1996–97 ISL season

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1996–97 ISL season
League Ice Hockey Superleague
Sport Ice hockey
1996–97
Benson & Hedges Cup Nottingham Panthers
League champions Cardiff Devils
Playoff champions Sheffield Steelers
Seasons

The 199697 Ice Hockey Superleague season was the inaugural season of the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL).

Contents

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.

Benson & Hedges Cup

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

Group AGPWTLGFGAPts
Ayr Scottish Eagles 6510481411
Newcastle Cobras 641143169
Kingston Hawks 610517502
Telford Tigers 610520482

Group B

Group BGPWTLGFGAPts
Cardiff Devils 6600361412
Manchester Storm 631225247
Slough Jets 612319304
Swindon Ice Lords 601523351

Group C

Group CGPWTLGFGAPts
Sheffield Steelers 6501461310
Nottingham Panthers 641146239
Solihull Blaze 621325355
Peterborough Pirates 600610560

Group D

Group DGPWTLGFGAPts
Basingstoke Bison 6600431112
Bracknell Bees 640240128
Guildford Flames 620425314
Medway Bears 60069630

Quarter finals

Ayr Scottish Eagles vs Manchester Storm

Basingstoke Bison vs Bracknell Bees

Cardiff Devils vs Nottingham Panthers

Sheffield Steelers vs Newcastle Cobras

Semi finals

Nottingham Panthers vs Sheffield Steelers

Basingstoke Bison vs Ayr Scottish Eagles

Final

The final took place at Sheffield Arena between Ayr Scottish Eagles and Nottingham Panthers.

League

Each team played three home games and three away games against each of their opponents. All eight teams were entered into the playoffs.

SuperleagueGPWTOTLLGFGAPts
Cardiff Devils 423031820813064
Sheffield Steelers 422742916812760
Ayr Scottish Eagles 4221601517115748
Nottingham Panthers 4221121816014745
Newcastle Cobras 4217251815817241
Bracknell Bees 4215212416920233
Manchester Storm 4214312414219132
Basingstoke Bison 4211332515220228

Playoffs

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

Group AGPWTOTLLGFGAPts
Cardiff Devils 66000291412
Ayr Scottish Eagles 6300324226
Newcastle Cobras 6200416234
Manchester Storm 6100511212

Group B

Group BGPWTOTLLGFGAPts
Nottingham Panthers 65010261611
Sheffield Steelers 65001221510
Basingstoke Bison 6111316264
Bracknell Bees 6011416232

Semi Finals

The finals weekend took place at NYNEX Arena in Manchester.

Winner A vs Runner-Up B

Winner B vs Runner-Up A

Final

Winner A vs Winner B

Awards

All Star team

PosPlayerTeam
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

Scoring leaders

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