2021–22 Mercury Elite Hockey League

The 2021–22 Mercury Elite Hockey League is the sixth season of the Mercury Elite Hockey League, the premier ice hockey league in Mercury. The league will be contested by 32 teams, including 8 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 32 teams play a 84-game schedule from August 2021 to March 2022. 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 top two teams in each conference 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 leader

Team	Conf.	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Conference leaders
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	32	27	1	3	1	151	76	+75	86
Bisminster Battalion	CEN	32	22	1	0	9	132	91	+41	68
Dyas Stiks	INT	32	20	3	1	8	140	97	+43	67
PB Polar Bears	EAS	32	21	1	1	9	137	91	+46	66
Hanseong Stingrays	EAS	32	21	1	1	9	125	89	+36	66
Mercury Hornets	CEN	32	20	2	2	8	138	95	+43	66
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers	INT	32	19	2	2	9	118	94	+24	63
Craitish Cosmos	INT	32	16	3	2	11	120	92	+28	56
HC Réal Livingston	WES	32	17	0	4	11	115	97	+18	55
Kincester Kraken	EAS	32	15	4	2	11	124	112	+12	55
Eastmoor Archers	WES	32	14	1	4	13	110	116	−6	48
Harlby Hawks	WES	32	13	2	1	16	98	101	−3	44
Wildcard standings
Whitby Warriors	CEN	32	15	6	3	8	114	101	+13	60
Savona Sport	INT	32	15	3	1	13	111	110	+1	52
Tow Law Bears	EAS	32	14	0	8	10	127	119	+8	50
Kuiper Jets	EAS	32	14	3	1	14	107	101	+6	49
Castleton Vikings	CEN	32	15	0	2	15	95	91	+4	47
Moorshire Devils	WES	32	11	3	5	13	107	112	−5	44
Longstoke Lions	EAS	32	11	4	3	14	97	105	−8	44
Clarkson Pirates	CEN	32	13	1	2	16	107	134	−27	43
Pelmanby Penguins	CEN	32	10	5	3	14	128	126	+2	43
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	32	14	0	0	18	98	118	−20	42
Hayfield Hawks	WES	32	11	3	1	17	104	121	−17	40
Deacon Thunder	EAS	32	10	3	2	17	104	119	−15	38
IHK Konungsheim	INT	32	10	2	2	18	91	114	−23	36
Bandine Bulls	WES	32	9	4	0	19	95	117	−22	35
Talenore Pirates	INT	32	10	0	3	19	103	137	−34	33
Stonebourg Scorpions	WES	32	9	2	1	20	101	135	−34	32
Rothbrey Rhinos	WES	32	7	4	2	19	89	142	−53	31
Vesüha Viikingid	INT	32	8	1	1	22	90	124	−34	27
Lake Crystal City Freezers	INT	32	7	2	2	21	75	130	−55	27
West Grinstead Wasps	EAS	32	6	1	3	22	83	127	−44	23
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

Bracket

	Round of 16 (Best of 5)					Quarter-finals (Best of 5)					Semi-finals (Best of 7)					Final (Best of 7)
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	16
	7
	10
	4
	13
	5
	12
	2
	15
	8
	9
	3
	14
	6
	11

Round of 16

The round of 16 will be played as a best-of-five series in February–March 2022.

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Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals will be played as a best-of-five series in March 2022.

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Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played as a best-of-seven series in March 2022.

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Final

The final will be played as a best-of-seven series in March–April 2022.

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