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	49	37	1	2	9	238	146	+92	115	Advances to play-offs
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	49	33	6	2	8	216	130	+86	113
Dyas Stiks	INT	49	32	5	2	10	198	126	+72	108
Mercury Hornets	CEN	49	32	2	5	10	194	140	+54	105
Hanseong Stingrays	NOR	49	26	5	5	13	179	145	+34	93
Craitish Cosmos	INT	49	28	2	2	17	180	148	+32	90
Kuiper Jets	CEN	49	25	6	1	17	183	158	+25	88
Kincester Kraken	SOU	49	25	3	2	19	158	156	+2	83
Castleton Vikings	CEN	49	24	2	3	20	164	157	+7	79
Newcastle Leopards	INT	49	21	6	3	19	177	170	+7	78
Savona Sport	INT	49	25	0	3	21	146	146	0	78
Clarkson Pirates	NOR	49	21	5	2	21	163	162	+1	75
Longstoke Lions	SOU	49	20	5	3	21	148	160	−12	73
Tow Law Bears	SOU	49	22	2	1	24	157	152	+5	71
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	49	20	3	2	24	137	166	−29	68
Whitby Warriors	NOR	49	17	6	4	22	144	152	−8	67
PB Polar Bears	NOR	49	18	2	6	23	166	181	−15	64
Pelmanby Penguins	NOR	49	19	2	1	27	177	174	+3	62
Harlby Hawks	SOU	49	17	3	5	24	159	172	−13	62
NV Devils	INT	49	13	2	5	29	127	206	−79	48
Deacon Thunder	SOU	49	11	4	5	29	158	188	−30	46
West Grinstead Wasps	SOU	49	9	4	8	28	151	202	−51	43
Plennomorets Chetgavan	INT	49	8	3	2	36	122	217	−95	32
Eastmoor Archers	CEN	49	8	0	5	36	123	205	−82	29

Conference standings

Northern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bisminster Battalion	23	18	1	0	4	115	67	+48	56	Advances to play-offs
Hanseong Stingrays	23	11	2	3	7	80	76	+4	40
Whitby Warriors	23	9	4	2	8	69	80	−11	37
Clarkson Pirates	23	9	1	1	12	73	84	−11	30	Advances to play-offs
Pelmanby Penguins	23	6	2	3	12	75	88	−13	25
PB Polar Bears	23	7	0	1	15	73	88	−15	22

Central Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Nafferton Panthers	23	17	4	0	2	101	52	+49	59	Advances to play-offs
Mercury Hornets	23	14	0	5	4	83	64	+19	47
Castleton Vikings	23	11	0	2	10	72	70	+2	35
Taylor Torpedoes	23	10	1	0	12	62	76	−14	32
Kuiper Jets	23	7	3	1	12	76	83	−7	28	Advances to play-offs
Eastmoor Archers	23	2	0	0	21	47	96	−49	6

Southern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Kincester Kraken	23	14	2	0	7	85	64	+21	46	Advances to play-offs
Tow Law Bears	23	13	2	1	7	77	63	+14	44
Longstoke Lions	23	10	5	1	7	80	73	+7	41
Harlby Hawks	23	8	2	4	9	75	84	−9	32
Deacon Thunder	23	6	2	3	12	65	74	−9	25
West Grinstead Wasps	23	3	2	6	12	67	91	−24	19

International Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Dyas Stiks	23	16	1	1	5	92	54	+38	51	Advances to play-offs
Craitish Cosmos	23	16	1	1	5	92	61	+31	51
Savona Sport	23	12	0	1	10	67	66	+1	37
Newcastle Leopards	23	9	3	2	9	86	72	+14	35
NV Devils	23	5	1	1	16	57	94	−37	18
Plennomorets Chetgavan	23	5	0	0	18	50	97	−47	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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