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	41	32	1	2	6	206	123	+83	100	Advances to play-offs
Nafferton Panthers	CEN	41	28	3	2	8	188	114	+74	92
Dyas Stiks	INT	41	26	4	2	9	166	107	+59	88
Mercury Hornets	CEN	41	27	2	3	9	163	118	+45	88
Hanseong Stingrays	NOR	41	23	3	4	11	156	123	+33	79
Kincester Kraken	SOU	41	22	3	1	15	135	126	+9	73
Craitish Cosmos	INT	41	22	2	2	15	151	130	+21	72
Kuiper Jets	CEN	41	20	5	1	15	154	134	+20	71
Savona Sport	INT	41	22	0	2	17	128	122	+6	68
Newcastle Leopards	INT	41	17	6	3	15	144	141	+3	66
Castleton Vikings	CEN	41	20	2	1	18	143	138	+5	65
Clarkson Pirates	NOR	41	18	4	2	17	138	132	+6	64
Longstoke Lions	SOU	41	18	4	2	17	129	136	−7	64
Whitby Warriors	NOR	41	16	5	2	18	125	129	−4	60
Tow Law Bears	SOU	41	18	2	1	20	135	131	+4	59
Harlby Hawks	SOU	41	16	3	5	17	140	138	+2	59
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	41	16	2	2	21	110	145	−35	54
Pelmanby Penguins	NOR	41	16	0	3	22	134	152	−18	51
PB Polar Bears	NOR	41	14	1	0	26	144	153	−9	44
NV Devils	INT	41	12	1	4	24	105	175	−70	42
Deacon Thunder	SOU	41	10	3	5	23	132	154	−22	41
West Grinstead Wasps	SOU	41	7	4	6	24	132	178	−46	35
Eastmoor Archers	CEN	41	6	0	5	30	105	177	−72	23
Plennomorets Chetgavan	INT	41	5	2	2	32	100	183	−83	21

Conference standings

Northern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bisminster Battalion	19	15	1	0	3	95	55	+40	47	Advances to play-offs
Hanseong Stingrays	19	10	1	2	6	69	62	+7	34
Whitby Warriors	19	9	3	1	6	61	67	−6	34
Clarkson Pirates	19	7	1	1	10	60	67	−7	24	Advances to play-offs
Pelmanby Penguins	19	5	0	2	12	61	78	−17	17
PB Polar Bears	19	5	0	0	14	59	76	−16	15

Central Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Nafferton Panthers	19	15	2	0	2	85	44	+41	49	Advances to play-offs
Mercury Hornets	19	13	0	3	3	73	52	+21	42
Castleton Vikings	19	9	0	1	9	66	63	+3	28
Taylor Torpedoes	19	8	1	0	10	52	67	−15	26
Kuiper Jets	19	5	2	1	11	63	70	−7	20	Advances to play-offs
Eastmoor Archers	19	2	0	0	17	40	82	−42	6

Southern Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Kincester Kraken	19	12	2	0	5	74	54	+20	40	Advances to play-offs
Tow Law Bears	19	10	2	1	6	64	53	+11	35
Longstoke Lions	19	9	4	0	6	70	61	+9	35
Harlby Hawks	19	7	2	4	6	62	67	−5	29
Deacon Thunder	19	5	1	3	10	55	64	−9	20
West Grinstead Wasps	19	1	2	5	11	56	82	−26	12

International Conference

Club	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Dyas Stiks	19	13	1	1	4	77	42	+35	42	Advances to play-offs
Craitish Cosmos	19	12	1	1	5	76	56	+20	39
Savona Sport	19	10	0	1	8	56	53	+3	31
Newcastle Leopards	19	7	3	2	7	63	59	+4	29
NV Devils	19	5	1	1	12	49	78	−29	18
Plennomorets Chetgavan	19	4	0	0	15	45	78	−33	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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