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.

Club	Conf.	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	56	39	7	2	8	248	142	+106	133	Advances to play-offs
Bisminster Battalion	NOR	56	42	1	3	10	262	158	+104	131
Mercury Hornets	CEN	56	39	2	5	10	226	154	+72	126
Dyas Stiks	INT	56	37	5	4	10	224	144	+80	125
Kuiper Jets	CEN	56	31	6	1	18	212	175	+37	106
Hanseong Stingrays	NOR	56	29	6	5	16	202	162	+40	104
Craitish Cosmos	INT	56	30	3	3	20	198	169	+29	99
Kincester Kraken	SOU	56	28	3	2	23	172	179	−7	92
Newcastle Leopards	INT	56	25	6	4	21	200	191	+9	91
Castleton Vikings	CEN	56	26	2	4	24	186	182	+4	86
Savona Sport	INT	56	27	0	3	26	167	172	−5	84
Tow Law Bears	SOU	56	25	3	2	26	183	171	+12	83
Longstoke Lions	SOU	56	22	6	4	24	168	184	−16	82
Clarkson Pirates	NOR	56	22	5	3	26	178	193	−15	79
PB Polar Bears	NOR	56	23	2	6	25	187	204	−17	79
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	56	23	4	2	27	164	193	−29	79
Whitby Warriors	NOR	56	20	6	5	25	164	172	−8	77
Harlby Hawks	SOU	56	19	4	5	28	174	191	−17	70
Pelmanby Penguins	NOR	56	20	3	1	32	193	192	+1	67
Deacon Thunder	SOU	56	13	5	5	33	175	205	−30	54
West Grinstead Wasps	SOU	56	10	7	8	31	169	221	−52	52
NV Devils	INT	56	14	2	5	35	143	240	−97	51
Plennomorets Chetgavan	INT	56	10	3	2	41	144	247	−103	38
Eastmoor Archers	CEN	56	9	0	6	41	138	230	−92	33

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
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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