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.
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, next two best teams 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 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.
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Club | Conf. | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Bisminster Battalion | NOR | 66 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 308 | 181 | +127 | 158 |
Nafferton Panthers | CEN | 66 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 282 | 164 | +118 | 157 |
Mercury Hornets | CEN | 66 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 265 | 176 | +89 | 147 |
Dyas Stiks | INT | 66 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 260 | 174 | +86 | 140 |
Kuiper Jets | CEN | 66 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 242 | 199 | +43 | 127 |
Hanseong Stingrays | NOR | 66 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 245 | 199 | +46 | 121 |
Craitish Cosmos | INT | 66 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 224 | 202 | +22 | 110 |
Newcastle Leopards | INT | 66 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 245 | 216 | +29 | 109 |
Tow Law Bears | SOU | 66 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 231 | 194 | +37 | 109 |
Kincester Kraken | SOU | 66 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 203 | 209 | −6 | 108 |
Castleton Vikings | CEN | 66 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 224 | 221 | +3 | 102 |
Savona Sport | INT | 66 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 198 | 208 | −10 | 99 |
Longstoke Lions | SOU | 66 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 203 | 219 | −16 | 97 |
PB Polar Bears | NOR | 66 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 219 | 238 | −19 | 94 |
Whitby Warriors | NOR | 66 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 202 | 201 | +1 | 92 |
Taylor Torpedoes | CEN | 66 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 197 | 233 | −36 | 91 |
Clarkson Pirates | NOR | 66 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 202 | 235 | −33 | 91 |
Pelmanby Penguins | NOR | 66 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 223 | 220 | +3 | 81 |
Harlby Hawks | SOU | 66 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 199 | 229 | −30 | 80 |
Deacon Thunder | SOU | 66 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 207 | 228 | −21 | 74 |
NV Devils | INT | 66 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 169 | 282 | −113 | 59 |
West Grinstead Wasps | SOU | 66 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 187 | 269 | −82 | 54 |
Eastmoor Archers | CEN | 66 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 164 | 261 | −97 | 42 |
Plennomorets Chetgavan | INT | 66 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 166 | 301 | −135 | 39 |
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. |
- After finishing with identical points, Newcastle Leopards and Tow Law Bears faced tie-breaking criteria. They were split by their head to head record, with Newcastle's 6 points from their shared matches beating Tow Law's 0 points.
- After finishing with identical points, Clarkson Pirates and Taylor Torpedoes faced tie-breaking criteria. As both teams gained 3 points each from their shared matches, they were split by the higher number of regulation wins, with Taylor's 27 beating Clarkson's 26.
Conference standings
Northern Conference
Club | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Bisminster Battalion | 30 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 144 | 81 | +63 | 77 |
Hanseong Stingrays | 30 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 106 | 93 | +13 | 51 |
Whitby Warriors | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 90 | 98 | −8 | 49 |
Pelmanby Penguins | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 99 | 110 | −11 | 35 |
Clarkson Pirates | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 87 | 119 | −32 | 33 |
PB Polar Bears | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 89 | 112 | −23 | 28 |
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) Head-to-head points, 2) Head-to-head goal difference, 3) Total regulation wins, 4) Total wins, 5) Goal difference, 6) Goals scored. |
Central Conference
Club | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nafferton Panthers | 30 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 64 | +58 | 77 |
Mercury Hornets | 30 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 104 | 81 | +23 | 59 |
Kuiper Jets | 30 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 96 | 97 | −1 | 46 |
Castleton Vikings | 30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 87 | 94 | −7 | 41 |
Taylor Torpedoes | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 81 | 103 | −22 | 35 |
Eastmoor Archers | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 64 | 115 | −51 | 12 |
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) Head-to-head points, 2) Head-to-head goal difference, 3) Total regulation wins, 4) Total wins, 5) Goal difference, 6) Goals scored. |
Southern Conference
Club | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Tow Law Bears | 30 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 103 | 75 | +28 | 61 |
Kincester Kraken | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 110 | 81 | +29 | 61 |
Longstoke Lions | 30 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 102 | 94 | +8 | 53 |
Deacon Thunder | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 82 | 89 | −7 | 37 |
Harlby Hawks | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 90 | 114 | −24 | 35 |
West Grinstead Wasps | 30 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 82 | 116 | −34 | 23 |
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) Head-to-head points, 2) Head-to-head goal difference, 3) Total regulation wins, 4) Total wins, 5) Goal difference, 6) Goals scored. |
- After finishing with identical points, Kincester Kraken and Tow Law Bears faced tie-breaking criteria. They were split by their head to head record, with Tow Law's 12 points from their shared matches beating Kincester's 6 points.
