1978 �79 NORTHERN LEAGUE (ICE HOCKEY) SEASON

The 1978-79 Northern League season was the 13th season of the Northern League, the top level ice hockey league in northern England and Scotland. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Murrayfield Racers won the championship. The top four teams qualified for the Spring Cup, which served as the Northern League playoffs.

Regular season

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF–GA	Pts
1.	Murrayfield Racers	12	11	1	0	104:34	23
2.	Fife Flyers	12	10	0	2	89:56	20
3.	Whitley Warriors	12	6	1	5	85:65	13
4.	Billingham Bombers	12	5	1	6	79:76	11
5.	Glasgow Dynamos	12	5	1	6	52:82	11
6.	Ayr Bruins	12	1	1	10	49:104	3
7.	Durham Wasps	12	1	1	10	36:77	3

Spring Cup

Semifinals

Whitley Warriors - Murrayfield Racers 2:0, 5:8
Billingham Bombers - Fife Flyers 9:6, 6:14

Final

Fife Flyers - Murrayfield Racers 1:2, 5:5

External links

Season on hockeyarchives.info

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v t e British Ice Hockey seasons
British Ice Hockey (1929–1955)	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 Not held between 1940–41 and 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55
British National League (1954–1960)	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
British Ice Hockey (1960–1982)	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
British Hockey League (1982–1996)	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Ice Hockey Superleague (1996–2003)	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Elite Ice Hockey League (2003–present)	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22 2022-23 2023–24

Regular season

Spring Cup

Semifinals

Final

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