English Premier Ice Hockey League 2005/06

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The 2005/06 season was the 8th edition of the English Premier Ice Hockey League , which now represents the second division in British ice hockey after the British National League was triggered .

Mode and participants

Only English teams took part in the second highest British league. Two rounds were played with two legs. Two points were awarded for a win - even after overtime or a shootout - one point was awarded for a loss after overtime or a shootout.

English Premier League club locations
space team Games S. U N Gates Points
1 Guildford Flames 44 39 3 6th 197: 101 81
2 Slough Jets 44 27 7th 14th 202: 144 61
3 Milton Keynes Lightning 44 25th 10 13 201: 121 60
4th Swindon Wildcats 44 23 11 14th 205: 162 57
5 Bracknell Bees 44 26th 4th 18th 198: 142 56
6th Sheffield Scimitars II 44 22nd 10 16 172: 120 54
7th Romford Raiders 44 24 5 19th 214: 204 53
8th Hull Stingrays 44 22nd 9 17th 158: 137 53
9 Peterborough Phantoms 44 23 6th 19th 158: 133 52
10 Telford Raiders 44 19th 3 26th 169: 179 41
11 Chelmsford Chieftains 44 10 5 33 149: 284 25th
12 Solihull Barons 44 7th 6th 35 115: 227 20th
13 Wightlink Raiders 44 5 1 42 120: 304 11

Legend: S – wins, U – draws, N – defeat

Play-offs

The games of the first play-off round were played in two groups of four teams. The first two qualified for the Final Four tournament

Group A
Games S. U N Gates Points
Guildford Flames 6th 4th 1 1 18:12 9
Bracknell Bees 6th 3 2 1 22:14 8th
Hull Stingrays 6th 2 2 2 13:16 6th
Swindon Wildcats 6th 0 1 5 10:21 1
Group B
Games S. U N Gates Points
Sheffield Scimitars 6th 3 1 2 16:16 7th
Milton Keynes Lightning 6th 3 0 3 21:17 6 1
Romford Raiders 6th 3 0 3 25:23 6 1
Slough Jets 6th 2 1 3 21:27 5
1 In the event of a tie, the sum of the game results of the teams with the same number of points decided against each other.

Final Four

The decisive games of the season were played in a final tournament on April 15 and 16, 2006 in Coventry .

Semifinals
April 15, 2006 Guildford Flames
 3: 4 Milton Keynes Lightning
 Coventry
April 15, 2006 Sheffield Scimitars
 2: 3 Bracknell Bees
 Coventry
3rd place match
April 16, 2006 Guildford Flames
 6: 2 Sheffield Scimitars
 Coventry
final
April 16, 2006 Milton Keynes Lightning
 6: 2 Bracknell Bees
 Coventry

See also

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