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	43	34	1	2	6	217	129	+88	106	Advances to play-offs
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	43	28	5	2	8	194	118	+76	96
Mercury Hornets	CEN	43	29	2	3	9	176	125	+51	94
Dyas Stiks	INT	43	27	5	2	9	174	113	+61	93
Hanseong Stingrays	NOR	43	25	3	4	11	164	127	+37	85
Craitish Cosmos	INT	43	24	2	2	15	160	133	+27	78
Kuiper Jets	CEN	43	22	5	1	15	164	140	+24	77
Kincester Kraken	SOU	43	22	3	2	16	140	133	+7	74
Savona Sport	INT	43	23	0	3	17	133	127	+6	72
Castleton Vikings	CEN	43	21	2	2	18	148	141	+7	69
Clarkson Pirates	NOR	43	18	5	2	18	144	139	+5	66
Newcastle Leopards	INT	43	17	6	3	17	149	150	−1	66
Longstoke Lions	SOU	43	18	5	2	18	133	142	−9	66
Whitby Warriors	NOR	43	16	6	3	18	131	135	−4	63
Tow Law Bears	SOU	43	19	2	1	21	140	136	+4	62
Harlby Hawks	SOU	43	17	3	5	18	143	145	−2	62
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	43	17	2	2	22	117	148	−31	57
Pelmanby Penguins	NOR	43	16	0	4	23	140	161	−21	52
PB Polar Bears	NOR	43	15	1	0	27	151	160	−9	47
NV Devils	INT	43	12	1	4	26	110	183	−73	42
Deacon Thunder	SOU	43	10	3	5	25	138	166	−28	41
West Grinstead Wasps	SOU	43	7	4	7	25	135	183	−48	36
Eastmoor Archers	CEN	43	7	0	5	31	110	184	−74	26
Plennomorets Chetgavan	INT	43	5	2	2	34	101	190	−89	21

Conference standings

Northern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bisminster Battalion	20	16	1	0	3	101	58	+43	50	Advances to play-offs
Hanseong Stingrays	20	11	1	2	6	74	65	+9	37
Whitby Warriors	20	9	4	1	6	65	70	−5	36
Clarkson Pirates	20	7	1	1	11	63	72	−9	24	Advances to play-offs
Pelmanby Penguins	20	5	0	3	12	64	82	−18	18
PB Polar Bears	20	5	0	0	15	62	82	−20	15

Central Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Nafferton Panthers	20	15	3	0	2	87	45	+42	51	Advances to play-offs
Mercury Hornets	20	14	0	3	3	76	54	+22	45
Castleton Vikings	20	9	0	2	9	67	65	+2	29
Taylor Torpedoes	20	8	1	0	11	54	70	−16	26
Kuiper Jets	20	6	2	1	11	68	73	−5	23	Advances to play-offs
Eastmoor Archers	20	2	0	0	18	43	88	−45	6

Southern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Kincester Kraken	20	12	2	0	6	76	57	+19	40	Advances to play-offs
Tow Law Bears	20	11	2	1	6	66	54	+12	38
Longstoke Lions	20	9	5	0	6	73	63	+10	37
Harlby Hawks	20	8	2	4	6	65	69	−4	32
Deacon Thunder	20	5	1	3	11	56	66	−10	20
West Grinstead Wasps	20	1	2	6	11	58	85	−27	13

International Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Dyas Stiks	20	14	1	1	4	82	46	+36	45	Advances to play-offs
Craitish Cosmos	20	13	1	1	5	80	56	+24	42
Savona Sport	20	11	0	1	8	59	55	+4	34
Newcastle Leopards	20	7	3	2	8	67	64	+3	29
NV Devils	20	5	1	1	13	51	81	−30	18
Plennomorets Chetgavan	20	4	0	0	16	45	82	−37	12

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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