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.

Legend
	Qualified to play-offs and MCHL
	Qualified to play-offs
	Qualified to MCHL
XXX	Conference leader

Team	Conf.	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Conference leaders
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	3	3	0	0	0	15	5	+10	9
Hanseong Stingrays	EAS	3	3	0	0	0	13	4	+9	9
HC Réal Livingston	WES	3	3	0	0	0	16	8	+8	9
Bisminster Battalion	CEN	3	3	0	0	0	16	10	+6	9
Castleton Vikings	CEN	3	2	0	0	1	10	6	+4	6
Craitish Cosmos	INT	3	2	0	0	1	12	8	+4	6
Deacon Thunder	EAS	3	2	0	0	1	10	7	+3	6
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers	INT	3	2	0	0	1	10	8	+2	6
Harlby Hawks	WES	3	2	0	0	1	10	8	+2	6
Longstoke Lions	EAS	3	2	0	0	1	11	9	+2	6
IHK Konungsheim	INT	3	2	0	0	1	10	9	+1	6
Kuiper Jets	EAS	3	2	0	0	1	10	9	+1	6
Wildcard standings
Lake Crystal City Freezers	INT	3	2	0	0	1	11	10	+1	6
Mercury Hornets	CEN	3	2	0	0	1	11	10	+1	6
PB Polar Bears	EAS	3	2	0	0	1	11	11	0	6
Stonebourg Scorpions	WES	3	2	0	0	1	7	8	−1	6
Clarkson Pirates	CEN	3	2	0	0	1	10	12	−2	6
Dyas Stiks	INT	3	1	1	0	1	13	12	+1	5
Rothbrey Rhinos	WES	3	1	1	0	1	10	9	+1	5
Hayfield Hawks	WES	3	1	1	0	1	11	13	−2	5
Talenore Pirates	INT	3	1	0	1	1	11	14	−3	4
Kincester Kraken	EAS	3	1	0	0	2	9	9	0	3
Bandine Bulls	WES	3	1	0	0	2	7	8	−1	3
Vesüha Viikingid	INT	3	1	0	0	2	13	14	−1	3
Moorshire Devils	WES	3	0	0	1	2	10	13	−3	1
Eastmoor Archers	WES	3	0	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1
Savona Sport	INT	3	0	0	0	3	6	11	−5	0
Tow Law Bears	EAS	3	0	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	3	0	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0
Whitby Warriors	CEN	3	0	0	0	3	6	12	−6	0
Pelmanby Penguins	CEN	3	0	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0
West Grinstead Wasps	EAS	3	0	0	0	3	5	15	−10	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

	Round of 16 (Best of 5)					Quarter-finals (Best of 5)					Semi-finals (Best of 7)					Final (Best of 7)
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	16
	7
	10
	4
	13
	5
	12
	2
	15
	8
	9
	3
	14
	6
	11

Round of 16

The round of 16 will be played as a best-of-five series in February–March 2022.

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Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals will be played as a best-of-five series in March 2022.

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Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played as a best-of-seven series in March 2022.

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Final

The final will be played as a best-of-seven series in March–April 2022.

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