121
Tellia Savona Sport INT 66 34 6 5 21 255 205 +50 119
Kuiper Jets CEN 66 34 7 3 22 249 205 +44 119
Nova England Newcastle Leopards INT 66 30 9 7 20 242 219 +23 115
Whitby Warriors NOR 66 30 9 6 21 224 210 +14 114
Tow Law Bears SOU 66 32 5 5 24 224 188 +36 111
Pelmanby Penguins NOR 66 32 3 8 23 213 218 −5 110
Craitland Craitish Cosmos INT 66 30 4 4 28 207 186 +21 102
PB Polar Bears NOR 66 30 4 4 28 232 209 +23 102
Kincester Kraken SOU 66 27 2 8 29 216 225 −9 93
Longstoke Lions SOU 66 26 4 3 33 200 222 −22 89
Deacon Thunder SOU 66 21 6 5 34 199 237 −38 80
Harlby Hawks SOU 66 22 2 8 34 195 226 −31 78
Clarkson Pirates NOR 66 20 4 6 36 207 255 −48 74
Taylor Torpedoes CEN 66 21 3 4 38 182 246 −64 73
West Grinstead Wasps SOU 66 18 5 5 38 206 277 −71 69
Eastmoor Archers CEN 66 20 2 4 40 191 249 −58 68
New Vaduz NV Devils INT 66 8 6 6 46 155 296 −141 42
Incontinentia Plennomorets Chetgavan INT 66 6 6 5 49 184 315 −131 35
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) If the tied teams have not played an equal amount of head-to-head matches, position of teams from the same Conference in the Conference standings (eliminating teams from broken ties), 2) Head-to-head points between remaining tied teams, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Total regulation wins, 5) Total wins, 6) Goal difference, 7) Goals scored.

  • After finishing with identical points, Kuiper Jets and Savona Sport faced tie-breaking criteria. They were split by their head to head record, with Savona's 6 points from their shared matches beating Kuiper's 0 points.
  • After finishing with identical points, Craitish Cosmos and PB Polar Bears faced tie-breaking criteria. They were split by their head to head record, with Cosmos 6 points from their shared matches beating PB's 0 points.


Conference standings

Northern Conference

Team Pld
RW OTW OTL RL GF GA GD Pts
Bisminster Battalion 30 18 3 3 6 122 88 +34 63
Pelmanby Penguins 30 16 0 5 9 101 104 −3 53
Hanseong Stingrays 30 16 2 0 12 117 95 +22 52
PB Polar Bears 30 12 2 1 15 98 101 −3 41
Whitby Warriors 30 8 6 4 12 97 104 −7 40
Clarkson Pirates 30 5 2 2 21 87 130 −43 21
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) Head-to-head points, 2) Head-to-head goal difference, 3) Total regulation wins, 4) Total wins, 5) Goal difference, 6) Goals scored.

Central Conference

Team Pld
RW OTW OTL RL GF GA GD Pts
Nafferton Panthers 30 18 6 2 4 120 71 +49 68
Mercury Hornets 30 14 0 6 10 112 103 +9 48
Castleton Vikings 30 14 2 2 12 92 91 +1 48
Kuiper Jets 30 11 4 1 14 102 100 +2 42
Taylor Torpedoes 30 11 2 2 15 81 105 −24 39
Eastmoor Archers 30 8 1 2 19 84 117 −33 28
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) Head-to-head points, 2) Head-to-head goal difference, 3) Total regulation wins, 4) Total wins, 5) Goal difference, 6) Goals scored.

  • After finishing with identical points, Castleton Vikings and Mercury Hornets faced tie-breaking criteria. Both teams gained 9 points each from their shared matches, they were split by their head-to-head goal difference, with Mercury's +2 beating Castleton's −2.

