1995-96 BHL Division One season

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The 1995-96 British Hockey League Division One season was the 14th and final season of the second-tier division of the British Hockey League. 14 teams participated in the league, and the Manchester Storm won the championship. The top six teams qualified for the promotion round to the Premier Division, which also featured the bottom two teams from the higher tier league.

Regular season

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Manchester Storm 52 49 1 2 539 185 99
2. Blackburn Hawks 52 37 2 13 440 278 76
3. Bracknell Bees 52 35 4 13 420 233 74
4. Swindon Wildcats 52 35 2 15 472 280 72
5. Dumfries Vikings 52 34 2 16 395 243 70
6. Guildford Flames 52 32 4 16 384 234 68
7. Paisley Pirates 52 30 3 19 428 298 63
8. Telford Tigers 52 26 1 25 369 340 53
9. Medway Bears 52 18 4 30 296 373 40
10. Chelmsford Chieftains 52 16 5 31 267 377 37
11. Peterborough Pirates 52 14 3 35 274 434 22
12. Solihull Barons 52 10 3 39 276 504 23
13. Billingham Bombers 52 6 1 45 242 665 13
14. Murrayfield Royals 52 4 1 47 172 530 9

Promotion/Relegation round

Group A

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Milton Keynes Kings 6 4 0 2 42 27 8
2. Bracknell Bees 6 4 0 2 31 25 8
3. Guildford Flames 6 2 1 3 37 38 5
4. Blackburn Hawks 6 1 1 4 33 53 3

Milton Keynes retained its spot for the 1996-97 Ice Hockey Superleague season (although they wound up not participating).

Group B

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Manchester Storm 6 5 0 1 41 20 10
2. Swindon Wildcats 6 2 1 3 36 46 5
3. Slough Jets 6 2 1 3 30 27 5
4. Dumfries Vikings 6 2 0 4 30 44 4

Manchester was promoted to the Ice Hockey Superleague.