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	15	12	0	2	1	61	32	+29	38
Dyas Stiks	INT	15	11	1	0	3	76	45	+31	35
Mercury Hornets	CEN	15	10	2	0	3	67	39	+28	34
Hanseong Stingrays	EAS	15	11	0	0	4	46	34	+12	33
Whitby Warriors	CEN	15	9	2	1	3	57	45	+12	32
PB Polar Bears	EAS	15	9	1	1	4	62	44	+18	30
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers	INT	15	9	1	0	5	56	48	+8	29
HC Réal Livingston	WES	15	8	0	3	4	56	48	+8	27
Tow Law Bears	EAS	15	8	0	2	5	58	45	+13	26
Craitish Cosmos	INT	15	8	0	1	6	60	48	+12	25
Hayfield Hawks	WES	15	7	2	0	6	52	55	−3	25
Harlby Hawks	WES	15	6	1	0	8	50	47	+3	20
Wildcard standings
Kuiper Jets	EAS	15	8	1	0	6	53	44	+9	26
Longstoke Lions	EAS	15	7	2	1	5	51	46	+5	26
Savona Sport	INT	15	7	2	0	6	57	55	+2	25
Clarkson Pirates	CEN	15	8	0	1	6	53	59	−6	25
Bisminster Battalion	CEN	15	8	0	0	7	63	55	+8	24
Deacon Thunder	EAS	15	5	2	2	6	51	45	+6	21
Castleton Vikings	CEN	15	7	0	0	8	43	43	0	21
Kincester Kraken	EAS	15	6	0	1	8	57	62	−5	19
Stonebourg Scorpions	WES	15	5	2	0	8	46	58	−12	19
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	15	6	0	0	9	49	54	−5	18
IHK Konungsheim	INT	15	5	1	0	9	41	55	−14	17
Vesüha Viikingid	INT	15	5	0	1	9	46	53	−7	16
Eastmoor Archers	WES	15	4	0	4	7	50	66	−16	16
Lake Crystal City Freezers	INT	15	5	0	0	10	34	63	−29	15
Bandine Bulls	WES	15	4	1	0	10	44	60	−16	14
Pelmanby Penguins	CEN	15	3	1	2	9	57	67	−10	13
Moorshire Devils	WES	15	3	1	2	9	48	61	−13	13
West Grinstead Wasps	EAS	15	3	1	2	9	43	60	−17	13
Talenore Pirates	INT	15	4	0	1	10	52	70	−18	13
Rothbrey Rhinos	WES	15	2	3	0	10	39	72	−33	12
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
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	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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