2021 Sanaman Elite Hockey League

The 2021 Sanaman Elite Hockey League is the first season of the newly formed professional ice hockey league in Sanama. It was created by a consortium of Sanaman business people, with each team owning an equal share in the Sanaman Elite Hockey Association. The requirement to join the league was financial viability, size of the local media market, and size and quality of the arena. The league is contested by 14 teams over 52 rounds and a playoff to determine the champion. The league does not feature the best hockey team in Sanama, the Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers, which will compete in the MEHL.

Participating teams

Team name	Arena	Capacity	Owner
Caverden City Cudgellers	ESB Arena	11,600	ESB
Galarmjabat Gunners	Apishe Arena	16,400	Apishe Group
Hall Hitters	KCC Arena	10,600	Kalhana Construction Company
Kawite City Keelhaulers	The Dockyard	9,500	Jollichick
Paharr Niyi Pioneers	Sicureta Hockey Center	11,100	Sicureta Corporation
Palë City Privateers	Tanisha Arena	13,500	Tanisha Foods
Perhika Punishers	Faca Arena	18,600	Faca Automotive Group
Port Niyi Pirates	SSMI Center	16,100	SSMI
Rhan Rogues	Woolridge Center	13,900	Woolridge Shipping Company
Riverden Ravagers	THICC Arena	11,900	Thanatos Industrial & Construction Company
Sanestira Shockers	Simines Globe	18,400	Simines
Sara-Nyl Slayers	Popa Cola Center	13,800	Popa Cola
Xeriffa Xenoblasts	Kisara Cars Center	7,800	Vinfetto Holdings
Xolatira X-rays	Sadri Industries Center	11,700	Sadri Industries

Current table

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sanestira Shockers	52	36	4	3	9	176	88	+88	119	Advances to quarter-finals
Port Niyi Pirates	52	32	6	4	10	181	91	+90	112
Perhika Punishers	52	34	3	1	14	191	110	+81	109
Galarmjabat Gunners	52	25	11	3	13	155	107	+48	100
Palë City Privateers	52	25	6	7	14	156	129	+27	94
Sara-Nyl Slayers	52	24	5	8	15	138	121	+17	90
Rhan Rogues	52	21	7	5	19	138	124	+14	82	Advances to play-in
Xolatira X-Rays	52	20	4	6	22	125	154	−29	74
Paharr Niyi Pioneers	52	16	2	5	29	114	154	−40	57
Riverden Ravagers	52	12	5	7	28	114	160	−46	53
Xeriffa Xenoblasts	52	14	3	5	30	95	179	−84	53
Caverden City Cudgellers	52	14	2	6	30	115	149	−34	52
Kawite City Keelhaulers	52	12	5	5	30	114	169	−55	51	Possible play-out
Hall Hitters	52	10	6	4	32	93	170	−77	46

Results

First round

	CAV	GAL	HAL	KAW	PAH	PAL	PER	POR	RHA	RIV	SAN	SAR	XER	XOL
Caverden City Cudgellers	–	2–3	3–2	5–0	2–1OT	3–2	1–4	1–3	3–4OT	5–1	4–1	4–3	2–3	4–0
Galarmjabat Gunners	3–1	–	2–1	5–0	4–1	5–4OT	2–4	3–1	5–0	3–2OT	2–3	3–1	5–2	5–3
Hall Hitters	4–3 OT	0–3	–	2–5	1–3	3–2	0–6	1–4	4–2	3–4	0–2	3–2 OT	0–4	3–1
Kawite City Keelhaulers	4–2	3–2SO	2–3	–	2–1 OT	5–4OT	2–6	1–4	2–4	0–6	2–4	3–2OT	3–1	4–5OT
Paharr Niyi Pioneers	3–1	1–5	4–0	5–0	–	4–0	0–5	2–7	0–4	4–1	2–3	2–3	1–2OT	11–0
Palë City Privateers	4–1	1–2	3–4 SO	3–4	3–1	–	3–2OT	3–4OT	5–2	6–1	4–3 OT	4–3	4–3 OT	3–0
Perhika Punishers	6–0	6–2	3–0	5–1	3–1	5–1	–	5–0	6–4	2–1 OT	5–0	3–1	6–1	6–1
Port Niyi Pirates	5–0	2–3SO	3–2 OT	2–3	6–0	4–1	4–3	–	5–1	7–4	1–2 OT	5–1	5–0	5–0
Rhan Rogues	3–1	3–4OT	6–1	4–2	3–0	2–4	2–1	4–2	–	8–2	0–1	5–0	5–1	1–2 SO
Riverden Ravagers	2–4	2–3 OT	2–4	3–2	5–1	2–4	1–3	2–1	2–3 OT	–	4–3 OT	1–2	1–2	1–4
Sanestira Shockers	3–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	1–2	3–1	5–1	4–2	3–2 OT	3–0	–	2–1	9–0	3–2
Sara-Nyl Slayers	3–2	4–3	6–2	3–1	2–1OT	2–3 OT	2–5	2–3	2–1	2–3OT	5–2	–	4–1	3–2
Xeriffa Xenoblasts	3–1	1–2	4–1	4–2	3–4OT	1–6	5–3	1–7	3–2	2–3 OT	0–5	2–6	–	3–2OT
Xolatira X-Rays	2–1	2–1SO	6–2	5–2	4–2	3–2	2–3	1–4	4–3	2–3 OT	0–5	2–1	3–2	–

