Initially, all teams played a simple round with a return leg. The four best reached the semifinals. In this final round only one game was played between the opponents.
2 Match declared a draw, canceled due to GB clash.
Best female players
Best scorers
rank
Player
Club
Gates
Assists
Points
1
Natalie Altridge
Bracknell Queen Bees
7th
26th
33
2
Christine Newman
Bracknell Queen Bees
20th
11
31
3
Katie Henry
Solihull Vixens
18th
10
28
4th
Saffron Allen
Solihull Vixens
11
16
27
5
Shannon Rae Jones
Kingston Diamonds
18th
8th
26th
6th
Leanne Ganney
Bracknell Queen Bees
17th
9
26th
7th
Louise Adams
Guildford Lightning
15th
11
26th
8th
Cloe Keijzer
Solihull Vixens
14th
11
25th
9
Jordan Wilshire
Guildford Lightning
12
11
23
10
Amy Mansbridge
Guildford Lightning
8th
12
20th
Best goalkeeper
The best goalkeeper was Samantha Bonathan (Bracknell Queen Bees) with a 93.6% defense rate.
Play offs
The four best-placed teams took part in the final tournament. The first played against the fourth and the second against the third. The winners carried out the final.
The preseason winners , the Swindon TopCats, had been promoted to the first-class Elite League , so only seven teams competed. From Division I , the B-team of the Kingston Diamonds rose as the winner of the league, the Whitley Squaws withdrew.
mode
After a main round with home and away games in the everyone-versus-everyone mode, playoffs were played in a KO mode in a final four tournament among the best four teams.
1 According to the points, the results of the games counted against each other.
Play offs
The four best-placed teams took part in the final tournament. The first played against the fourth and the second against the third. The winners carried out the final.
Locations of the clubs of Division I for the 2016/17 season
The Division I (the Women's National Ice Hockey League ) is the third stage since the preseason after the Elite League and the Premier League of English and British woman Hockey League. It is divided into a north and a south group. The number of participating teams continued to decrease. The Kingston Diamonds B-team had risen and the Invicta Dynamos had withdrawn.
In the final tournament, the two best of the two groups played across the board for victory in Division 1. The winners of the northern group, the Billingham Lady Stars , did not take part in the playoffs, which resulted in the Coventry Phoenix moving up.
Guildford Lightning
Kingston Diamonds
Sheffield Shadows
