2016-17 ENIHL season

The 2016-17 English National Ice Hockey League season was the 21st season of the league. 35 teams, divided into two conferences each with a first and second division, participated in the league, and the Solway Sharks won the Northern Conference while the Chelmsford Chieftains claimed the Southern Conference.

North Conference

Moralee Division

Regular season

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Solway Sharks	28	23	3	2	134:52	49
2	Billingham Stars	28	18	0	10	135:105	36
3	Blackburn Hawks	28	12	2	14	108:125	26
4	Solihull Barons	28	11	2	15	117:122	24
5	Whitley Warriors	28	12	2	14	107:118	24*
6	Sutton Sting	28	9	3	16	83:106	21
7	Deeside Dragons	28	9	3	16	114:153	21
8	Telford Titans	28	9	3	16	107:124	21

(*Whitley had two points deducted.)

Play-Offs

Semifinals

Billingham Stars

7:3

Blackburn Hawks

Solway Sharks

3:2

Solihull Barons

Final

Billingham Stars

1:3

Solway Sharks

Laidler Division

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Blackburn Eagles	28	20	4	4	155:67	44
2	Widnes Wild	28	20	2	6	136:77	42
3	Altrincham Aces	28	16	3	9	125:97	35
4	Sheffield Senators II	28	14	6	8	133:95	34
5	Nottingham Lions	28	13	7	8	114:91	33
6	Hull Jets	28	9	3	16	105:145	21
7	Bradford Bulldogs	28	4	1	23	99:181	9
8	Coventry Blaze	28	2	2	24	51:165	6

Play-Offs

Semifinals

Blackburn Eagles

1:3

Sheffield Senators II

Widnes Wild

2:0

Altrincham Aces

Final

Sheffield Senators II

1:2

Widnes Wild

Relegation

Deeside Dragons

4:3

Widnes Wild

South Conference

Division 1

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Chelmsford Chieftains	28	25	2	1	181:78	52
2	Invicta Dynamos	28	16	2	10	113:99	34
3	Streatham Redskins	28	15	2	11	94:86	32
4	Oxford City Stars	28	12	4	12	122:114	28
5	London Raiders	28	11	4	13	92:105	26
6	Solent & Gosport Devils	28	11	2	15	91:102	24
7	Milton Keynes Thunder	28	9	2	17	91:125	20
8	Bracknell Hornets	28	2	4	22	67:142	8

Play-Offs

Quarterfinals
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	Bracknell Hornets	4:2	6:2
London Raiders	–	Oxford City Stars	4:2	7:1
Solent & Gosport Devils	–	Streatham Redskins	2:2	2:3
Invicta Dynamos	–	Milton Keynes Thunder	3:1	6:5
Semifinals
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	London Raiders	5:1	11:3
Streatham Redskins	–	Invicta Dynamos	3:3	1:10
Final
Chelmsford Chieftains	–	Invicta Dynamos	3:8	4:2

Division 2

Western Group

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Cardiff Devils	16	16	0	0	91:24	32
2	Bristol Pitbulls	16	8	3	5	72:55	19
3	Wightlink Raiders II	16	5	1	10	29:54	11
4	Basingstoke Buffalo	16	4	2	10	44:77	10
5	Swindon Wildcats II	16	3	2	11	61:87	8

Eastern Group

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1	Peterborough Islanders	20	19	1	0	128:40	39
2	Chelmsford Warriors II	20	12	2	6	80:59	26
3	Invicta Mustangs II	20	6	3	11	73:90	15
4	Haringey Racers	20	7	0	13	70:104	14
5	Lee Valley Lions	20	6	2	12	63:85	14
6	Slough Jets	20	4	4	12	67:103	12

Play-Offs

Semifinals
Cardiff Devils	–	Chelmsford Warriors II	2:6
Peterborough Islanders	–	Bristol Pitbulls	4:1	10:5
Final
Chelmsford Warriors II	–	Peterborough Islanders	1:9	5:4

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info