1970–71 Northern League season
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The 1970-71 Northern League season was the fifth season of the Northern League, the top level ice hockey league in northern England and Scotland. Six teams participated in the league, and the Murrayfield Racers won both the regular season championship and the Spring Cup playoff championship.
Regular season
| Club | GP | W | T | L | GF-GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Murrayfield Racers | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 78:41 | 16 |
| 2. | Glasgow Dynamos | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 72:44 | 15 |
| 3. | Whitley Warriors | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 66:78 | 12 |
| 4. | Fife Flyers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 58:67 | 9 |
| 5. | Ayr Bruins | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 69:95 | 6 |
| 6. | Durham Wasps | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 58:76 | 2 |
Spring Cup
Semifinals
- Ayr Bruins - Glasgow Dynamos 9:1, 5:4
- Murrayfield Racers defeated the Whitley Warriors
Final
- Murrayfield Racers defeated the Ayr Bruins
Other games
Dundee was expelled from the league in December after disagreement over the payment of match levies and played challenge games after.
- 1/30: Blackpool Seagulls - Dundee Rockets 9:3
- 1/31: Dundee Rockets - Fife Flyers 7:5 - memorial game for former Rocket goaltender Pete Smith, who died the previous week
Credits
Special thanks to Mick Chambers, author of Nottingham Panthers Statistical Guidebook 1946-2000 and Nottingham Panthers Factual Scrapbook 1939-2007, for supplying the information found on this page.
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