Mercury Elite Hockey League
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| Founded | 2016 |
| First season | 2016–17 |
| Number of teams | 24 |
| League cup(s) | Mercury Elite Hockey League play-offs |
| Current champions |
Nafferton Panthers (2019–20) |
| Most championships | Bisminster Battalion (2) |
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The Mercury Elite Hockey League is the top-flight professional ice hockey competition in Mercury. The league involves twenty-four teams, fifteen from Mercury, two from Nova English Korea and one from each of Craitland, Incontinentia, New Sussex, New Vaduz, Nova England, Senya and Tellia.
History
The MEHL was founded in 2016 with twelve teams. In 2018, the league expanded to 24 teams, with the inclusion of several new Mercurian teams, and the creation of the new International Conference, featuring six of the best foreign clubs from across Micras.
Format
The twenty-four teams are split into four conferences, each featuring six teams. Teams play a 66-game season, playing every team in the league home-and-away, and an additional four fixtures against each of the other teams in their conference. The team finishing top in each conference advances to the play-offs, along with the eight next-best-ranked teams.
Teams
Current clubs
Results
| Season | Regular season champions | Play-off finals | ||
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| Winners | Score | Runners-up | ||
| 2016–17 | Mercury Hornets | Mercury Hornets | 1 – 0 | Nafferton Panthers |
| 2017–18 | Bisminster Battalion | Bisminster Battalion | 4 – 3 OT | Mercury Hornets |
| 2018–19 | Bisminster Battalion | Bisminster Battalion | 6 – 1 | Nafferton Panthers |
| 2019–20 | Nafferton Panthers | – | ||
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