Ice Hockey Superleague 1996/97

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The 1996/97 season was the first season of the Ice Hockey Superleague , the highest British ice hockey division . British champions were the Sheffield Steelers , who prevailed in the playoffs. The Cardiff Devils became champions of the regular season .

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In the regular season, each of the eight teams played a total of 42 games. The first place became the regular season champion. All eight teams qualified for the playoff intermediate round, in which they were divided into two groups of four teams each according to their placement in the regular season. There the teams met against each group opponent in the first and second leg, whereupon the first two places in each group qualified for the playoff semi-finals. The playoff winner became British champions. For a win after regular time and after overtime each team received two points, for a draw and a defeat after overtime one point and for a defeat after regular time zero points.

Regular season

table

club Sp S. U N Gates Points
1. Cardiff Devils 42 30th 3 9 (1) 208: 130 64
2. Sheffield Steelers 42 27 4th 11 (2) 168: 127 60
3. Ayr Scottish Eagles 42 21st 6th 15 (0) 171: 157 48
4th Nottingham Panthers 42 21st 1 20 (2) 160: 147 45
5. Newcastle Cobras 42 17th 2 23 (5) 158: 172 41
6th Bracknell Bees 42 15th 2 25 (1) 169: 202 33
7th Manchester Storm 42 14th 3 25 (1) 142: 191 32
8th. Basingstoke bison 42 11 3 28 (3) 152: 202 28

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime wins, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses, in brackets (number of defeats after overtime)

Playoffs

Group A

club Sp S. OTS U OTN N Gates Points
1. Cardiff Devils 6th 6th 0 0 0 0 29:14 12
2. Ayr Scottish Eagles 6th 3 0 0 0 3 24:22 6th
3. Newcastle Cobras 6th 2 0 0 0 4th 16:23 4th
4th Manchester Storm 6th 1 0 0 0 5 11:21 2

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Group B

club Sp S. OTS U OTN N Gates Points
1. Nottingham Panthers 6th 5 0 0 1 0 26:16 11
2. Sheffield Steelers 6th 3 2 0 0 1 22:15 10
3. Basingstoke bison 6th 0 1 1 1 3 16:26 4th
4th Bracknell Bees 6th 0 0 1 1 4th 16:23 2

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Semifinals

final

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