1939–40 British Ice Hockey season

The 1939–40 British Ice Hockey season featured the English National League and Scottish National League.
==English National League==
==Scottish National League==
===Points Competition===
;Scores
Date 	Team 1 	Score	Team 2
10/30	Dunfermline Vikings	2 - 2	Dundee Tigers
11/1 	Fife Flyers 	5 - 1	Falkirk Lions
11/1 	Dundee Tigers 	7 - 2	Ayr Raiders
11/2 	Fife Flyers 	1 - 1	Perth Panthers
11/3 	Ayr Raiders 	2 - 2	Dunfermline Vikings
11/4 	Perth Panthers 	6 - 4	Falkirk Lions
11/6 	Fife Flyers 	3 - 2	Dunfermline Vikings
11/8 	Ayr Raiders 	4 - 2	Falkirk Lions
11/8 	Perth Panthers 	4 - 2	Dundee Tigers
11/9 	Fife Flyers 	4 - 2	Dunfermline Vikings
11/10	Ayr Raiders 	7 - 4	Falkirk Lions
11/11	Dundee Tigers 	2 - 2	Perth Panthers
11/13	Dunfermline Vikings	2 - 1	Ayr Raiders
11/15	Falkirk Lions 	3 - 1	Perth Panthers
11/15	Dundee Tigers 	3 - 3	Dunfermline Vikings
11/16	Fife Flyers 	4 - 2	Falkirk Lions
11/17	Dundee Tigers 	3 - 2	Ayr Raiders
11/18	Perth Panthers 	5 - 3	Fife Flyers
11/20	Dunfermline Vikings	5 - 3	Perth Panthers
11/22	Falkirk Lions 	5 - 1	Dundee Tigers
11/22	Fife Flyers 	3 - 2	Ayr Raiders
11/23	Fife Flyers 	4 - 3	Dundee Tigers
11/24	Falkirk Lions 	3 - 2	Dunfermline Vikings
11/25	Perth Panthers 	3 - 1	Ayr Raiders
11/27	Falkirk Lions 	3 - 2	Dunfermline Vikings
11/29	Dundee Tigers 	4 - 3	Falkirk Lions
11/29	Ayr Raiders 	0 - 0	Perth Panthers
11/30	Fife Flyers 	6 - 5	Ayr Raiders
12/2 	Perth Panthers 	4 - 1	Dunfermline Vikings
12/2 	Dundee Tigers 	4 - 0	Fife Flyers
12/4 	Dundee Tigers 	5 - 3	Dunfermline Vikings
12/6 	Falkirk Lions 	4 - 2	Fife Flyers
12/6 	Ayr Raiders 	6 - 5	Dundee Tigers
12/7 	Perth Panthers 	4 - 1	Fife Flyers
12/8 	Ayr Raiders 	3 - 3	Dunfermline Vikings
12/9 	Perth Panthers 	4 - 2	Falkirk Lions
12/11	Dunfermline Vikings	3 - 2	Fife Flyers
12/13	Perth Panthers 	4 - 1	Dundee Tigers
12/13	Falkirk Lions 	4 - 0	Ayr Raiders
12/14	Dunfermline Vikings	3 - 2	Fife Flyers
12/15	Falkirk Lions 	3 - 2	Ayr Raiders
12/16	Perth Panthers 	5 - 3	Dundee Tigers
12/18	Ayr Raiders 	4 - 3	Dunfermline Vikings
12/20	Perth Panthers 	1 - 0	Falkirk Lions
12/20	Dunfermline Vikings	6 - 3	Dundee Tigers
12/21	Fife Flyers 	5 - 3	Falkirk Lions
12/22	Dundee Tigers 	3 - 2	Ayr Raiders
12/23	Perth Panthers 	2 - 1	Fife Flyers
12/25	Dunfermline Vikings	2 - 0	Perth Panthers
12/27	Falkirk Lions 	8 - 5	Dundee Tigers
12/28	Dundee Tigers 	6 - 6	Fife Flyers
12/29	Falkirk Lions 	2 - 2	Dunfermline Vikings
12/29	Ayr Raiders 	4 - 1	Fife Flyers
12/30	Ayr Raiders 	4 - 2	Perth Panthers
1/1 	Falkirk Lions 	2 - 2	Dunfermline Vikings
