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 | 64 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 303 | 179 | +124 | 152 |
| Nafferton Panthers | CEN | 64 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 276 | 161 | +115 | 151 |
| Mercury Hornets | CEN | 64 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 259 | 170 | +89 | 144 |
 Dyas Stiks
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INT | 64 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 255 | 166 | +89 | 138 |
| Kuiper Jets | CEN | 64 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 235 | 196 | +39 | 121 |
| Hanseong Stingrays | NOR | 64 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 239 | 196 | +43 | 118 |
 Craitish Cosmos
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INT | 64 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 219 | 197 | +22 | 107 |
| Kincester Kraken | SOU | 64 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 196 | 206 | −10 | 105 |
| Tow Law Bears | SOU | 64 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 221 | 193 | +28 | 103 |
 Newcastle Leopards
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INT | 64 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 236 | 214 | +22 | 103 |
| Castleton Vikings | CEN | 64 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 220 | 212 | +8 | 102 |
 Savona Sport
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INT | 64 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 189 | 204 | −15 | 94 |
| PB Polar Bears | NOR | 64 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 213 | 229 | −16 | 93 |
| Longstoke Lions | SOU | 64 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 195 | 213 | −18 | 92 |
| Taylor Torpedoes | CEN | 64 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 194 | 227 | −33 | 91 |
| Clarkson Pirates | NOR | 64 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 195 | 226 | −31 | 88 |
| Whitby Warriors | NOR | 64 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 196 | 199 | −3 | 87 |
| Pelmanby Penguins | NOR | 64 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 222 | 214 | +8 | 81 |
| Harlby Hawks | SOU | 64 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 195 | 219 | −24 | 80 |
| Deacon Thunder | SOU | 64 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 203 | 222 | −19 | 71 |
 NV Devils
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INT | 64 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 165 | 273 | −108 | 58 |
| West Grinstead Wasps | SOU | 64 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 185 | 260 | −75 | 53 |
| Eastmoor Archers | CEN | 64 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 159 | 257 | −98 | 39 |
 Plennomorets Chetgavan
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INT | 64 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 162 | 293 | −131 | 38 |
Conference standings
Northern Conference
| Club | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Bisminster Battalion | 28 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 139 | 79 | +60 | 71 |
| Hanseong Stingrays | 28 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 100 | 90 | +10 | 48 |
| Whitby Warriors | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 84 | 96 | −12 | 44 |
| Pelmanby Penguins | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 93 | 101 | −8 | 34 |
| Clarkson Pirates | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 80 | 110 | −30 | 30 |
| PB Polar Bears | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 88 | 106 | −18 | 28 |
Central Conference
| Club | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nafferton Panthers | 28 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 61 | +55 | 71 |
| Mercury Hornets | 28 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 98 | 75 | +23 | 56 |
| Castleton Vikings | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 83 | 85 | −2 | 41 |
| Kuiper Jets | 28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 89 | 94 | −5 | 40 |
| Taylor Torpedoes | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 78 | 97 | −19 | 35 |
| Eastmoor Archers | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 59 | 111 | −52 | 9 |
Southern Conference
| Club | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kincester Kraken | 28 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 103 | 78 | +25 | 58 |
| Tow Law Bears | 28 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 93 | 74 | +19 | 55 |
| Longstoke Lions | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 94 | 88 | +6 | 48 |
| Harlby Hawks | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 86 | 104 | −18 | 35 |
| Deacon Thunder | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 78 | 83 | −5 | 34 |
| West Grinstead Wasps | 28 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 80 | 107 | −27 | 22 |
International Conference
| Club | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Dyas Stiks
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28 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 110 | 61 | +49 | 63 |
| Craitish Cosmos
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28 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 105 | 77 | +28 | 59 |
| Savona Sport
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28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 88 | 81 | +7 | 50 |
| Newcastle Leopards
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28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 108 | 89 | +19 | 41 |
| NV Devils
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28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 71 | 116 | −45 | 23 |
| Plennomorets Chetgavan
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28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 61 | 119 | −58 | 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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