2020–21 in ice hockey

The 2020–21 ice hockey season is the ninth season of ice hockey on Micras since the foundation of the MHL, which started on 1 July 2020 and will end on 30 June 2021.

MHL World Championships

Group stage

World Championships Group A
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Floria	5	+7	14
Nova English Korea	5	−2	9
Hurmu	5	−1	7
Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	5	0	6
Shireroth	5	+2	6
Craitland	5	−6	3
Head to head record: Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq 4–2 Shireroth

World Championships Group B
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Senya	5	+6	12
Mercury	5	+9	11
Mar Sara	5	+6	10
Castilona	5	−4	6
River Warriors	5	−8	3
Lamantia	5	−9	3
Head to head record: River Warriors 4–1 Lamantia

Knock-out stages

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

A1

Floria

3

B4

Castilona

1

A1

Floria

2

B2

Mercury

1

B2

Mercury

3

A3

Hurmu

1

A1

Floria

4 OT

B1

Senya

3

B1

Senya

3

A4

Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq

2

B1

Senya

8

Third place

B3

Mar Sara

1

A2

Nova English Korea

0

B2

Mercury

4

B3

Mar Sara

2

B3

Mar Sara

2

'B' Conference

World Championships Group B-I
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
New Sussex	5	+14	12
Tellia	5	+3	10
Etourney	5	+1	9
Merenolitovina	5	0	8
Lusa	5	−5	6
Florian Eura	5	−13	0

World Championships Group B-II
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Talenore	5	+9	11
Sanama	5	+4	9
Jääland	5	−1	8
Alduria	5	+1	7
Nova England	5	−9	6
Thracistan	5	−4	4

'C' Conference

World Championships Group C-I
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Jingdao	5	+12	11
Ransenar	5	+3	10
Tiana	5	−1	7
Ralgon	5	−1	6
Phinbella	5	−13	6
Kalgachia	5	0	5

World Championships Group C-II
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Normark	5	+6	12
Osktrava	5	+5	9
Elwynn	5	−1	8
New Batavia	5	+2	8
Calbion	5	−4	4
Dark Berry Islands	5	−8	4

Micras Champions' Hockey League

Group A
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Dyas Stiks	6	+4	12
Dragonmoor Storm	6	+6	10
Nafferton Panthers	6	0	10
Newcastle Leopards	6	−11	4

Group B
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Kincester Kraken	6	+2	12
Bisminster Battalion	6	+2	9
Birmingham Bruins	6	+4	8
Lunaris	6	−8	7

Group C
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Havenbarrow Giants	6	+10	13
Northcliff Capitals	6	+14	11
Craitish Cosmos	6	−9	9
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers	6	−17	3

Group D
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Longsight Jets	6	+9	15
Northcliff Golden Knights	6	+3	11
Mercury Hornets	6	0	6
Castleton Vikings	6	−12	4

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Longsight Jets	4	3	7
	Bisminster Battalion	3	2	5
							Longsight Jets	2	1	3
							Northcliff Golden Knights	5	0	5
	Havenbarrow Giants	1	3	4
	Northcliff Golden Knights	2	4	6
													Northcliff Golden Knights	2
													Northcliff Capitals	4
	Kincester Kraken	2	0	3
	Dragonmoor Storm	2	3	5
							Dragonmoor Storm	1	0	1
							Northcliff Capitals	3	1	4
	Dyas Stiks	5	2	7
	Northcliff Capitals	5	3	8 SO

MHL Cup

Super Final
Team	Pld	GD	Pts
Jokerit Hellistelli	3	+4	8
Savona Sport	3	+1	6
Kadim Rüzgarlar	3	−2	2
Åstad Amaroq	3	−3	2
Head to head record: Åstad Amaroq 5–6 SO Kadim Rüzgarlar

Domestic league competitions

Intercontinental Hockey League

The 2020–21 ICHL season was abandoned following a season-long lockout. The 2021 ICHL Cup is scheduled to take place in April 2021 to determine Floria's two additional entrants for the 2021–22 Micras Champions' Hockey League.

