The team Streatham Storm , which won the main round of the Women's Premier Ice Hockey League 2016/17 , was new to the Elite League due to their promotion . For this, the Swindon Topcats left the league and were relegated to the Premier League.
mode
Initially, all teams played a simple round with a return leg. The four best reached the final tournament. In this final round only one game was played between the opponents.
Locations of the clubs of the Elite League of the 2017/18 season
Main round
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team
Games
S.
U
N
Gates
Points
1.
Bracknell Queen Bees (M)
20th
19th
1
0
119: 26
39
2.
Guildford Lightning
20th
13
2
5
73:46
28
3.
Solihull Vixens
20th
12
1
7th
78:60
25th
4th
Kingston Diamonds
20th
5
6th
9
37:53
16
5.
Streatham Storm (N)
20th
3
1
16
33:80
7th
6th
Sheffield Shadows
20th
2
1
17th
33: 108
5
Crosstab
BQB
SS
KD
SV
GL
ST
team
BQB
SS
KD
SV
GL
ST
X
Bracknell Queen Bees
X
X
Sheffield Shadows
X
X
Kingston Diamonds
X
X
Solihull Vixens
X
X
Guildford Lightning
X
X
Streatham Storm
X
Best female players
Best scorers
rank
Player
Club
Gates
Assists
Points
1
Christine Newman
Bracknell Queen Bees
29
13
42
2
Katie Henry
Solihull Vixens
32
9
41
3
Louise Adams
Guildford Lightning
22nd
11
33
4th
Jessica Urquhart
Solihull Vixens
10
18th
28
5
Natalie Altridge
Bracknell Queen Bees
8th
19th
27
6th
Saffron Allen
Solihull Vixens
14th
13
27
7th
Rachel Cartwright
Bracknell Queen Bees
21st
5
26th
8th
Emily Wright
Bracknell Queen Bees
15th
8th
23
9
Katherine Gale
Bracknell Queen Bees
12
9
21st
10
Bethany Hill
Guildford Lightning
11
10
21st
Best goalkeeper
The best goalkeeper was Holly Steeples (Kingston Diamonds) with a 93.3% 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 previous season's winner , the Streatham Storm team , had been promoted to the first-class Elite League , but the Swindon TopCats were back in the second division after a year of first class. From Division I , the B-team of the Bracknell Queen Bees rose as the winner of the league, the Slough Phantoms had withdrawn.
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. Thanks to two goals from Rachel Piotrowski, the Milton Keynes Falcons won the play-off final despite their underdog role.
Locations of the Division I clubs for the 2017/18 season
The Division I (the Women's National Ice Hockey League ) after the Elite League and the Premier League, the third stage of the English and British women's hockey league. It is divided into a north and a south group. In the northern group, the number of participating teams decreased further to five teams. The Whitley Bay Squaws returned after a season of abstinence. The Billingham Lady Stars had withdrawn after the latter had already skipped the pre-season finals . The Coventry Phoenix moved to the southern group. In this there was also a returnee with the Invicta Dynamics . A second team from Swindon was also added. The winner, the Bracknell Queen Bees B-team, was promoted to the Premier League. This meant that the teams from the south had twice as many games as the teams from the north of England.
Guildford Lightning
Kingston Diamonds
Sheffield Shadows
