2018–19 Mercury Elite Hockey League

The 2018–19 Mercury Elite Hockey League is the third season of the Mercury Elite Hockey League, the premier ice hockey league in Mercury. The league will expand from 12 teams to 24, with 6 new Mercurian clubs joining, as well as 6 international clubs.

Regular season

The league's 24 teams play a 66-game schedule from August 2018 to March 2019. 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 four conference winners advance to the play-offs in addition to the eight next-highest ranked teams in the overall standings.

Club	Conf.	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bisminster Battalion	NOR	40	32	1	2	5	202	117	+85	100	Advances to play-offs
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	40	27	3	2	8	184	112	+72	89
Dyas Stiks	INT	40	25	4	2	9	163	105	+58	85
Mercury Hornets	CEN	40	26	2	3	9	157	116	+41	85
Hanseong Stingrays	NOR	40	22	3	4	11	150	119	+31	76
Kuiper Jets	CEN	40	20	5	1	14	152	130	+22	71
Kincester Kraken	SOU	40	21	3	1	15	129	124	+5	70
Craitish Cosmos	INT	40	21	2	2	15	147	130	+17	69
Newcastle Leopards	INT	40	17	6	3	14	144	137	+7	66
Savona Sport	INT	40	21	0	2	17	121	118	+3	65
Castleton Vikings	CEN	40	19	2	1	18	139	136	+3	62
Longstoke Lions	SOU	40	18	3	2	17	124	132	−8	62
Clarkson Pirates	NOR	40	17	4	2	17	134	131	+3	61
Harlby Hawks	SOU	40	16	3	4	17	136	133	+3	58
Tow Law Bears	SOU	40	18	1	1	20	129	126	+3	57
Whitby Warriors	NOR	40	15	5	2	18	120	125	−5	57
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	40	16	2	2	20	108	141	−33	54
Pelmanby Penguins	NOR	40	16	0	3	21	133	148	−15	51
PB Polar Bears	NOR	40	14	1	0	25	140	148	−8	44
NV Devils	INT	40	12	1	4	23	103	172	−69	42
Deacon Thunder	SOU	40	10	3	5	22	130	148	−18	41
West Grinstead Wasps	SOU	40	7	4	5	24	127	172	−45	34
Eastmoor Archers	CEN	40	6	0	5	29	103	171	−68	23
Plennomorets Chetgavan	INT	40	5	2	2	31	96	176	−80	21

Conference standings

Northern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bisminster Battalion	18	15	1	0	2	91	49	+42	47	Advances to play-offs
Hanseong Stingrays	18	9	1	2	6	63	58	+5	31
Whitby Warriors	18	8	3	1	6	56	63	−7	31
Clarkson Pirates	18	6	1	1	10	56	66	−10	21
Pelmanby Penguins	18	5	0	2	11	60	74	−14	17
PB Polar Bears	18	5	0	0	13	55	71	−15	15

Central Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Nafferton Panthers	18	14	2	0	2	81	42	+39	46	Advances to play-offs
Mercury Hornets	18	12	0	3	3	67	50	+17	39
Taylor Torpedoes	18	8	1	0	9	50	63	−13	26
Castleton Vikings	18	8	0	1	9	62	61	+1	25	Advances to play-offs
Kuiper Jets	18	5	2	1	10	60	66	−6	20
Eastmoor Archers	18	2	0	0	16	38	76	−38	6

Southern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Kincester Kraken	18	11	2	0	5	68	52	+16	37	Advances to play-offs
Tow Law Bears	18	10	1	1	6	58	48	+10	33
Longstoke Lions	18	9	3	0	6	65	57	+8	33	Advances to play-offs
Harlby Hawks	18	7	2	3	6	58	62	−4	28
Deacon Thunder	18	5	1	3	9	53	58	−5	20
West Grinstead Wasps	18	1	2	4	11	51	76	−25	11

International Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Dyas Stiks	18	12	1	1	4	74	40	+34	39	Advances to play-offs
Craitish Cosmos	18	11	1	1	5	72	56	+16	36
Newcastle Leopards	18	7	3	2	6	63	55	+8	29
Savona Sport	18	9	0	1	8	49	49	0	28
NV Devils	18	5	1	1	11	47	75	−28	18
Plennomorets Chetgavan	18	4	0	0	14	41	71	−30	12

Play-offs

Qualifying play-offs

The qualifying play-offs will be played over two legs in March 2019. The four conference winners will advance directly to the quarter-finals.

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Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals will be played over two legs in March 2019.

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Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played on the 30th March 2019 at the Mercury Ice Arena in Mercury.

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Final

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