Second round

	CAV	GAL	HAL	KAW	PAH	PAL	PER	POR	RHA	RIV	SAN	SAR	XER	XOL
Caverden City Cudgellers	–	2–4	5–1	5–2	5–2	3–4	3–1	0–1 OT	1–3	3–2	2–4	2–3	4–2	1–2
Galarmjabat Gunners	4–3 OT	–	3–2 SO	4–1	7–0	3–0	2–5	3–2 OT	4–3	3–2 OT	3–4 OT	2–3	4–0	3–2 SO
Hall Hitters	2–1	2–5	–	0–4	2–1	3–4 SO	1–4	3–2 SO	2–3	3–1	1–5	2–3	2–1 OT	3–4 OT
Kawite City Keelhaulers	4–1	0–2	2–3	–	3–1	2–5	3–1	1–2 OT	1–3	3–2	1–5	2–3 SO	4–2	3–4
Paharr Niyi Pioneers	3–4 OT	1–2	2–1	4–2	–	6–2	2–4	2–4	3–2	5–1	2–6	4–3 OT	4–3	4–2
Palë City Privateers	6–1	5–1	2–1	2–3 OT	2–1	–	3–2	2–1	3–2	4–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–2 SO
Perhika Punishers	3–2 OT	4–2	4–1	4–2	4–2	4–3 OT	–	5–2	4–3	4–1	2–4	4–2	5–3	3–4
Port Niyi Pirates	5–3	1–0	3–1	3–0	6–1	4–3 OT	3–1	–	6–0	5–0	3–2	4–0	6–0	4–3 SO
Rhan Rogues	3–2 OT	2–3 OT	4–2	1–3	2–1	1–5	3–2	3–1	–	2–1 OT	4–3 OT	3–2 OT	4–3	1–2
Riverden Ravagers	3–1	3–2	2–1	4–2	5–2	1–2	2–3	3–5	1–2 OT	–	1–3	4–3 OT	4–0	3–1
Sanestira Shockers	5–0	4–0	8–1	4–3 SO	4–0	4–2	6–4	3–1	0–1	4–1	–	3–1	5–0	4–1
Sara-Nyl Slayers	5–2	3–1	5–0	3–2 OT	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–5	2–1 OT	7–1	1–2	–	1–2 OT	6–1
Xeriffa Xenoblasts	2–1	0–4	2–3 OT	4–3	0–4	1–4	2–5	0–5	1–0	4–3	3–2	1–2	–	3–1
Xolatira X-Rays	3–1	2–4	1–3	3–2	5–0	2–4	5–1	1–3	1–4	3–2	5–2	2–3 OT	5–1	–

Play-out

The bottom two teams will play any eligible teams applying for entry into the league. The top two finishers in that group stage will play in the 2021–22 Sanaman Elite Hockey League. Teams face every other team twice, home and away, and no points are retained from the regular season. If there are no teams applying for entry, no Playout will be held. Teams from the SEHL that do not qualify for the next season will play in the Sanaman Challenge Hockey League. Only teams finishing in the top two of the SCHL are eligible to apply. These teams must also satisfy certain commercial and organisational criteria. The playout stage has been cancelled for the 2021 season due to the expansion of the league from 14 to 20 teams.

Play-offs

The teams finishing in seventh to tenth place qualify for the play-in stage. The competition uses a cup format, with seed 7 playing seed 10, and seed 8 playing seed 9 in a best of three playoff. Seeds 7 and 8 have home ice advantage, both starting and ending at home. The two winners advance to the quarter-finals, with the higher-ranked team from the league stage qualifying as seed 7 and the lower-ranked team as seed 8.

The top six teams automatically advance to the quarter-finals. Each round at this stage and later is played as a best-of-seven series. In the quarter-finals the first seed will play the eighth seed, the second seed will play the seventh seed, the third seed will play the sixth seed, and the fourth seed will play the fifth seed. For the semi-finals, the highest-ranked team from the league stage will play the lowest-ranked team, with the two remaining teams facing each other. All tied games are decided by OT periods, with no shoot-outs. Multiple additional overtime periods are used if necessary.

