1978 British Championship

The 1978 British Championship was the 15th edition of the British Championship, and the 13th under the namesake of the Icy Smith Cup. It was won by the Fife Flyers.

Tournament

First round

South

• Solihull Barons 8 - Sheffield Lancers 2 (2-0, 2-2, 4-0)
• Avon Arrows defaulted over Liverpool Leopards
• Deeside Dragons 2 - Sobell Stars 1 (Sobell abandoned the match at the 15:58 mark, awarded to Deeside)
• London Phoenix Flyers 2 - Blackpool Seagulls 6 (0-1, 2-2, 0-3)

North

• Glasgow Dynamos 11 - Durham Wasps 6 (2-4, 4-2, 5-0)
• Murrayfield Racers 24 - Aviemore Blackhawks 1 (7-0, 10-1, 7-0)
• Whitley Warriors 13 - Ayr Bruins 5 (8-3, 4-0, 1-2)

Second round

South

• Avon Arrows 9 - Grimsby Buffaloes 2 (3-0, 2-0, 4-2)
• Altrincham Aces 5 - Deeside Dragons 4 (2-1, 2-1, 1-2)
• Streatham Redskins 4 - Solihull Barons 2 (2-0, 1-1, 1-1)
• Blackpool Seagulls 4 - Southampton Vikings 8 (0-0, 2-5, 2-3)

North

Qualification

• Billigham Bombers 8 - Glasgow Dynamos 3 (1-2, 5-1, 2-0)

Main

• Billingham Bombers 8 - Murrayfield Racers 10 OT (5-3, 3-3, 0-2, 0-2)
• Fife Flyers 9 - Whitley Warriors 4 (3-3, 4-0, 2-1)

Third round

South

• Streatham Redskins 4 - Avon Arrows 0 (1-0, 1-0, 2-0)
• Altrincham Aces 3 - Southampton Vikings 3 (1-1, 1-1, 1-1)

Match replayed

• Altrincham Aces 4 - Southampton Vikings 8 (1-3, 2-1, 1-4)

Semifinals

• Streatham Redskins 2 - Southampton Vikings 8 (1-1, 0-5, 1-2)
• Murrayfield Racers 1 - Fife Flyers 2 (0-0, 1-1, 0-1)

Final

Two games total goals.

• Fife Flyers - Southampton Vikings 13:0 (4-0, 3-0, 6-0)
• Fife Flyers - Southampton Vikings 10:5 (3-2, 3-2, 4-1)

Fife Flyers defeated Southampton Vikings 23 goals to 5.

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.