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	42	35	1	3	3	192	94	+98	110
Bisminster Battalion	CEN	42	30	2	1	9	182	117	+65	95
Hanseong Stingrays	EAS	42	29	1	2	10	169	109	+60	91
PB Polar Bears	EAS	42	28	1	2	11	179	119	+60	88
Mercury Hornets	CEN	42	25	4	3	10	174	123	+51	86
Dyas Stiks	INT	42	24	6	1	11	176	126	+50	85
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers	INT	41	23	2	2	14	140	117	+23	75
Kincester Kraken	EAS	42	21	4	3	14	162	141	+21	74
Craitish Cosmos	INT	42	21	3	3	15	153	128	+25	72
HC Réal Livingston	WES	42	21	1	4	16	147	134	+13	69
Eastmoor Archers	WES	42	15	3	7	17	137	154	−17	58
Harlby Hawks	WES	42	16	4	1	21	135	135	0	57
Wildcard standings
Whitby Warriors	CEN	42	20	6	4	12	156	133	+23	76
Kuiper Jets	EAS	42	21	3	2	16	151	130	+21	71
Tow Law Bears	EAS	42	20	0	10	12	163	149	+14	70
Castleton Vikings	CEN	42	21	2	2	17	138	120	+18	69
Savona Sport	INT	42	18	4	3	17	147	154	−7	65
Longstoke Lions	EAS	42	16	5	3	18	133	137	−4	61
Pelmanby Penguins	CEN	42	15	6	3	18	157	157	0	60
Deacon Thunder	EAS	42	16	3	2	21	146	153	−7	56
Clarkson Pirates	CEN	42	17	1	2	22	136	166	−30	55
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	42	18	0	0	24	132	157	−25	54
Moorshire Devils	WES	42	14	3	5	20	141	148	−7	53
Hayfield Hawks	WES	42	15	3	1	23	129	156	−27	52
Stonebourg Scorpions	WES	42	13	2	2	25	133	167	−34	45
Talenore Pirates	INT	42	13	1	4	24	141	183	−42	45
Lake Crystal City Freezers	INT	42	11	3	2	26	105	169	−64	41
Bandine Bulls	WES	42	10	5	0	27	119	167	−48	40
Vesüha Viikingid	INT	42	10	3	2	27	122	168	−46	38
IHK Konungsheim	INT	42	10	2	3	27	113	162	−49	37
Rothbrey Rhinos	WES	42	8	4	4	26	112	188	−76	36
West Grinstead Wasps	EAS	42	9	1	3	29	109	166	−57	32
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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