British National League 1996/97
# British National League 1996/97

Die Saison 1996/97 war die erste Spielzeit der British National League, der zweithöchsten britischen Eishockeyspielklasse. Meister wurden die Swindon IceLords.

## Premier League

### Hauptrunde

| | Klub | Sp | S | N | OTN | Tore | Punkte |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Swindon IceLords | 56 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 436:169 | 94 |
| 2. | Solihull Blaze | 56 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 389:219 | 85 |
| 3. | Slough Jets | 56 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 316:171 | 81 |
| 4. | Guildford Flames | 56 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 310:217 | 72 |
| 5. | Kingston Hawks | 56 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 305:269 | 56 |
| 6. | Telford Tigers | 56 | 19 | 35 | 2 | 303:313 | 40 |
| 7. | Medway Bears | 56 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 231:464 | 25 |
| 8. | Peterborough Pirates | 56 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 173:641 | 7 |

### Finalrunde

| | Klub | Sp | S | N | OTN | Tore | Punkte |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Swindon IceLords | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 38:23 | 12 |
| 2. | Slough Jets | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29:30 | 9 |
| 3. | Kingston Hawks | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26:34 | 8 |
| 4. | Guildford Flames | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 36:38 | 7 |
| 5. | Telford Tigers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 35:39 | 7 |

### Playoffs

**Spiel um Platz 3**

* Kingston Hawks – Guildford Flames 3:9, 6:4

**Finale**

* Slough Jets – Swindon IceLords 4:3, 1:3

## Northern Premier League

### Hauptrunde

| | Klub | Sp | S | U | N | Tore | Punkte |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Fife Flyers | 36 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 315:130 | 66 |
| 2. | Paisley Pirates | 36 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 316:144 | 52 |
| 3. | Whitley Bay Warriors | 36 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 236:200 | 46 |
| 4. | Blackburn Hawks | 36 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 207:240 | 31 |
| 5. | Dumfries Vikings | 36 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 171:271 | 25 |
| 6. | Murrayfield Royals | 36 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 168:260 | 19 |
| 7. | Castlereagh Knights | 36 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 156:324 | 13 |

### Playoffs

**Gruppe A**

| | Klub | Sp | S | U | N | Tore | Punkte |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Fife Flyers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83:26 | 10 |
| 2. | Whitley Bay Warriors | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 70:35 | 10 |
| 3. | Dumfries Vikings | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 31:56 | 2 |
| 4. | Castlereagh Knights | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27:94 | 2 |

**Gruppe B**

| | Klub | Sp | S | U | N | Tore | Punkte |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Paisley Pirates | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40:24 | 8 |
| 2. | Blackburn Hawks | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25:27 | 3 |
| 3. | Murrayfield Royals | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:31 | 1 |

**Finale**

| | Klub | Sp | S | U | N | Tore | Punkte |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Fife Flyers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 50:16 | 11 |
| 2. | Paisley Pirates | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 46:33 | 9 |
| 3. | Whitley Bay Warriors | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 34:39 | 4 |
| 4. | Blackburn Hawks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30:72 | 0 |

## Inter-League-Finale

* Fife Flyers – Swindon IceLords 0:5
