Mercury Elite Hockey League

Mercury Elite Hockey League

Countries	Mercury  Craitland  Incontinentia  New Sussex  New Vaduz  Nova England  Nova English Korea  Senya  Tellia
Founded	2016
First season	2016–17
Number of teams	24
League cup(s)	Mercury Elite Hockey League play-offs
Current champions	Nafferton Panthers (2019–20)
Most championships	Bisminster Battalion (2)
2019–20 Mercury Elite Hockey League

The Mercury Elite Hockey League is the top-flight professional ice hockey competition in Mercury. It is considered by the MHL as a Tier 1 league. The league involves twenty-four teams, fifteen from Mercury, two from Nova English Korea and one from each of Craitland, Incontinentia, New Sussex, New Vaduz, Nova England, Senya and Tellia.

History

The MEHL was founded in 2016 with twelve teams. In 2018, the league expanded to 24 teams, with the inclusion of several new Mercurian teams, and the creation of the new International Conference, featuring six of the best foreign clubs from across Micras.

Format

The twenty-four teams are split into four conferences, each featuring six teams. Teams play a 66-game season, playing every team in the league home-and-away, and an additional four fixtures against each of the other teams in their conference. The team finishing top in each conference advances to the play-offs, along with the eight next-best-ranked teams.

Teams

Current clubs

Club	Conference	Established	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bisminster Battalion	Northern	2016	Bisminster	Bisminster Ice Coliseum	17,000
Castleton Vikings	Central	2016	Castleton	FK Centre	10,006
Clarkson Pirates	Northern	2016	Clarkson	MPower Arena	11,792
Craitish Cosmos	International	2013	Biulya	Nätiónähl Rink	14,000
Deacon Thunder	Southern	2016	Deacon	Deacon Exhibition Centre	6,250
Dyas Stiks	International	2013	Dyas	Dyas Hockey Centre	22,000
Eastmoor Archers	Central	2018	North Eastmoor	Eastmoor Forum	5,900
Hanseong Stingrays	Northern	2014	Hanseong	Hanseong Hockey Stadium	11,409
Harlby Hawks	Southern	2018	Harlby	Sherwood Hill Garden	7,950
Kincester Kraken	Southern	2016	Kincester	Marshall's Arena	12,802
Kuiper Jets	Central	2016	Kuiper	Kuiper Dome	13,000
Longstoke Lions	Southern	2018	Longstoke	Republic Bank Centre	8,665
Mercury Hornets	Central	2014	Mercury	Mercury Ice Arena	19,000
Nafferton Panthers	Central	2016	Nafferton	Nafferton Ice Arena	23,000
Newcastle Leopards	International	2018	Newcastle-upon-Eastmoor
NV Devils	International	2018	New Vaduz
PB Polar Bears	Northern	2018	Port Barret	Port Barret Arena	14,250
Pelmanby Penguins	Northern	2016	Pelmanby	RedBet.mer Arena	9,200
Plennomorets Chetgavan	International	2018	Chetgavan
Savona Sport	International	2018	Savona	Arena di Savona	9,550
Taylor Torpedoes	Central	2018	Taylor	Oracle Brewing Arena	9,500
Tow Law Bears	Southern	2016	Tow Law	Tow Law Indoor Arena	8,000
West Grinstead Wasps	Southern	2016	West Grinstead	Monarch Media Arena	13,760
Whitby Warriors	Northern	2018	Whitby	Esk Valley Arena	7,500

• NV Devils will leave the league at the end of the 2020–21 season.

Future clubs

Club	Conference	Established	City	Stadium	Capacity
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers	International	2019	Fatehpur Sikri	FS Canton Arena	19,000
Talenore Pirates	International	2019	Talenore	TalCorp Arena	23,000
TBD	International	2021	Hurmu
Bandine Bulls	Western	2021	Bandine
Moorshire Devils	Western	2021	Hull
Hayfield Hawks	Western	2021	Hayfield
Rothbrey Rhinos	Western	2021	Rothbrey
Stonebourg Scorpions	Western	2021	Stonebourg
HC Réal Livingston	Western	2019	New Livingston

^ – Conferences to be re-shuffled prior to 2021–22 season.

Results

Season	Regular season champions	Play-off finals (single game)
		Winners	Score	Runners-up
2016–17	Mercury Hornets	Mercury Hornets	1 – 0	Nafferton Panthers
2017–18	Bisminster Battalion	Bisminster Battalion	4 – 3 OT	Mercury Hornets
2018–19	Bisminster Battalion	Bisminster Battalion	6 – 1	Nafferton Panthers
2019–20	Nafferton Panthers	Nafferton Panthers	5 – 4 OT	Bisminster Battalion
2020–21		Play-off finals (best of 7)
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