International Conference
Club | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Dyas Stiks | 30 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 115 | 69 | +44 | 65 |
Craitish Cosmos | 30 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 110 | 82 | +28 | 62 |
Savona Sport | 30 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 97 | 85 | +12 | 55 |
Newcastle Leopards | 30 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 117 | 91 | +26 | 48 |
NV Devils | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 75 | 125 | −50 | 24 |
Plennomorets Chetgavan | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 65 | 127 | −62 | 16 |
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) Head-to-head points, 2) Head-to-head goal difference, 3) Total regulation wins, 4) Total wins, 5) Goal difference, 6) Goals scored. |
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.
Mercury Hornets | 14 – 7 | Savona Sport | ||||||||||
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Kuiper Jets | 9 – 2 | Castleton Vikings | ||||||||||
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Hanseong Stingrays | 5 – 9 | Kincester Kraken | ||||||||||
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Craitish Cosmos | 12 – 8 | Newcastle Leopards | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals will be played over two legs in March 2019.
Bisminster Battalion | 12 – 8 | Kincester Kraken | ||||||||||
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Nafferton Panthers | 7–4 | Craitish Cosmos | ||||||||||
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Dyas Stiks | 6 – 13 | Kuiper Jets | ||||||||||
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Tow Law Bears | 3 – 9 | Mercury Hornets | ||||||||||
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Semi-finals
The semi-finals will be played on the 30th March 2019 at the Mercury Ice Arena in Mercury.
30 March 2019
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Bisminster Battalion | 5 – 4 (2–1, 1–2, 2–1) |
Kuiper Jets |
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Callum Brooks Watts (Shaw) PPG – 05:56 Shaw (Jordan, Booth) – 17:33 Perry (Shaw, Travis) – 21:02 Watts (Sharpe, Richardson) PPG – 54:10 Perry (McCullough) GWG – 56:57 6 min 28 |
Goalies 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–3 3–4 4–4 5–4 Penalties Shots on goal |
Davis Battle 12:45 – Barnes (Burton, Curry) 24:25 – Wise (King, Lane) 33:01 – Ball 41:12 – PPG Lane (Barnes, King) 21 min 24 |
30 March 2019
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Nafferton Panthers | 6 – 5 OT (3–2, 2–1, 0–2) (OT: 1–0) |
Mercury Hornets |
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Thomas Garnett Davidsen (Chambers, Poole) – 03:21 Vance (Stanley, Dean) PPG – 06:22 Fraser (Compton, Stone) PPG – 10:13 Fraser (Kirkland, Hall) PPG – 27:13 Hall SHG – 38:06 Davidsen (Vance, Kirkland) GWG 23 min 35 |
Goalies 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3 5–3 5–4 5–5 6–5 Penalties Shots on goal |
Zack Cooke 09:17 – Gilbert (Thøgersen) 15:47 – Duncan (Thøgersen, Haagensen) 24:15 – PPG Kennedy (Reynolds) 43:59 – PPG Haagensen (Gardiner) 56:33 – PS Reynolds 17 min 36 |
Final
31 March 2019
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Bisminster Battalion | 6 – 1 (2–0, 3–1, 1–0) |
Nafferton Panthers |
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Callum Brooks 4 min 38 |
Goalies 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 5–1 6–1 Penalties Shots on goal |
Thomas Garnett 40 min 10 |
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