Southern Conference

Team Pld
RW OTW OTL RL GF GA GD Pts
Kincester Kraken 30 17 0 5 8 115 84 +31 56
Tow Law Bears 30 15 4 3 8 103 83 +20 56
Longstoke Lions 30 14 3 0 13 98 91 +7 48
Deacon Thunder 30 12 4 2 12 94 95 −1 46
West Grinstead Wasps 30 9 3 3 15 82 113 −31 36
Harlby Hawks 30 8 1 2 19 82 113 −31 28
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) Head-to-head points, 2) Head-to-head goal difference, 3) Total regulation wins, 4) Total wins, 5) Goal difference, 6) Goals scored.

  • After finishing with identical points, Kincester Kraken and Tow Law Bears faced tie-breaking criteria. They were split by their head to head record, with Kincester's 13 points from their shared matches beating Tow Law's 5 points.

International Conference

Team Pld
RW OTW OTL RL GF GA GD Pts
Senya Dyas Stiks 30 20 3 2 5 130 84 +46 68
Nova England Newcastle Leopards 30 17 4 3 6 115 97 +18 62
Tellia Savona Sport 30 16 2 1 11 102 84 +18 53
Craitland Craitish Cosmos 30 14 3 2 11 111 80 +31 50
New Vaduz NV Devils 30 6 2 3 19 63 112 −49 25
Incontinentia Plennomorets Chetgavan 30 2 1 4 23 72 136 −64 12
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) Head-to-head points, 2) Head-to-head goal difference, 3) Total regulation wins, 4) Total wins, 5) Goal difference, 6) Goals scored.

Play-offs

Qualifying play-offs

The qualifying play-offs will be played over two legs in March 2020. The four conference winners will advance directly to the quarter-finals.

Castleton Vikings 5 – 0 Tow Law Bears

17 March 2020
Tow Law Bears 0 – 2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)
Castleton Vikings

18 March 2020
Castleton Vikings 3 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Tow Law Bears

Mercury Hornets 6 – 5 OT Whitby Warriors

17 March 2020
Whitby Warriors 3 – 3
(0–1, 0–2, 3–0)
Mercury Hornets

18 March 2020
Mercury Hornets 3 – 2 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT: 1–0)
Whitby Warriors

Hanseong Stingrays 6 – 4 Nova England Newcastle Leopards

17 March 2020
Newcastle Leopards Nova England 2 – 5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2)
Hanseong Stingrays

18 March 2020
Hanseong Stingrays 1 – 2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)
Nova England Newcastle Leopards

Savona Sport Tellia 6 – 7 Kuiper Jets

17 March 2020
Kuiper Jets 2 – 2
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
Tellia Savona Sport

18 March 2020
Savona Sport Tellia 4 – 5
(2–1, 0–0, 2–4)
Kuiper Jets

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals will be played over two legs in March 2020.

Nafferton Panthers 6 – 5 Kuiper Jets

21 March 2020
Kuiper Jets 1 – 2
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0)
Nafferton Panthers

22 March 2020
Nafferton Panthers 4 – 4
(2–1, 0–1, 2–2)
Kuiper Jets

Bisminster Battalion 8 – 4 Hanseong Stingrays

21 March 2020
Hanseong Stingrays 2 – 3
(1–0, 0–1, 1–2)
Bisminster Battalion

22 March 2020
Bisminster Battalion 5 – 2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)
Hanseong Stingrays

Dyas Stiks Senya 6 – 5 Mercury Hornets

20 March 2020
Mercury Hornets 3 – 4
(0–1, 0–3, 3–0)
Senya Dyas Stiks

22 March 2020
Dyas Stiks Senya 2 – 2
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0)
Mercury Hornets

Kincester Kraken 3 – 5 Castleton Vikings

21 March 2020
Castleton Vikings 1 – 3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
Kincester Kraken

2=

22 March 2020
Kincester Kraken 0 – 4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2)
Castleton Vikings

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played at the Mercury Ice Arena in Mercury.

30 March 2020
Nafferton Panthers 2 – 1 SO
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–0)
Castleton Vikings

30 March 2020
Bisminster Battalion 4 – 3 SO
(0–2, 3–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)
Senya Dyas Stiks

Final

31 March 2020
Nafferton Panthers 5 – 4 OT
(1–2, 2–2, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)
Bisminster Battalion