Mercury Elite Hockey League

Team	Conf.	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Conference leaders
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	66	48	5	3	10	287	161	+126	157
Bisminster Battalion	NOR	66	45	5	3	13	256	154	+102	148
Dyas Stiks	INT	66	42	9	1	14	279	178	+101	145
Tow Law Bears	SOU	66	41	4	4	17	264	184	+80	135
Kuiper Jets	CEN	66	38	7	6	15	263	200	+63	134
Hanseong Stingrays	NOR	66	35	7	4	20	239	197	+42	123
Craitish Cosmos	INT	66	35	4	1	26	241	206	+35	114
Deacon Thunder	SOU	66	27	8	5	26	223	227	−4	102
Wildcard standings
Mercury Hornets	CEN	66	38	5	8	15	267	183	+84	132
PB Polar Bears	NOR	66	35	6	1	24	232	187	+45	118
Savona Sport	INT	66	29	3	8	26	230	232	−2	101
Whitby Warriors	NOR	66	27	4	9	26	229	235	−6	98
Kincester Kraken	SOU	66	24	8	7	27	216	224	−8	95
Pelmanby Penguins	NOR	66	26	4	5	31	204	204	0	91
Castleton Vikings	CEN	66	24	6	7	29	231	228	+3	91
Newcastle Leopards	INT	66	21	6	7	32	218	221	−3	82
Clarkson Pirates	NOR	66	19	6	6	35	173	241	−68	75
Harlby Hawks	SOU	66	20	4	5	37	177	233	−56	73
West Grinstead Wasps	SOU	66	18	5	7	36	178	239	−61	71
Eastmoor Archers	CEN	66	16	5	6	39	180	283	−103	64
Longstoke Lions	SOU	66	15	5	9	37	174	249	−75	64
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	66	16	5	5	40	194	260	−66	63
Plennomorets Chetgavan	INT	66	15	4	6	41	189	273	−84	59
NV Devils	INT	66	11	1	3	51	159	304	−145	38
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.

Play-offs

	Round of 16 (Best of 5)					Quarter-finals (Best of 5)					Semi-finals (Best of 7)					Final (Best of 7)
	1	Nafferton Panthers	3
	16	Newcastle Leopards	2
						1	Nafferton Panthers	3
						10	PB Polar Bears	0
	7	Craitish Cosmos	2
	10	PB Polar Bears	3
											1	Nafferton Panthers	4
											4	Tow Law Bears	2
	4	Tow Law Bears	3
	13	Kincester Kraken	0
						4	Tow Law Bears	3
						5	Kuiper Jets	0
	5	Kuiper Jets	3
	12	Whitby Warriors	0
																1	Nafferton Panthers	4
															2	Bisminster Battalion	3
	2	Bisminster Battalion	3
	15	Castleton Vikings	1
						2	Bisminster Battalion	3
						8	Deacon Thunder	1
	8	Deacon Thunder	3
	9	Mercury Hornets	2
											2	Bisminster Battalion	4
											3	Dyas Stiks	1
	3	Dyas Stiks	3
	14	Pelmanby Penguins	2
						3	Dyas Stiks	3
						6	Hanseong Stingrays	0
	6	Hanseong Stingrays	3
	11	Savona Sport	1

Other domestic leagues

League	Play-off champions	Regular season champions	Qualified for MCHL	Qualified for MHL Cup
KHL	Sáron Escorpins	New Livingston Capitals	None	Sáron Escorpins  ØIS  New Livingston Capitals  Dinamo Košťova
Jääland-Liiga	TPS Ukkonen	Jokerit Hellistelli	Jokerit Hellistelli	TPS Ukkonen TBD
IJNB Pro League	Lucerne Robben	Lucerne Robben	None	Lucerne Robben Lucerne Spoken
SEHL	Galarmjabat Gunners	Sanestira Shockers	Galarmjabat Gunners	Sanestira Shockers Port Niyi Pirates

New MHL members

This is a list of MHL member nations that played their first international match in the 2020–21 season.

Nation	Member until	Successor of
Calbion
Dark Berry Islands
Elwynn

Nation	Member until	Successor of
Jingdao
Kalgachia
New Batavia

Nation	Member until	Successor of
Normark
Osktrava

^{R - 20XX} – Returning member, left in 20XX.

Departing MHL members

This is a list of MHL member nations that played their final international match in the 2020–21 season.

Nation	Member since	Succeeded by
Alduria	2020	Nouvelle Alexandrie
Nova England	2017