1/3 	Falkirk Lions 	2 - 2	Dundee Tigers
1/4 	Ayr Raiders 	2 - 2	Fife Flyers
1/5 	Ayr Raiders 	4 - 3	Perth Panthers
1/6 	Perth Panthers 	9 - 3	Dunfermline Vikings
1/6 	Fife Flyers 	3 - 1	Dundee Tigers
;Table
 	Club 	GP	W 	L	T	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Perth Panthers 	20	12	5	3	63:43	27
2.	Fife Flyers 	20	9 	8	3	58:59	21
3.	Falkirk Lions 	20	8 	9	3	60:61	19
4.	Ayr Raiders 	20	7 	9	4	57:61	18
5.	Dunfermline Vikings	20	6 	8	6	53:60	18
6.	Dundee Tigers 	20	6 	9	5	65:72	17
===Regular season===
;Scores
Date	Team 1 	Score 	Team 2
1/15	Dunfermline Vikings	5 - 5 	Dundee Tigers
1/17	Dundee Tigers 	8 - 5 	Ayr Raiders
1/17	Falkirk Lions 	6 - 4 	Fife Flyers
1/18	Fife Flyers 	11 - 5	Perth Panthers
1/19	Dunfermline Vikings	4 - 2 	Ayr Raiders
1/20	Falkirk Lions 	6 - 1 	Perth Panthers
1/22	Fife Flyers 	8 - 3 	Dunfermline Vikings
1/24	Ayr Raiders 	4 - 3 	Falkirk Lions
1/24	Dundee Tigers 	3 - 1 	Perth Panthers
1/25	Fife Flyers 	7 - 5 	Dunfermline Vikings
1/26	Ayr Raiders 	6 - 2 	Falkirk Lions
1/27	Dundee Tigers 	8 - 3 	Perth Panthers
2/5 	Ayr Raiders 	8 - 6 	Dunfermline Vikings
2/7 	Falkirk Lions 	2 - 1 	Perth Panthers
2/7 	Dundee Tigers 	8 - 8 	Dunfermline Vikings
2/8 	Falkirk Lions 	7 - 4 	Fife Flyers
2/9 	Dundee Tigers 	6 - 1 	Ayr Raiders
2/10	Fife Flyers 	4 - 2 	Perth Panthers
2/12	Dunfermline Vikings	7 - 2 	Perth Panthers
2/14	Falkirk Lions 	12 - 6	Dundee Tigers
2/15	Fife Flyers 	8 - 5 	Dundee Tigers
2/16	Ayr Raiders 	4 - 3 	Fife Flyers
2/16	Dunfermline Vikings	6 - 5 	Falkirk Lions
2/17	Ayr Raiders 	3 - 1 	Perth Panthers
2/21	Falkirk Lions 	5 - 5 	Dundee Tigers
2/22	Fife Flyers 	6 - 1 	Ayr Raiders
2/23	Perth Panthers 	6 - 1 	Ayr Raiders
2/24	Dundee Tigers 	12 - 6	Fife Flyers
2/24	Perth Panthers 	3 - 1 	Dunfermline Vikings
2/26	Perth Panthers 	1 - 1 	Dunfermline Vikings
2/28	Dundee Tigers 	12 - 3	Falkirk Lions
2/29	Fife Flyers 	5 - 3 	Dundee Tigers
3/1 	Fife Flyers 	8 - 5 	Ayr Raiders
3/2 	Perth Panthers 	4 - 2 	Ayr Raiders
3/4 	Fife Flyers 	8 - 3 	Dunfermline Vikings
3/6 	Falkirk Lions 	4 - 3 	Ayr Raiders
3/6 	Perth Panthers 	2 - 2 	Dundee Tigers
3/7 	Fife Flyers 	8 - 2 	Dunfermline Vikings
3/8 	Falkirk Lions 	5 - 4 	Ayr Raiders
3/9 	Dundee Tigers 	1 - 0 	Perth Panthers
3/11	Ayr Raiders 	11 - 6	Dunfermline Vikings
3/13	Perth Panthers 	5 - 2 	Falkirk Lions
3/13	Dundee Tigers 	6 - 1 	Dunfermline Vikings
3/14	Fife Flyers 	6 - 4 	Falkirk Lions
3/15	Dundee Tigers 	7 - 2 	Ayr Raiders
3/16	Fife Flyers 	6 - 1 	Perth Panthers
3/20	Dundee Tigers 	4 - 4 	Ayr Raiders
3/21	Perth Panthers 	5 - 2 	Fife Flyers
