2016–17 Mercury Elite Hockey League

The 2017 Mercury Elite Hockey League was the first season of the Mercurian Elite Hockey League, the premier ice hockey league in Mercury.

Regular season

The league's 12 teams played a 44-game schedule from August 2016 to April 2017.

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Mercury Hornets	44	26	3	9	6	80	35	+45	93	Advances to play-offs
Kuiper Jets	44	23	6	7	8	54	32	+22	88
Nafferton Panthers	44	21	6	6	11	57	40	+17	81
Bisminster Battalion	44	18	9	7	10	66	49	+17	79
Hanseong Stingrays	44	17	8	5	14	53	43	+10	72
Kincester Kraken	44	19	4	7	14	58	48	+10	72
Tow Law Bears	44	10	11	6	17	35	49	−14	58
Pelmanby Penguins	44	14	4	7	19	33	54	−21	57
Deacon Thunder	44	12	9	1	22	43	63	−20	55
Castleton Vikings	44	11	5	4	24	41	64	−23	47
Clarkson Pirates	44	11	3	8	22	29	52	−23	47
West Grinstead Wasps	44	10	4	5	25	37	57	−20	43

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played over a best-of-3 series in April 2017.

Mercury Hornets v Pelmanby Penguins

Mercury Hornets	1 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)	Pelmanby Penguins

Pelmanby Penguins v Mercury Hornets

Pelmanby Penguins	0 – 1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)	Mercury Hornets

Mercury Hornets win the series 2–0

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Kuiper Jets v Tow Law Bears

Kuiper Jets	1 – 0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)	Tow Law Bears

Tow Law Bears v Kuiper Jets

Tow Law Bears	0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)	Kuiper Jets

Kuiper Jets win the series 2–0

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Nafferton Panthers v Kincester Kraken

Nafferton Panthers	2 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)	Kincester Kraken

Kincester Kraken v Nafferton Panthers

Kincester Kraken	1 – 0 SO (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)	Nafferton Panthers

Nafferton Panthers v Kincester Kraken

Nafferton Panthers	2 – 1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)	Kincester Kraken

Nafferton Panthers win the series 2–1

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Bisminster Battalion v Hanseong Stingrays

Bisminster Battalion	1 – 2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1) 1 – 2	Hanseong Stingrays

Hanseong Stingrays v Bisminster Battalion

Hanseong Stingrays	2 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)	Bisminster Battalion

Hanseong Stingrays win the series 2–0

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on the 22nd April 2017 at the Mercury Ice Arena in Mercury.

Mercury Hornets v Hanseong Stingrays

22 April 2017

Mercury Hornets	2 – 1 (0–0, 2–0, 0–1)	Hanseong Stingrays

Mercury Ice Arena, Mercury

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Kuiper Jets v Nafferton Panthers

22 April 2017

Kuiper Jets	1 – 2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)	Nafferton Panthers

Mercury Ice Arena, Mercury

Final

Mercury Hornets v Nafferton Panthers

23 April 2017

Mercury Hornets	1 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)	Nafferton Panthers

Mercury Ice Arena, Mercury