2016–17 Mercury Elite Hockey League

The 2017 Mercury Elite Hockey League was the first season of the Mercury 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	2 – 0	Pelmanby Penguins
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

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	Kuiper Jets	2 – 0	Tow Law Bears
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

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	Nafferton Panthers	2 – 1	Kincester Kraken
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

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

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