Scottish National League (ice hockey)

This article is about the Scottish National League founded in 1998. For the league that existed from 1932 to 1954, see Scottish National League (1932–1954).

Not to be confused with Elite League (disambiguation) or Super Hockey League.

The Scottish National League is an ice hockey league based in Scotland comprising 8 teams.

Scottish National League

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1998
No. of teams	8
Country	Scotland
Headquarters	Edinburgh, Scotland,
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Aberdeen Lynx (2023)
Level on pyramid	3
Official website	siha-uk.co.uk

The league sits below the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) in the UK ice hockey structure alongside England's National Ice Hockey League (NIHL).

Following the demise of the British National League at the end of the 2004–05 season, the Fife Flyers and Dundee Stars transferred to the SNL, raising both the league's profile. Both teams have however since left the SNL and now compete in the highest tier of United Kingdom Ice Hockey, the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Teams

Lynx

Comets
Tigers

Thunder

Kestrels

Capitals

Wild

Pirates

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Teams in the 2022–23 SNL

2023-24 SNL Teams

	Club	Founded	City	Arena(s)	Capacity
	Aberdeen Lynx	2005	Aberdeen	Linx Ice Arena	1,118
	Dundee Comets	2008	Dundee	Dundee Ice Arena	2,000
	Dundee Tigers	1938	Dundee	Dundee Ice Arena	2,000
	Edinburgh Capitals	2022	Edinburgh	Murrayfield Ice Rink	3,800
	Kilmarnock Thunder	2017	Kilmarnock	Galleon Leisure Centre	400
	Kirkcaldy Kestrels	1984	Kirkcaldy	Fife Ice Arena	3,525
	North Ayrshire Wild	2002	Stevenston	Auchenharvie Leisure Centre	250
	Paisley Pirates	1946	Glasgow	Braehead Arena	4,000

Championships

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third	Play-off winner	Finalist
1998–1999	Solway Sharks	Glasgow Dynamos	Perth Panthers
1999–2000	Solway Sharks	Ayr Centrum Bruins	Murrayfield Raiders
2000–2001	Dundee Tigers	Solway Sharks	Murrayfield Raiders
2001–2002	Edinburgh Capitals SNL	Dundee Tigers	Kilmarnock Storm
2002–2003	Edinburgh Capitals SNL	Camperdown Stars	Kirkcaldy Kestrels
2003–2004	Camperdown Stars	Paisley Pirates	Edinburgh Capitals SNL
2004–2005	Camperdown Stars	Solway Sharks	Edinburgh Capitals SNL
2005–2006	Fife Flyers	Dundee Stars	Paisley Pirates	Fife Flyers	Dundee Stars
2006–2007	Fife Flyers	Dundee Stars	Solway Sharks	Fife Flyers	Solway Sharks
2007–2008	Scottish Warriors	Dundee Tigers	Aberdeen Lynx
2008–2009	Kilmarnock Storm	Dundee Comets	Dundee Tigers
2009–2010	Kirkcaldy Kestrels	Dundee Comets	Kilmarnock Storm
2010–2011	Dundee Comets	Paisley Pirates	Edinburgh Capitals SNL
2011–2012	Dundee Comets	Paisley Pirates	North Ayrshire Wild
2012–2013	Paisley Pirates	Dundee Tigers	North Ayrshire Wild	Dundee Tigers	Paisley Pirates
2013–2014	Edinburgh Capitals SNL	Kirkcaldy Kestrels	North Ayrshire Wild	Edinburgh Capitals SNL	North Ayrshire Wild
2014–2015	Kirkcaldy Kestrels	Edinburgh Capitals SNL	Paisley Pirates	Kirkcaldy Kestrels	Edinburgh Capitals SNL
2015–2016	Kirkcaldy Kestrels	Paisley Pirates	Edinburgh Capitals SNL	Aberdeen Lynx	Dundee Comets
2016–2017	Paisley Pirates	Aberdeen Lynx	Dundee Comets
2017–2018	Dundee Comets	Paisley Pirates	Kirkcaldy Kestrels	Dundee Comets	Kirkcaldy Kestrels
2018–2019	Murrayfield Racers	Paisley Pirates	Kirkcaldy Kestrels	Paisley Pirates	Murrayfield Racers
2021-2022	Kirkcaldy Kestrels
2022-2023	Aberdeen Lynx	Edinburgh Capitals	Dundee Comets

External links

• Scottish National League