2023-24 ENIHL season

The 2023-24 English National Ice Hockey League season was the 26th season of the league. 49 teams, divided into three levels of play, participated in the league, and the Peterborough Phantoms won the championship.

National League

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	Leeds Knights	54	46	7	1	266	132	134	93
2	Milton Keynes Lightning	54	41	11	2	194	167	27	84
3	Swindon Wildcats	54	35	16	3	247	188	59	71
4	Hull Seahawks	54	31	20	3	242	212	30	65
5	Peterborough Phantoms	54	28	23	3	229	219	10	59
6	Telford Tigers	54	27	22	5	222	202	20	59
7	Raiders IHC	54	23	24	7	238	233	5	53
8	Bees IHC	54	21	28	5	196	250	-54	47
9	Solway Sharks	54	19	30	5	194	255	-61	43
10	Sheffield Steeldogs	54	16	36	2	163	273	-110	34
11	Bristol Pitbulls	54	10	40	4	161	321	-160	24

Playoffs

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
Group A
1	Leeds Knights	6	5	0	1	32	17	15	11
2	Peterborough Phantoms	6	4	2	0	24	22	2	8
3	Hull Seahawks	6	3	2	1	35	31	4	7
4	Bees IHC	6	0	0	6	17	38	-21	0
Group B
1	Telford Tigers	6	4	2	0	27	23	4	8
2	Swindon Wildcats	6	3	2	1	21	22	-1	7
3	Raiders IHC	6	3	3	0	23	26	-3	6
4	Milton Keynes Lightning	6	2	3	1	21	21	0	5

Playoffs

Semifinals

• Leeds - Swindon 7:3
• Peterborough - Telford 5:4

Final

• Peterborough - Leeds 4:3 SO

Division 1

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTL	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
North
1	Billingham Stars	32	24	-	8	0	183	79	104	48
2	Solihull Barons	32	23	-	9	0	154	114	40	46
3	Blackburn Hawks	32	22	-	10	0	162	100	62	44
4	Deeside Dragons	32	20	-	11	1	161	129	32	41
5	Whitley Warriors	32	18	-	13	1	123	108	15	37
6	Hull Jets	32	18	-	13	1	107	110	-3	37
7	Widnes Wild	32	9	-	22	1	88	165	-77	19
8	Nottingham Lions	32	5	-	23	4	89	176	-87	14
9	Sheffield Scimitars	32	5	-	24	3	87	173	-86	13
South
1	Streatham IHC	28	22	1	3	2	142	53	89	45
2	Chelmsford Chieftains	28	20	-	8	0	164	99	65	40
3	Slough Jets	28	20	-	8	0	148	96	52	40
4	Solent Devils	28	17	-	10	1	131	97	34	35
5	Invicta Dynamos	28	15	-	10	3	132	105	27	33
6	Romford Buccaneers	28	9	-	16	3	125	133	-8	21
7	Oxford City Stars	28	5	1	20	2	67	145	-78	12
8	Milton Keynes Thunder	28	2	2	24	0	37	222	-185	6

Playoffs

North

Quarterfinals

• Billingham - Nottingham 5:0, 5:1
• Solihull - Widnes 5:2, 7:4
• Blackburn - Hull 3:3, 5:1
• Whitley - Deeside 6:4, 7:5

Semifinals

• Billingham - Whitley 3:1
• Blackburn - Solihull 5:4

Final

• Blackburn - Billingham 4:3 SO

South

Quarterfinals

• Streatham - Milton Keynes 14:0
• Chelmsford - Oxford City 10:2, 8:1
• Slough - Romford 4:5, 6:1
• Solent - Invicta 4:3, 7:1

Semifinals

• Solent - Streatham 4:2
• Chelmsford - Slough 9:2

Final

• Chelmsford - Solent 6:1

Division 2

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTL	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	Telford Tigers 2	32	31	-	1	0	229	71	158	62
2	Sutton Sting	32	26	-	5	1	200	79	121	54
3	Coventry NIHL Blaze	32	22	1	9	0	126	86	40	45
4	Billingham Buccaneers	32	18	2	11	1	123	85	38	39
5	Sheffield Titans	32	16	-	13	3	150	152	-2	35
6	Altrincham Aces	32	11	1	18	2	115	151	-36	25
7	Bradford Bulldogs	32	11	-	19	2	136	178	-42	24
8	Kingston Sharks	32	6	-	25	1	100	215	-115	13
9	Nottingham Lions 2	32	1	-	28	3	72	234	-162	5
South
1	Guildford Phoenix	22	21	-	1	0	163	43	120	42
2	Haringey Huskies	22	17	-	5	0	111	46	65	34
3	Peterborough Phantoms 2	22	16	-	6	0	124	59	65	32
4	Basingstoke Buffalo	22	15	-	6	1	131	57	74	31
5	Bristol Pitbulls 2	22	14	-	7	1	123	60	63	29
6	Cardiff Fire	22	13	-	7	2	100	72	28	28
7	Invicta Mustangs	22	10	-	9	3	104	89	15	23
8	Solent Devils 2	22	8	-	13	1	71	126	-55	17
9	Oxford Rising Stars	22	6	-	15	1	85	128	-43	13
10	Chelmsford Warriors	22	4	-	17	1	47	151	-104	9
11	Streatham Black Hawks	22	4	-	18	0	58	162	-104	8
12	Lee Valley Lions	22	4	-	18	0	54	178	-124	8

Swindon Wildcats withdrew from South division due to flooding of rink.

Playoffs

North

Quarterfinals

• Telford - Kingston 11:2, 10:3
• Sutton - Bradford 11:5, 10:0
• Coventry - Altrincham 8:0, 3:3
• Billingham - Sheffield 6:2, 3:3

Semifinals

• Billingham - Telford 2:1
• Sutton - Coventry 6:4

Final

• Billingham - Sutton 4:3 SO

South

Quarterfinals

• Guildford - Solent 9:0
• Haringey - Invicta 2:5, 5:1
• Peterborough - Cardiff 5:4
• Basingstoke - Bristol 3:2, 4:2

Semifinals

• Basingstoke - Guildford 5:2
• Haringey - Peterborough 2:1

Final

• Basingstoke - Haringey 3:2

Sources

• British Ice Hockey Records 1896-2023 (Supplement)