# 1984–85 BHL season

The 1984–85 British Hockey League season was the third season of the British Hockey League. The membership of the Premier League was increased to ten with the inclusion of the Southampton Vikings. Promotion and relegation was also introduced between the Premier League and the first Division.

## Autumn Cup

As with the previous season, teams were divided into one Scottish and two English groups. The winner of the Scottish group advanced directly to the final of the competition while the winners of the two English groups took part in a two legged English Final to the determine the overall finalist. The total number of teams taking part was expanded to fifteen.

### Scotland

| Scotland | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Fife Flyers | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 45 | 16 |
| Dundee Rockets | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 54 | 10 |
| Murrayfield Racers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 46 | 8 |
| Ayr Bruins* | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 67 | 4 |
| Glasgow Dynamos* | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 99 | 0 |
*One game between the Ayr Bruins and Glasgow Dynamos not played.

### England

| England North | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Durham Wasps | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 33 | 16 |
| Cleveland Bombers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 76 | 12 |
| Whitley Warriors | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 67 | 9 |
| Crowtree Chiefs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 78 | 9 |
| Altrincham Aces | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 91 | 0 |
| England South | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Solihull Barons | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 37 | 16 |
| Streatham Redskins | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 44 | 9 |
| Nottingham Panthers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 43 | 7 |
| Peterborough Pirates | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 74 | 6 |
| Southampton Vikings | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 70 | 2 |

#### English final

* Durham Wasps 6-6 Solihull Barons
* Solihull Barons 6-10 Durham Wasps (Durham win 16-12 on aggregate)

### Final

The final was played at Streatham Ice Rink.
* Durham Wasps 6-4 Fife Flyers

## League

Teams level on points were separated by results between them.
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Durham Wasps | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 326 | 167 | 60 |
| Fife Flyers | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 325 | 168 | 58 |
| Murrayfield Racers | 36 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 291 | 177 | 52 |
| Ayr Bruins | 36 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 288 | 251 | 39 |
| Streatham Redskins | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 215 | 215 | 36 |
| Cleveland Bombers | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 285 | 290 | 35 |
| Dundee Rockets | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 238 | 229 | 35 |
| Nottingham Panthers | 36 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 151 | 233 | 26 |
| Whitley Warriors | 36 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 236 | 358 | 13 |
| Southampton Vikings | 36 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 125 | 392 | 6 |

## Playoffs

The top six teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. Group A was made up of Durham, Murrayfield and Streatham while Group B was made up of Fife, Ayr and Cleveland. The semi finals and final were played at Wembley Arena.

### Group A

| Group A | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Murrayfield Racers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 6 |
| Streatham Redskins | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 32 | 3 |
| Durham Wasps | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 3 |

### Group B

| Group B | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Fife Flyers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 20 | 8 |
| Ayr Bruins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 4 |
| Cleveland Bombers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 0 |

### Semi-finals

* Fife Flyers 12-3 Streatham Redskins
* Murrayfield Racers 13-4 Ayr Bruins

### Final

* Fife Flyers 9-4 Murrayfield Racers