2012-13 ENIHL season

The 2012-13 English National Ice Hockey League season was the 17th season of the league. 37 teams, divided into two conferences each with a first and second division, participated in the league, and the Blackburn Hawks won the Northern Conference while the Chelmsford Chieftains claimed the Southern Conference.

North Conference

Division 1

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Solway Sharks	32	28	3	1	152: 50	59
2	Billingham Stars	30	23	3	4	146: 66	49
3	Sutton Sting	30	15	9	6	121:101	39
4	Blackburn Hawks	31	16	4	11	123:110	36
5	Whitley Warriors	32	10	3	19	106:132	23
6	Sheffield Spartans	31	10	1	19	110:132	22
7	Telford Titans	30	10	4	16	90:119	22*
8	Coventry Blaze II	32	6	5	21	109:164	17
9	Trafford Metros	30	3	3	24	75:158	9

(*Telford had two points deducted for Failing to travel.)

Several games were cancelled due to severe winter weather. They were not rescheduled due to a lack of effect on the overall final standings. The last placed Trafford Metros were relegated while the second-to-last Coventry Blaze played in the Relegation game.

Relegation

Relegation
Coventry Blaze II	–	Deeside Dragons	4:3	5:1

Playoffs

Semifinals
Solway Sharks	–	Blackburn Hawks	5:3	1:6
Sutton Sting	–	Billingham Stars	1:2	4:5
Final
Blackburn Hawks	–	Billingham Stars	3:2	6:3

Division 2

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Nottingham Lions	24	19	2	3	173: 54	40
2	Deeside Dragons	24	17	1	9	163: 75	35
3	Solihull Barons	24	16	1	7	146: 84	33
4	Sheffield Senators	24	14	2	8	123: 76	30
5	Hull Stingrays II	24	9	2	13	94:113	20
6	Fylde Coast Flyers	24	5	0	19	86:202	10
7	Blackburn Eagles	24	0	0	24	33:214	0

Nottingham was promoted to Division 1 while Deeside qualified for the Relegation game.

South Conference

Division 1

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Chelmsford Chieftains	32	25	2	5	189: 73	52
2	Wightlink Raiders	32	21	5	6	149: 85	47
3	Romford Raiders	32	22	2	8	205:115	46
4	Invicta Dynamos	32	19	1	12	175:124	39
5	Cardiff Devils II	32	15	4	13	160:137	34
6	Bracknell Hornets	32	12	2	18	113:149	26
7	Streatham Redskins	32	12	1	19	134:188	25
8	Milton Keynes Thunder	32	6	1	25	79:180	13
9	Solent & Gosport Devils	32	3	0	29	88:231	6

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	Milton Keynes Thunder	7:2	2:3
Wightlink Raiders	–	Streatham Redskins	7:3	3:4
Romford Raiders	–	Bracknell Hornets	8:4	6:3
Invicta Dynamos	–	Cardiff Devils II	4:6	9:4
Semifinals
Wightlink Raiders	–	Romford Raiders	4:2	3:4
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	Invicta Dynamos	3:2	7:6
Final
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	Wightlink Raiders	4:3	3:3

Division 2

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Oxford City Stars	22	18	1	3	148: 61	37
2	Ile de Wight Tigers	22	15	0	7	135: 90	30
3	Peterborough Islanders	22	13	3	6	120: 83	29
4	Bristol Pitbulls	22	12	3	7	109: 98	27
5	Romford Fury	22	11	3	8	85: 81	25
6	Chelmsford Warriors	22	10	4	11	86: 96	21
7	Invicta Mustangs	22	9	3	10	130:110	21
8	Basingstoke Buffalo	22	9	3	10	105:101	21
9	Cardiff Devils III	22	9	3	10	92: 99	21
10	Swindon Wildcats II	22	6	4	12	90:112	16
11	Slough Jets II	22	7	2	13	103:140	16
12	Lee Valley Lions	22	0	0	22	61:193	0

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info