Play-in							Quarter-finals											Semi-finals											Final
							1	Sanestira Shockers
7	Rhan Rogues	3 OT	1	2			9	Paharr Niyi Pioneers
10	Riverden Ravagers	2	4	0
							4	Galarmjabat Gunners
							5	Pale City Privateers
(Teams are re-seeded after the play-in)
							2	Port Niyi Pirates
							7	Rhan Rogues
8	Xolatira X-Rays	2	1
9	Paharr Niyi Pioneers	4	3				3	Perhika Punishers
							6	Sara-Nyl Slayers

Play-in

	Rhan Rogues	2 – 1	Riverden Ravagers
Rhan Rogues v Riverden Ravagers Rhan Rogues 3 – 2 OT Riverden Ravagers Woolridge Center
Riverden Ravagers v Rhan Rogues Riverden Ravagers 4 – 1 Rhan Rogues THICC Arena
Rhan Rogues v Riverden Ravagers Rhan Rogues 2 – 0 Riverden Ravagers Woolridge Center

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	Xolatira X-Rays	0 – 2	Paharr Niyi Pioneers
Xolatira X-Rays v Paharr Niyi Pioneers Xolatira X-Rays 2 – 4 Paharr Niyi Pioneers Sadri Industries Center
Paharr Niyi Pioneers v Xolatira X-Rays Paharr Niyi Pioneers 3 – 1 Xolatira X-Rays Sicureta Hockey Center
Xolatira X-Rays v Paharr Niyi Pioneers Xolatira X-Rays – Paharr Niyi Pioneers

Quarter-finals

	Sanestira Shockers	–	Paharr Niyi Pioneers
Sanestira Shockers v Paharr Niyi Pioneers Sanestira Shockers – Paharr Niyi Pioneers
Paharr Niyi Pioneers v Sanestira Shockers Paharr Niyi Pioneers – Sanestira Shockers
Sanestira Shockers v Paharr Niyi Pioneers Sanestira Shockers – Paharr Niyi Pioneers
Paharr Niyi Pioneers v Sanestira Shockers Paharr Niyi Pioneers – Sanestira Shockers
Sanestira Shockers v Paharr Niyi Pioneers Sanestira Shockers – Paharr Niyi Pioneers
Paharr Niyi Pioneers v Sanestira Shockers Paharr Niyi Pioneers – Sanestira Shockers
Sanestira Shockers v Paharr Niyi Pioneers Sanestira Shockers – Paharr Niyi Pioneers

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	Port Niyi Pirates	–	Rhan Rogues
Port Niyi Pirates v Rhan Rogues Port Niyi Pirates – Rhan Rogues
Rhan Rogues v Port Niyi Pirates Rhan Rogues – Port Niyi Pirates
Port Niyi Pirates v Rhan Rogues Port Niyi Pirates – Rhan Rogues
Rhan Rogues v Port Niyi Pirates Rhan Rogues – Port Niyi Pirates
Port Niyi Pirates v Rhan Rogues Port Niyi Pirates – Rhan Rogues
Rhan Rogues v Port Niyi Pirates Rhan Rogues – Port Niyi Pirates
Port Niyi Pirates v Rhan Rogues Port Niyi Pirates – Rhan Rogues

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	Perhika Punishers	–	Sara-Nyl Slayers
Perhika Punishers v Sara-Nyl Slayers Perhika Punishers – Sara-Nyl Slayers
Sara-Nyl Slayers v Perhika Punishers Sara-Nyl Slayers – Perhika Punishers
Perhika Punishers v Sara-Nyl Slayers Perhika Punishers – Sara-Nyl Slayers
Sara-Nyl Slayers v Perhika Punishers Sara-Nyl Slayers – Perhika Punishers
Perhika Punishers v Sara-Nyl Slayers Perhika Punishers – Sara-Nyl Slayers
Sara-Nyl Slayers v Perhika Punishers Sara-Nyl Slayers – Perhika Punishers
Perhika Punishers v Sara-Nyl Slayers Perhika Punishers – Sara-Nyl Slayers

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	Galarmjabat Gunners	–	Pale City Privateers
Galarmjabat Gunners v Pale City Privateers Galarmjabat Gunners – Pale City Privateers
Pale City Privateers v Galarmjabat Gunners Pale City Privateers – Galarmjabat Gunners
Galarmjabat Gunners v Pale City Privateers Galarmjabat Gunners – Pale City Privateers
Pale City Privateers v Galarmjabat Gunners Pale City Privateers – Galarmjabat Gunners
Galarmjabat Gunners v Pale City Privateers Galarmjabat Gunners – Pale City Privateers
Pale City Privateers v Galarmjabat Gunners Pale City Privateers – Galarmjabat Gunners
Galarmjabat Gunners v Pale City Privateers Galarmjabat Gunners – Pale City Privateers

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