1982–83 BHL season
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 1982–83 BHL season
| league =
| sport = ice hockey
| prevseason_link = 1981–82 British Ice Hockey season
| prevseason_year = 1981–82
| nextseason_link = 1983–84 BHL season
| nextseason_year = 1983–84
}}
The 1982–83 British Hockey League season was the inaugural season of the British Hockey League.
Fifteen teams from the Northern League, English League North and the English League South took part.
League
The league was divided into three sections of five teams. Teams in section B played every team once at home and once away while teams in section A and C played teams in their own section four times and the teams from section B twice. Teams in section A did not play teams from section C. This meant that while section A and C teams played 26 games, section B teams played 28. Murrayfield, Glasgow, Durham, Crowtree and Richmond all had games voided.
=Section A=
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| Dundee Rockets | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 280 | 100 | 45 |
| Murrayfield Racers* | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 181 | 124 | 34 |
| Fife Flyers | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 162 | 187 | 23 |
| Glasgow Dynamos* | 25 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 80 | 228 | 7 |
| Ayr Bruins | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 118 | 270 | 7 |
=Section B=
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| Durham Wasps* | 27 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 225 | 103 | 46 |
| Cleveland Bombers | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 264 | 135 | 43 |
| Streatham Redskins | 28 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 239 | 107 | 40 |
| Nottingham Panthers | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 228 | 140 | 32 |
| Whitley Warriors | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 224 | 206 | 29 |
=Section C=
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| Altrincham Aces | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 170 | 125 | 35 |
| Blackpool Seagulls | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 194 | 145 | 31 |
| Southampton Vikings | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 108 | 233 | 11 |
| Crowtree Chiefs* | 25 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 120 | 221 | 9 |
| Richmond Flyers* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 57 | 326 | 4 |
Playoffs
=English Semi-final=
Section B Runner-up (Cleveland) vs Section A Winner (Altrincham)
- Cleveland Bombers 21-10 Altrincham Aces
- Altrincham Aces 5-4 Cleveland Bombers (Cleveland win 26–14 on aggregate)
=English Final=
In the English Final the winner of the semi-final took on the winner of Section B in a best of three series. In games one and two, the winning side was awarded one point while the winner of game three was awarded two points. The overall winner qualified for the British final.
Section B Winner (Durham) vs English Semi-final Winner (Cleveland)
- Cleveland Bombers 3-10 Durham Wasps
- Durham Wasps 11-4 Cleveland Bombers
- Durham Wasps 8-2 Cleveland Bombers
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| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 4 |
| Cleveland Bombers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 0 |
=Scottish Final=
Section A Winner (Dundee) vs Section A Runner-up (Murrayfield)
- Dundee Rockets 7-8 Murrayfield Racers
- Murrayfield Racers 1-5 Dundee Rockets (Dundee win 12–9 on aggregate)
[[British Championship (ice hockey)|British Championship]] Final
The final was between the winner of the English and Scottish finals. It was a one-off game played at Streatham Ice Rink.
- Dundee Rockets 6-2 Durham Wasps
References
- {{cite book |title= Nottingham Panthers Statistical Guidebook 1946–2000 |editor= Chambers, Michael A.|date=November 2000 |isbn= 0-9539398-0-4 }}
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|after = 1983–84 BHL season
|title = BHL seasons
|years =
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