1996–97 British National League season

The 1996–97 British National League season was the first season of the British National League, the second level of ice hockey in Great Britain. The Swindon IceLords won the Premier League and the Fife Flyers won the Northern Premier League. The Swindon IceLords won the inter-league championship.

Premier League

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
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

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
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

3rd place game

• Kingston Hawks - Guildford Flames 3:9, 6:4

Final

• Slough Jets - Swindon IceLords 4:3, 1:3

Northern Premier League

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
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

Group A

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
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

Group B

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
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

Final

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
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 Final

• Fife Flyers - Swindon IceLords 0:5

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info