2021/22 NIHL National League
The 2021/22 Edition of the NIHL National League involved 9 teams from across the United Kingdom. Season Overview. The NIHL National hosted 4 tournaments across the season: National Autumn Cup. The National Autumn Cup was hosted between the 17th September and 23rd November 2021, each team playing each other once in the group stage (either home or away) totalling 8 matches. Group Stage. The Group Stage took place between 17th September and 10th October 2021 Teams receive 2 points for a win and 1 point for an overtime loss. In the event that two or more  teams were tied on points, goal difference was used to detmine the rankings. Knockouts. The Knockouts took place between 11th November and 23rd December 2021. Since Sheffield Steeldogs placed 1st in the Group Stage, they got to select their Semi-Final opponent and chose Leeds Knights Matches were played over two legs, one home and one away with the aggrigate score (shown in bold) the decider of who advances. If it was level after the 120 minutes of play, 5 minutes of overtime was played and if still not tied it went to a shootout. National Cup. The National Cup  was hosted between the 16th October 2021 and 2nd January 2022. These matches were the same matches that counted towards the National League, the first time each team player each other home and away. Group Stage. The Group Stage took place between 16th October 2021 and 2nd January 2022. Teams receive 2 points for a win and 1 point for an overtime loss. In the event that two or more teams were tied on points, goal difference was used to detmine the rankings. Knockouts. Since Swindon Wildcats placed 1st in the Group Stage, they got to select their Semi-Final  opponent and chose Sheffield Steeldogs Matches were played over two legs, one home and one away with the aggrigate score (shown in bold) the decider of who advances. If it was level after the 120 minutes of play, 5 minutes of overtime was played and if still tied it went to a shootout. National League. The National League makes the majority of the games within the season, with each time playing each other a total of 6 times, 3 home and 3 away. The top 8 teams also qualify for the National Playoffs, with the 9th team missing out < nowiki>*</nowiki>Raiders IHC were deducted 3 points for failture to fulfill a fixutre on the 19th December 2021 (Q) Qualified for the National League Playoffs National League Playoffs. Group Stage. The 8 teams that make it to the playoffs are split into two group, Group A and B based on their placing in the National League. Each team plays each other twice, one at home and once away. The top 2 from each group proceed to the Final 4 Weekend.