1975–76 British Ice Hockey season

The 1975–76 British Ice Hockey season featured the Northern League for teams from Scotland and the north of England and the Southern League for teams from the rest of England.

1975–76 British Ice Hockey season
Sportice hockey
Seasons

Murrayfield Racers won the Northern League and Streatham Redskins won the Southern League.[1] Ayr Bruins won the Icy Smith Cup.[2]

Regular season

edit
Club GP W T L GF–GA Pts
1. Murrayfield Racers 14 11 0 3 89:54 22
2. Fife Flyers 14 10 1 3 118:57 21
3. Whitley Warriors 14 10 1 3 111:58 21
4. Ayr Bruins 14 8 0 6 67:61 16
5. Durham Wasps 14 7 1 6 84:80 15
6. Glasgow Dynamos 14 4 1 9 68:113 9
7. Paisley Mohawks 14 4 0 10 43:120 8
8. Dundee Rockets * 14 0 0 14 23:60 0

(*The Dundee Rockets played all games away for four points per match.)

Regular season

edit

Midland Section

edit
Club GP W T L GF–GA Pts
1. Altrincham Aces 16 11 3 2 98:48 25
2. Liverpool Leopards 16 10 3 3 111:49 23
3. Blackpool Seagulls 16 11 0 5 160:53 22
4. Grimsby Buffaloes 16 2 2 12 64:142 6
5. Sheffield Lancers 16 2 0 14 47:188 4

Southern Section

edit
Club GP W T L GF–GA Pts
1. Streatham Redskins 8 8 0 0 104:11 16
2. Bristol Redwings 8 6 0 2 62:19 12
3. Avon Arrows 8 3 0 5 36:43 6
4. Solihull Barons 8 3 0 5 33:40 6
5. Deeside Dragons 8 0 0 8 10:132 0

Final

edit

Streatham Redskins defeated Altrincham Aces 11:0 on aggregate (9:0, 2:0)

Spring Cup

edit

Final

edit

Fife Flyers defeated the Ayr Bruins

Second round

edit
  • Ayr Bruins bt Whitley Warriors 7-4
  • Durham Wasps bt Murrayfield Racers 6-5
  • Fife Flyers bt Paisley Mohawks 17-4
  • Streatham Redskins bt Blackpool Seagulls 13-4
  • Liverpool Leopards bt Altrincham Aces 3-0

Quarter finals

edit
  • Streatham Redskins bt Liverpool Leopards 15-5
  • Ayr Bruins bt Durham Wasps 5-4
  • Fife Flyers bt Glasgow Dynamos 10-3
  • Bristol Redwings bt Sobell Saints 7-2

Semi finals

edit
  • Streatham Redskins bt Bristol Redwings 12-4
  • Ayr Bruins bt Fife Flyers 8-1

Final

edit
  • Ayr Bruins bt Streatham Redskins 5-5 & 9-3 (agg 14-8)
Club GP W L T GF GA Pts
1. Fife Flyers 12 9 2 1 114 60 19
2. Durham Wasps 12 9 2 1 106 60 19
3. Murrayfield Racers 12 8 3 1 88 58 17
4. Whitley Bay Warriors 12 6 6 0 86 79 12
5. Ayr Bruins 12 4 6 2 70 57 10
6. Glasgow Dynamos 12 2 8 2 60 121 6
7. Paisley Mohawks 12 0 11 1 36 125 1
  • Fife Flyers won the cup by virtue of a better aggregate score between the two sides. Fife won 13-4 at Kirkcaldy, Durham won 7-4 at Durham giving Fife a 17-11 score.

References

edit
  1. ^ "British clubs". Euro hockey.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A to Z of Sport, page 457. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.