English Premier Ice Hockey League 2006/07

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The 2006/07 season was the 9th edition of the English Premier Ice Hockey League .

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. SO / P NO / P N Gates Points
1 Bracknell Bees 44 33 2 2 7th 219: 114 70
2 Sheffield Scimitars 44 32 2 0 10 195: 105 66
3 Slough Jets 44 29 2 2 11 203: 140 62
4th Guildford Flames 44 29 3 1 11 198: 124 62
5 Milton Keynes Lightning 44 28 2 0 14th 187: 132 58
6th Peterborough Phantoms 44 25th 1 5 13 228: 167 56
7th Swindon Wildcats 44 22nd 0 0 22nd 192: 178 44
8th Chelmsford Chieftains 44 20th 3 0 21st 194: 184 43
9 Romford Raiders 44 14th 4th 1 25th 175: 234 33
10 Solihull Barons 44 9 3 1 31 141: 235 22nd
11 Telford Raiders 44 9 0 1 34 136: 229 19th
12 Wightlink Raiders 44 3 0 1 40 102: 328 7th

Legend: S – wins, SO / P – wins after overtime or penalty, NO / P – defeat after overtime or penalty, 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. SO / P NO / P N Gates Points
Guildford Flames 6th 4th 0 0 2 22:17 8 1
Bracknell Bees 6th 4th 0 0 2 32:19 8 1
Milton Keynes Lightning 6th 3 0 0 3 17:18 6th
Chelmsford Chieftains 6th 1 0 0 5 15:32 2
Group B
Games S. SO / P NO / P N Gates Points
Peterborough Phantoms 6th 5 0 0 1 28:21 10
Sheffield Scimitars 6th 3 0 2 1 17:18 8 1
Slough Jets 6th 4th 0 0 2 27:17 8 1
Swindon Wildcats 6th 0 0 0 6th 17:33 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 14 and 15, 2007 in Coventry .

Semifinals
April 14, 2007 Guildford Flames
 5: 4 n.V.
(2: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) 2 		Sheffield Scimitars
 Coventry
2Original information based on passion hockey. Either the "2: 1" or the first "1: 0" was entered upside down.
April 14, 2007 Peterborough Phantoms
 1: 2 n.P.
(0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2) 		Bracknell Bees
 Coventry
final
April 15, 2007 Bracknell Bees
 3: 2
(2: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0) 		Guildford Flames
 Coventry

Awards

Journalists voted Lukas Smital (Bracknell Bees) the best player and Neil Abel (Sheffield Scimitars) the best coach.

In the selection of the first team came:

Goal : Pasi Raitanen (Sheffield)
Defense : Ron Shudra (Sheffiel) - Paul Dixon (Guildford)
Forward : Taras Foremsky (Peterborough) - Joel Petkoff (Swindon) - Lukas Smital (Bracknell)

The following were elected to the second team:

Goal : Nathan Craze (Bracknell)
Defense : Marian Smerciak (Guildford) - Jan Melichar (Bracknell)
Forward : Matt Beveridge (Bracknell) - Shaun Thompson (Bracknell) - Gary Clarke (Milton Keynes)

See also

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