1996–97 ISL season | |
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League | Ice Hockey Superleague |
Sport | Ice hockey |
1996–97 | |
Benson & Hedges Cup | Nottingham Panthers |
League champions | Cardiff Devils |
Playoff champions | Sheffield Steelers |
The 1996–97 Ice Hockey Superleague season was the inaugural season of the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL).
The league was formed by the owners of the Ayr Scottish Eagles, Basingstoke Bison, Bracknell Bees, Cardiff Devils, Manchester Storm, Newcastle Cobras, Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers. Ayr was the only new team with the rest of the teams having left the British Hockey League.
The Benson & Hedges Cup consists of the teams from the ISL and the top teams from the British Hockey League. Sixteen teams in total were split into four regional groups playing each team in their group at home and away. The top two teams of each group then progressed to the quarter finals where the teams were paired off and the winning team on aggregate (after playing home and away) progressed to the semi finals. Again the winning team on aggregate progressed to the one-off final game held at Sheffield Arena.
Group A | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Ayr Scottish Eagles | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 11 |
Newcastle Cobras | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 9 |
Kingston Hawks | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 2 |
Telford Tigers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 48 | 2 |
Group B | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Cardiff Devils | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 12 |
Manchester Storm | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 7 |
Slough Jets | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 4 |
Swindon Ice Lords | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 35 | 1 |
Group C | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Sheffield Steelers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 10 |
Nottingham Panthers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 23 | 9 |
Solihull Blaze | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 35 | 5 |
Peterborough Pirates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 0 |
Group D | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Basingstoke Bison | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 12 |
Bracknell Bees | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 8 |
Guildford Flames | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 31 | 4 |
Medway Bears | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 0 |
Ayr Scottish Eagles vs Manchester Storm
Basingstoke Bison vs Bracknell Bees
Cardiff Devils vs Nottingham Panthers
Sheffield Steelers vs Newcastle Cobras
Nottingham Panthers vs Sheffield Steelers
Basingstoke Bison vs Ayr Scottish Eagles
The final took place at Sheffield Arena between Ayr Scottish Eagles and Nottingham Panthers.
Each team played three home games and three away games against each of their opponents. All eight teams were entered into the playoffs.
Superleague | GP | W | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Cardiff Devils | 42 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 208 | 130 | 64 |
Sheffield Steelers | 42 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 168 | 127 | 60 |
Ayr Scottish Eagles | 42 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 171 | 157 | 48 |
Nottingham Panthers | 42 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 160 | 147 | 45 |
Newcastle Cobras | 42 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 158 | 172 | 41 |
Bracknell Bees | 42 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 169 | 202 | 33 |
Manchester Storm | 42 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 142 | 191 | 32 |
Basingstoke Bison | 42 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 152 | 202 | 28 |
All eight teams in the league took part in the playoffs. Group A consisted of Ayr, Cardiff, Manchester and Newcastle while Group B consisted of Basingstoke, Bracknell, Nottingham and Sheffield. The top two teams from each playoff group qualified for the playoff weekend at NYNEX Arena.
Group A | GP | W | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Cardiff Devils | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 12 |
Ayr Scottish Eagles | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 6 |
Newcastle Cobras | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 4 |
Manchester Storm | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 2 |
Group B | GP | W | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nottingham Panthers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 11 |
Sheffield Steelers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 10 |
Basingstoke Bison | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 4 |
Bracknell Bees | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 2 |
The finals weekend took place at NYNEX Arena in Manchester.
Winner A vs Runner-Up B
Winner B vs Runner-Up A
Winner A vs Winner B
Pos | Player | Team |
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G | Steve Lyle | Cardiff Devils |
D | Kip Noble | Cardiff Devils |
D | Garth Premak | Nottingham Panthers |
F | Paul Adey | Nottingham Panthers |
F | Ivan Matulik | Cardiff Devils |
F | Vezio Sacratini | Cardiff Devils |
C | Justin Farkas | Nottingham Panthers |
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