Women's Premier Ice Hockey League 1997/98
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The 1997/98 season was the 16th edition of the highest English women's ice hockey league , the Women's Premier Ice Hockey League . The league is run by the English Ice Hockey Association , the English association under the umbrella of the British ice hockey association Ice Hockey UK . The winner received the Chairman's Cup . The Sunderland Scorpions won the title for the third time in a row.
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Initially, all teams played a simple round with a return leg. The four best reached the semifinals. The games lasted 3 × 15: 00 minutes. There were two points for a win and one point for a draw.
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Locations of the clubs of the British Women's Ice Hockey League for the 1997/98 season |
Main round
Best scorers
player | team | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes |
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Michelle Smith | Sunderland Scorpions | 14th | 49 | 14th | 63 | 22nd |
Louise Wheeler | Slough Phantoms | 14th | 46 | 8th | 54 | 12 |
Lynsey Emmerson | Sunderland Scorpions | 11 | 22nd | 11 | 33 | 8th |
Kim Strongman | Bracknell Queen Bees | 13 | 17th | 11 | 28 | 14th |
Ceri Powell | Solihull Vixens | 13 | 23 | 4th | 27 | 26th |
Best goalkeepers
player | team | Sp | Min | SaT | GT | GTS |
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Carol Gleave | Sunderland Scorpions | 12 | 665 | 176 | 9 | 0.61 |
Verity Boorne | Bracknell Queen Bees | 7th | 390 | 145 | 10 | 1.15 |
Claire Martin | Slough Phantoms | 8th | 375 | 156 | 14th | 1.68 |
Final Four
Semifinals
May 23, 1998 |
Sunderland Scorpions |
7: 6 (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
Slough Phantoms |
Ice Arena, Kingston upon Hull |
May 23, 1998 |
Bracknell Queen Bees |
2: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
Guildford Lightning |
Ice Arena, Kingston upon Hull |
Game for 3rd place
May 24, 1998 |
Slough Phantoms |
3: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
Guildford Lightning |
Ice Arena, Kingston upon Hull |
final
May 24, 1998 |
Sunderland Scorpions |
4: 2 (-: -, -: -, -: -, - :-) |
Bracknell Queen Bees |
Ice Arena, Kingston upon Hull |
Division 1
The Women's National Ice Hockey League is the second tier of the English women 's ice hockey league after the Premier League. Division 1 is the highest class in it. It is divided into two regional groups.
North | ||||||||
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space | team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Dutch | Gates | Points | |
1. | Kingston Diamonds | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 46:21 | 20th | |
2. | Sheffield Shadows | 11 1 | 6th | 2 | 3 | 45:35 | 14th | |
3. | Billingham Wildcats | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 29:41 | 9 | |
4th | Whitley Bay Squaws | 11 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 21:44 | 2 | |
1 There was no match between the two teams. |
South | |||||||
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space | team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Dutch | Gates | Points |
1. | Basingstoke Bison Ladies | 14th | 13 | 2 | 0 | 131: | 1227 |
2. | Cardiff Comets | 14th | 12 | 1 | 1 | 89: 25 | 25th |
3. | Oxford City | 14th | 8th | 1 | 5 | 58: 24 | 17th |
4th | Romford Nighthawks | 14th | 8th | 1 | 5 | 52: 40 | 17th |
5. | Streatham | 14th | 4th | 2 | 8th | 59: 83 | 10 |
6th | Chelmsford Cobras | 14th | 3 | 1 | 10 | 25: 69 | 7th |
7th | Oxford University | 14th | 2 | 3 | 9 | 37: 94 | 7th |
8th. | Invicta | 14th | 1 | 0 | 13 | 16: 120 | 2 |
- Final round
In the final tournament, the two best of the two division groups were also played for victory in Division 1.
Basingstoke Bison Ladies |
4: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
Sheffield Shadows |
Kingston Diamonds |
3: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
Cardiff Comets |
- 3rd place match
Sheffield Shadows |
3: 2 n.V. (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
Cardiff Comets |
- final
Kingston Diamonds |
4: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
Basingstoke Bison Ladies |
Relegation
A representative of Division I competed against the last of the WPIHL to achieve promotion. In addition, there were fights between the winners of the two groups of Division I for participation in the relegation games.
to the relegation participation | |||||
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Basingstoke Bison Ladies | - | Kingston Diamonds | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
Relegation | |||||
Basingstoke Bison Ladies | - | Telford Wrekin Raiders | 5-0 | 5: 2 |
The Basingstoke Ladies had thus retaliated for the defeat in the league final and at the same time achieved promotion to the highest British women's league.
Web links
- Championnat féminin de Grande-Bretagne 1997/98 on passionhockey.com
- Great Britain Women's Hockey League Results on Whockey.com
- British Women's Leagues 1997/98 on MalcolmPreen.co.uk