Southern League (ice hockey)

The Southern League was the top-flight ice hockey league for clubs in the majority of England from 1970. It was formed as the counterpart to the clubs in Scotland and the north of England called the Northern League. In 1978, its southern-based clubs broke away and formed the Inter-City League and the remaining clubs continued as the Southern League, known also as the English League North in 1981-82. A Second or "B" Division and a junior league was also contested in most seasons.

Champions

1970-71: Sussex Senators
1971-72: Sussex Senators
1972-73: Altrincham Aces
1973-74: Streatham Redskins
1974-75: Streatham Redskins
1975-76: Streatham Redskins
1976-77: Streatham Redskins
1977-78: Solihull Barons

Notes

Sussex Senators were coached by ex Paisley player Scot - Joe Conway led the senators on their first season. All games played away as there was no home rink. Brighton was a silver blades rink for figure skating. Players such as Mike O'Brien, Jim Thomson, John Rost and John Baxter played during the two seasons that Senators won the league.

References

"British clubs". Euro hockey.
"History". Altrincham Aces.
"Streatham Redskins". Internet Hockey database.

Ice hockey in the United Kingdom

Governing bodies

Elite League

National Ice Hockey League

National League	Bees IHC Bristol Pitbulls Hull Seahawks Leeds Knights Milton Keynes Lightning Peterborough Phantoms Raiders Sheffield Steeldogs Solway Sharks Swindon Wildcats Telford Tigers
North Division 1	Billingham Stars Blackburn Hawks Nottingham Lions Solihull Barons Sutton Sting Whitley Warriors
South Division 1	Cardiff Fire Chelmsford Chieftains Invicta Dynamos Milton Keynes Thunder Oxford City Stars Raiders 2 Slough Jets Solent Devils Streatham IHC
North Division 2	Altrincham Aces Blackburn Hawks 2 Bradford Bulldogs Deeside Dragons Hull Jets Sheffield Senators Telford Tigers 2 Widnes Wild
South Division 2	Basingstoke Buffalo Guildford Phoenix Haringey Huskies Invicta Mustangs Lee Valley Lions Peterborough Phantoms 2 Solent Devils 2 Streatham Hawks Swindon Wildcats 2

Scottish National League

Women's National Ice Hockey League

WNIHL Elite	Bracknell Queen Bees Kingston Diamonds Nottingham Vipers Solihull Vixens Streatham Storm
WNIHL Premier	Bracknell Firebees Cardiff Comets Chelmsford Cobras Kingston Diamonds B Milton Keynes Falcons Sheffield Shadows Swindon TopCats Whitley Squaws
Division 1 North	Grimsby Wolves Nottingham Vipers B Sheffield Shadows B Solway Sharks Ladies Telford Wrekin Raiders Widnes Wild Women
Division 1 South	Coventry Phoenix Oxford Midnight Stars Peterborough Penguins Slough Sirens Solent Amazons Streatham Storm B Swindon TopCats B

British University Teams

Birmingham Lions
Bradford Sabres
Bristol Lions
Caledonia Steel Queens
Cambridge University Blues
Cardiff Redhawks
Coventry and Warwick Panthers
Edinburgh Eagles
Huddersfield Ice Hawks
Hull Ice Hogs
Imperial Devils
Kent Knights
Leeds Gryphons
London Dragons
Manchester Metros
Newcastle Wildcats
Northumbria Kings
Nottingham Mavericks
Oxford University Ice Hockey Club
Sheffield Bears
Southampton Spitfires
St Andrews Typhoons
UCL Yetis
UEA Avalanche

Competitions

Player awards

Defunct leagues
and competitions

Defunct teams

Miscellaneous

Related: IIHF; IIHF Continental Cup; IIHF European Champions Cup

v t e British Ice Hockey seasons
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British National League (1954–1960)	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
British Ice Hockey (1960–1982)	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
British Hockey League (1982–1996)	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Ice Hockey Superleague (1996–2003)	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Elite Ice Hockey League (2003–present)	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22 2022-23 2023–24 2024–25

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