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 32 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	70	55	3	5	7	336	174	+162	176
Hanseong Stingrays	EAS	70	48	3	6	13	288	188	+100	156
Bisminster Battalion	CEN	70	47	3	4	16	313	190	+123	151
Dyas Stiks	INT	70	43	7	3	17	287	198	+89	146
Mercury Hornets	CEN	70	40	6	6	18	283	204	+79	138
PB Polar Bears	EAS	70	42	4	3	21	267	189	+78	137
Tow Law Bears	EAS	70	36	5	10	19	274	228	+46	128
Fatehpur Sikri Buccaneers	INT	70	33	5	5	27	231	222	+9	114
Craitish Cosmos	INT	70	33	5	3	29	252	223	+29	112
HC Réal Livingston	WES	70	33	2	5	30	243	223	+20	108
Eastmoor Archers	WES	70	28	6	9	27	239	252	−13	105
Harlby Hawks	WES	70	25	6	3	36	225	230	−5	90
Wildcard standings
Kuiper Jets	EAS	70	37	5	4	24	247	214	+33	125
Castleton Vikings	CEN	70	36	5	3	26	247	220	+27	121
Kincester Kraken	EAS	70	35	6	4	25	250	225	+25	121
Whitby Warriors	CEN	70	32	7	6	25	268	239	+29	116
Savona Sport	INT	70	31	6	6	27	252	256	−4	111
Pelmanby Penguins	CEN	70	28	10	5	27	257	264	−7	109
Longstoke Lions	EAS	70	28	6	5	31	238	250	−12	101
Deacon Thunder	EAS	70	29	3	7	31	244	254	−10	100
Clarkson Pirates	CEN	70	28	1	4	37	223	248	−25	90
Taylor Torpedoes	CEN	70	28	2	1	39	218	264	−46	89
Moorshire Devils	WES	70	25	3	8	34	236	245	−9	89
Bandine Bulls	WES	70	18	9	2	41	204	272	−68	74
Stonebourg Scorpions	WES	70	20	5	3	42	217	289	−72	73
Hayfield Hawks	WES	70	21	3	3	43	220	287	−67	72
Talenore Pirates	INT	70	20	1	6	43	222	308	−86	68
Rothbrey Rhinos	WES	70	18	5	4	43	196	290	−94	68
IHK Konungsheim	INT	70	17	6	5	42	196	267	−71	68
Lake Crystal City Freezers	INT	70	18	3	4	45	199	306	−107	64
Vesüha Viikingid	INT	70	17	5	3	45	215	295	−80	64
West Grinstead Wasps	EAS	70	16	4	5	45	199	272	−73	61
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
	2
	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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