3/22	Ayr Raiders 	5 - 3 	Dunfermline Vikings
3/23	Falkirk Lions 	3 - 2 	Perth Panthers
3/25	Falkirk Lions 	10 - 3	Dunfermline Vikings
3/27	Falkirk Lions 	4 - 3 	Dundee Tigers
3/28	Fife Flyers 	8 - 4 	Ayr Raiders
3/29	Perth Panthers 	3 - 1 	Ayr Raiders
3/30	Perth Panthers 	7 - 3 	Dunfermline Vikings
3/30	Fife Flyers 	4 - 3 	Dundee Tigers
4/8 	Dunfermline Vikings	8 - 3 	Dundee Tigers
4/10	Falkirk Lions 	8 - 4 	Fife Flyers
4/13	Falkirk Lions 	7 - 5 	Dunfermline Vikings
4/15	Falkirk Lions 	5 - 4 	Dunfermline Vikings
;Table
 	Club 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF-GA 	Pts
1.	Fife Flyers 	20	14	6 	0	120:88	28
2.	Falkirk Lions 	20	13	6 	1	103:88	27
3.	Dundee Tigers 	20	9 	6 	5	110:87	23
4.	Perth Panthers 	20	7 	11	2	55:69 	16
5.	Ayr Raiders 	20	7 	12	1	76:97 	15
6.	Dunfermline Vikings	20	4 	13	3	84:119	11
===Scottish Ice Hockey League Championship===
The winners of the Points Competition (Perth) and the Regular Season (Fife) met to decide the League Championship.
*Fife Flyers - Perth Panthers 4:4, 4:3, 5:4 - was originally going to be a five-game series, cut to three
==Scottish Cup==
===Results===
First round
*Dunfermline Vikings - Fife Flyers 9:5 on aggregate (3:1, 6:4)
*Falkirk Lions - Ayr Raiders 6:7 on aggregate (3:1, 3:6)
*Dundee Tigers - Perth Panthers (5:3, 6:7 - Perth won in OT)
Second round
Two losers from the first round played in this series to decide the fourth team in the semifinals.
*Falkirk Lions - Dundee Tigers 10:8 on aggregate (5:4, 5:4)
Semifinals
*Dunfermline Vikings - Ayr Raiders 10:5 on aggregate (3:1, 7:4)
*Falkirk Lions - Perth Panthers 7:4 on aggregate (3:3, 4:1)
Final
*Dunfermline Vikings - Falkirk Lions 10:10 on aggregate (5:5, 5:5)
Final replay
As the teams were even on goals, the final series was replayed.
*Dunfermline Vikings - Falkirk Lions 7:6 on aggregate (3:3, 4:3)
==Simpson Trophy==
===Results===
First round
*Ayr Raiders - Dunfermline Vikings 10:8 on aggregate (5:3, 5:5) 
*Dundee Tigers - Fife Flyers 10:7 on aggregate (6:2, 4:5) 
*Perth Panthers - Falkirk Lions 8:8 on aggregate (4:6, 4:2)
Semifinals
*Perth Panthers - Ayr Raiders 8:4 on aggregate (4:2, 4:2) 
*Dundee Tigers - Falkirk Lions 6:3 on aggregate (6:2, 0:1) 
Final
*Perth Panthers - Dundee Tigers 12:5 on aggregate (7:4, 5:1) 
==Coronation Cup==
===Results===
First round
*12/10: Falkirk Lions - Glasgow Mohawks 2:1 OT
*12/10: Dundee Tigers - Fife Flyers 3:2
Semifinals
*12/24: Dundee Tigers - Kelvingrove 2:1 OT
*12/24: Perth Panthers - Falkirk Lions 3:1 
Final
*12/31: Perth Panthers - Dundee Tigers 2:1
== References ==
British