2018–19 Mercury Elite Hockey League

The 2018–19 Mercury Elite Hockey League is the third season of the Mercury Elite Hockey League, the premier ice hockey league in Mercury. The league will expand from 12 teams to 24, with 6 new Mercurian clubs joining, as well as 6 international clubs.

Regular season

The league's 24 teams play a 66-game schedule from August 2018 to March 2019. 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.

Club	Conf.	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bisminster Battalion	NOR	50	38	1	2	9	240	147	+93	118	Advances to play-offs
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	50	34	6	2	8	220	132	+88	116
Dyas Stiks	INT	50	33	5	2	10	203	127	+76	111
Mercury Hornets	CEN	50	33	2	5	10	196	141	+55	108
Hanseong Stingrays	NOR	50	26	5	5	14	180	147	+33	93
Craitish Cosmos	INT	50	28	3	2	17	184	151	+33	92
Kuiper Jets	CEN	50	26	6	1	17	185	159	+26	91
Kincester Kraken	SOU	50	26	3	2	19	160	157	+3	86
Savona Sport	INT	50	26	0	3	21	150	148	+2	81
Newcastle Leopards	INT	50	21	6	4	19	180	174	+6	79
Castleton Vikings	CEN	50	24	2	3	21	165	159	+6	79
Longstoke Lions	SOU	50	21	5	3	21	152	162	−10	76
Clarkson Pirates	NOR	50	21	5	2	22	163	167	−4	75
Tow Law Bears	SOU	50	22	2	2	24	160	156	+4	72
Whitby Warriors	NOR	50	17	6	5	22	147	156	−9	68
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	50	20	3	2	25	139	170	−31	68
PB Polar Bears	NOR	50	19	2	6	23	171	181	−10	67
Pelmanby Penguins	NOR	50	19	3	1	27	181	177	+4	64
Harlby Hawks	SOU	50	17	3	5	25	161	176	−15	62
NV Devils	INT	50	13	2	5	30	128	211	−83	48
Deacon Thunder	SOU	50	11	4	5	30	159	190	−31	46
West Grinstead Wasps	SOU	50	9	5	8	28	155	205	−50	45
Plennomorets Chetgavan	INT	50	8	3	2	37	124	221	−97	32
Eastmoor Archers	CEN	50	8	0	5	37	124	207	−83	29

Conference standings

Northern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bisminster Battalion	24	19	1	0	4	117	68	+49	59	Advances to play-offs
Hanseong Stingrays	24	11	2	3	8	81	78	+3	40
Whitby Warriors	24	9	4	3	8	72	84	−12	38
Clarkson Pirates	24	9	1	1	13	73	89	−16	30
Pelmanby Penguins	24	7	2	3	12	80	88	−8	28
PB Polar Bears	24	7	1	1	15	77	91	−14	24

Central Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Nafferton Panthers	24	18	4	0	2	105	54	+51	62	Advances to play-offs
Mercury Hornets	24	15	0	5	4	85	65	+20	50
Castleton Vikings	24	11	0	2	11	73	72	+1	35
Taylor Torpedoes	24	10	1	0	13	64	80	−16	32
Kuiper Jets	24	8	3	1	12	78	84	−6	31	Advances to play-offs
Eastmoor Archers	24	2	0	0	22	48	98	−50	6

Southern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Kincester Kraken	24	15	2	0	7	87	65	+22	49	Advances to play-offs
Tow Law Bears	24	13	2	2	7	80	67	+13	45
Longstoke Lions	24	11	5	1	7	84	75	+9	44	Advances to play-offs
Harlby Hawks	24	8	2	4	10	77	88	−11	32
Deacon Thunder	24	6	2	3	13	66	76	−10	25
West Grinstead Wasps	24	3	3	6	12	71	94	−23	21

International Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Dyas Stiks	24	17	1	1	5	97	55	+42	54	Advances to play-offs
Craitish Cosmos	24	16	2	1	5	96	64	+32	53
Savona Sport	24	13	0	1	10	71	68	+3	40
Newcastle Leopards	24	9	3	3	9	89	76	+13	36
NV Devils	24	5	1	1	17	58	99	−41	18
Plennomorets Chetgavan	24	5	0	0	19	52	101	−49	15

Play-offs

Qualifying play-offs

The qualifying play-offs will be played over two legs in March 2019. The four conference winners will advance directly to the quarter-finals.

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Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals will be played over two legs in March 2019.

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Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played on the 30th March 2019 at the Mercury Ice Arena in Mercury.

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Final

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