2021–22 Mercury Elite Hockey League
The 2021–22 Mercury Elite Hockey League is the sixth season of the Mercury Elite Hockey League, the premier ice hockey league in Mercury. The league will be contested by 32 teams, including 8 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, best team 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 84-game schedule from August 2021 to March 2022. 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 top two teams in each conference advance to the play-offs in addition to the eight next-highest ranked teams in the overall standings.
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Nafferton Panthers | CEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 |
Castleton Vikings | CEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
HC Réal Livingston | WES | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 |
Lake Crystal City Freezers | INT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 |
Craitish Cosmos | INT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 |
Deacon Thunder | EAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
Longstoke Lions | EAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers | INT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
Hanseong Stingrays | EAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
Bisminster Battalion | CEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
Clarkson Pirates | CEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
Harlby Hawks | WES | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
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PB Polar Bears | EAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
Stonebourg Scorpions | WES | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
Dyas Stiks | INT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
Rothbrey Rhinos | WES | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
Eastmoor Archers | WES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 |
Talenore Pirates | INT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
Bandine Bulls | WES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
Kincester Kraken | EAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
Moorshire Devils | WES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
Pelmanby Penguins | CEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
Whitby Warriors | CEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
Savona Sport | INT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
Tow Law Bears | EAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
Kuiper Jets | EAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Vesüha Viikingid | INT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
West Grinstead Wasps | EAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Hayfield Hawks | WES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
IHK Konungsheim | INT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Taylor Torpedoes | CEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Mercury Hornets | CEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Tie-breaking criteria: 1) If the tied teams have not played an equal amount of head-to-head matches, position of teams from the same Conference in the Conference standings (eliminating teams from broken ties), 2) Head-to-head points between remaining tied teams, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Total regulation wins, 5) Total wins, 6) Goal difference, 7) Goals scored. |
Play-offs
Bracket
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Round of 16
The round of 16 will be played as a best-of-five series in February–March 2022.
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The quarter-finals will be played as a best-of-five series in March 2022.
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The semi-finals will be played as a best-of-seven series in March 2022.
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The final will be played as a best-of-seven series in March–April 2022.
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