Sports season
The Spring 2023 MHL season was the second season of the Micronational Hockey League (MHL). The league shrunk to only 6 teams with the new promotion-relegation structure, with the relegation of the Augustine Yetis, Excelsior Red Star, and Salem Spartans, and the addition of the New Brooklyn Roughriders.
The regular season began on 10 April 2023 and will end on 23 May 2023.
Teams
| Conference
|
Team
|
City
|
Code
|
Founded
|
First MHL season
|
Number of seasons in MHL
|
Beginning of current spell
|
Number of seasons since current spell
|
Number of season titles
|
Last season title
|
Number of league titles
|
Last league title
|
| Overseas
|
Draytopol Dragons
|
 Draytopol
|
DRA
|
2022
|
ND22
|
4
|
ND22
|
4
|
1
|
ND22
|
0
|
–
|
| Glendia Gladiators
|
 Los Cristianos
|
GLG
|
2022
|
ND22
|
4
|
ND22
|
4
|
0
|
–
|
1
|
March 2023
|
| New Brooklyn Roughriders
|
 New Brooklyn
|
NBR
|
2023
|
M23
|
2
|
M23
|
2
|
0
|
–
|
0
|
–
|
| Mainland
|
Castel Blizzards
|
Castel
|
CST
|
2022
|
ND22
|
4
|
ND22
|
4
|
0
|
–
|
0
|
–
|
| Marksburg Titans
|
Marksburg
|
MRK
|
2022
|
ND22
|
4
|
ND22
|
4
|
0
|
–
|
0
|
–
|
| Nassau Doves
|
Marksburg
|
NSS
|
2022
|
JF23
|
3
|
JF23
|
3
|
0
|
–
|
1
|
February 2023
|
League business
On 5 March 2023, one day before the March-April season was slated to begin, President Ali Farrokhzad announced that the season would be canceled. He announced later that the MHL was looking to change from a closed league to an open league, and wanted to add six new clubs in three new leagues, the United Microleague in Tier 2, Georgienstine Extraleague in Tier 3, and Excelsior Bundesliga in Tier 3, with promotion and relegation between the tiers. Ultimately, only two clubs were added, the Riel Island Sounders on 6 March and Salem Thunder on 7 March, who were both added to the UML, and the Tier 3 leagues would be inactive until more clubs are added.
In order to equalise the number of teams between the MHL and UML, a round-robin tournament was held between 9 and 13 March 2023, between the 3 active clubs that did not make the February playoffs (Augustine Yetis, Excelsior Red Star, Salem Spartans) and the two clubs who were set to join the MHL during the March-April season (New Brooklyn Roughriders, Oranmore Scouts). The top team would stay in the MHL, and the other four clubs would be relegated to the UML. The New Brooklyn Roughriders ended on top of the round-robin, and the other four were relegated.
March Round-Robin
| Pos
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
OTL
|
RW
|
ROW
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Promotion or relegation
|
| 1
|
New Brooklyn Roughriders
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
16
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
Promoted to MHL
|
| 2
|
Salem Spartans
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
16
|
7
|
9
|
6
|
Relegated to UML
|
| 3
|
Excelsior Red Star
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
6
|
| 4
|
Augustine Yetis
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
13
|
–4
|
2
|
| 5
|
Oranmore Scouts
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
18
|
–14
|
0
|
Points table
Standings
Overseas Conference
| Pos
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
OTL
|
RW
|
ROW
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Draytopol Dragons
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
36
|
23
|
13
|
11
|
| 2
|
New Brooklyn Roughriders
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
20
|
24
|
–4
|
6
|
|
|
| 3
|
Glendia Gladiators
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
31
|
38
|
–7
|
6
|
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
f – Clinched Farrokhzad Trophy; y – Clinched conference; x – Clinched playoff spot; e – Eliminated from playoffs; r – Relegated to UML
Mainland Conference
| Pos
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
OTL
|
RW
|
ROW
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Marksburg Titans
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
31
|
25
|
6
|
11
|
| 2
|
Nassau Doves
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
15
|
16
|
–1
|
8
|
|
|
| 3
|
Castel Blizzards
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
17
|
24
|
–7
|
5
|
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
f – Clinched Farrokhzad Trophy; y – Clinched conference; x – Clinched playoff spot; e – Eliminated from playoffs; r – Relegated to UML
Match summary
First leg
| Home \ Away
|
CST
|
DRA
|
GLG
|
MRK
|
NSS
|
NBR
|
| Castel Blizzards
|
—
|
30 Apr
|
4-5[a]
|
4-5
|
27 Apr
|
2-3
|
| Draytopol Dragons
|
5-2
|
—
|
10-5
|
25 Apr
|
4-5[a]
|
28 Apr
|
| Glendia Gladiators
|
2-4
|
4-3
|
—
|
7-6[a]
|
3-5
|
30 Apr
|
| Marksburg Titans
|
4-0
|
4-6
|
27 Apr
|
—
|
3-2[a]
|
4-3
|
| Nassau Doves
|
0-1[a]
|
1-2
|
24 Apr
|
28 Apr
|
—
|
0-2
|
| New Brooklyn Roughriders
|
25 Apr
|
2-6
|
6-5
|
3-5
|
1-2
|
—
|
Second leg
| Home \ Away
|
CST
|
DRA
|
GLG
|
MRK
|
NSS
|
NBR
|
| Castel Blizzards
|
—
|
21 May
|
7 May
|
14 May
|
18 May
|
11 May
|
| Draytopol Dragons
|
4 May
|
—
|
8 May
|
16 May
|
22 May
|
18 May
|
| Glendia Gladiators
|
23 May
|
12 May
|
—
|
1 May
|
9 May
|
21 May
|
| Marksburg Titans
|
8 May
|
11 May
|
18 May
|
—
|
2 May
|
22 May
|
| Nassau Doves
|
1 May
|
5 May
|
15 May
|
19 May
|
—
|
7 May
|
| New Brooklyn Roughriders
|
15 May
|
1 May
|
4 May
|
5 May
|
12 May
|
—
|
Draytopol
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