- Source: British Hockey League
The British League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League. Note that the league never had 'hockey' in its title. The league replaced three regional leagues: the Inter-City League in southern England, the English League North in northern England and the Northern League in Scotland and NE England.
The league was sponsored by Heineken until 1993 and during this period was best known as the Heineken League.
The league changed format several times. The top level was originally split into three regional sections and combined as the Premier Division in 1983. Divisions One and Two were also both formed in 1982, there was also a short-lived Division Three. Division Two was reformed as the English League in 1987. In 1996 a major reorganization of the league structure led the two remaining divisions to split into different leagues; resulting in the dissolution of the British Hockey League and the creation of the Ice Hockey Superleague to replace the premier division, and the British National League to replace division 1, respectively.
Durham Wasps and Whitley Warriors were the only two teams to consistently feature in the top division of the BHL throughout the duration of the league's history.
Premier Division
= Teams
== Champions
=1982/83 Dundee Rockets (section A and Overall Champions) / Durham Wasps (section B) / Altrincham Aces (section C)
1983/84 Dundee Rockets
1984/85 Durham Wasps
1985/86 Durham Wasps
1986/87 Murrayfield Racers
1987/88 Murrayfield Racers
1988/89 Durham Wasps
1989/90 Cardiff Devils
1990/91 Durham Wasps
1991/92 Durham Wasps
1992/93 Cardiff Devils
1993/94 Cardiff Devils
1994/95 Sheffield Steelers
1995/96 Sheffield Steelers
Division One (including English League since 1987)
= Teams
== Champions
=1983/84 Southampton Vikings
1984/85 Peterborough Pirates
1985/86 Solihull Barons
1986/87 Peterborough Pirates
1987/88 Telford Tigers (north) / Billingham Stars (south)
1988/89 Cardiff Devils
1989/90 Slough Jets
1990/91 Humberside Seahawks
1991/92 Fife Flyers
1992/93 Basingstoke Bison
1993/94 Milton Keynes Kings (north) / Slough Jets (south)
1994/95 Slough Jets
1995/96 Manchester Storm
English League Division One
= Teams
== Champions
=1987/88 London Raiders
1988/89 Humberside Seahawks
1989/90 Bracknell Bees
1990/91 Milton Keynes Kings
1991/92 Medway Bears
See also
British ice hockey league champions
References
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