What does NIHL stand for?

NIHL stands for Planet Ice National Ice Hockey League.

How many teams play in the NIHL?

The NIHL currently consists of 11 teams.

Who won the most recent NIHL championship?

Swindon Wildcats won the most recent NIHL championship in 2026.

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2026-2027 Season

Hull Seahawks and Milton Keynes Lightning share the lead in the 2026-27 NIHL standings with 20 points. Romford Raiders (17 points) and Swindon Wildcats (16 points) follow.

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2026-2027 NIHL Standings

2026-2027 NIHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Hull Seahawks	12	10	-	2	0	0	47	24	23	20	1.67	-
2.	Milton Keynes Lightning	12	8	-	1	1	2	59	31	28	20	1.67	-
3.	Romford Raiders	12	3	-	3	5	1	49	51	-2	17	1.42	-
4.	Swindon Wildcats	10	5	-	1	2	2	46	30	16	16	1.60	-
5.	Sheffield Steeldogs	12	4	-	4	2	2	40	39	1	14	1.17	-
6.	Leeds Knights	12	4	-	5	1	2	39	35	4	12	1.00	-
7.	Basingstoke Bison	12	4	-	5	1	2	45	50	-5	12	1.00	-
8.	Telford Tigers	11	4	-	3	0	4	43	46	-3	12	1.09	-
9.	Solway IHC	12	4	-	8	0	0	47	52	-5	8	0.67	-
10.	Peterborough Phantoms	12	2	-	8	2	0	39	60	-21	8	0.67	-
11.	Bristol Pitbulls	11	1	-	9	1	0	33	69	-36	4	0.36	-

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2026-2027 NIHL Player Stats

2026-2027 NIHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	David Thomson (F)	12	8	19	27	0
2.	Barret Kirwin (F)	12	10	14	24	4
3.	Dante Salituro (F)	12	13	10	23	10
4.	Danny Weight (F)	12	10	13	23	2
5.	Mac Howlett (F)	12	8	14	22	6

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2026-2027 NIHL Goalie Stats

2026-2027 NIHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Alexander Oldale (G)	1	1.00	.962
2.	Aleksanteri Heiskanen (G)	12	1.84	.935
3.	Jared Whale (G)	2	2.42	.922
4.	Will Bray (G)	2	4.33	.919
5.	Jordan Hedley (G)	10	2.38	.912

NIHL Stories

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2026-2027 NIHL Demographics

NIHL Games

NIHL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/28/2026 07:15 PM UTC	Romford Raiders	Peterborough Phantoms	-
10/25/2026 06:30 PM UTC	Swindon Wildcats	Milton Keynes Lightning	5 - 4 (SO)
10/25/2026 06:00 PM UTC	Telford Tigers	Leeds Knights	4 - 5 (OT 61:51)
10/25/2026 05:30 PM UTC	Hull Seahawks	Sheffield Steeldogs	4 - 3
10/25/2026 05:30 PM UTC	Peterborough Phantoms	Romford Raiders	5 - 4 (OT 61:18)

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NIHL Transactions

NIHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/22/2026	Confirmed	Jonathan McBean (F)	Dundee Stars	Solway IHC	Details
10/19/2026	Confirmed	Thomas Barry (D)	Blackburn Hawks	Bristol Pitbulls	Details
10/10/2026	Confirmed	Brodie Kay (D)	Spruce Grove Saints	Solway IHC	Details
10/09/2026	Confirmed	Evan Nauth (F)	Basingstoke Bison	Unknown	Details
10/06/2026	Confirmed	Max Wright (G)	Basingstoke Bison	Evansville Thunderbolts	Details

2026-2027 NIHL Free Agents

2026-2027 NIHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Basingstoke Bison	Luke Spadafora (F)
Sheffield Steeldogs	Joonas Larinmaa (F)
Swindon Wildcats	Tyler Watkins (F)
Basingstoke Bison	Zach Shankar (D)
Solway Sharks	Derek Osik (F)

2027-2028 NIHL Free Agents

2027-2028 NIHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Milton Keynes Lightning	David Thomson (F)
Romford Raiders	Barret Kirwin (F)
Sheffield Steeldogs	Dante Salituro (F)
Milton Keynes Lightning	Danny Weight (F)
Basingstoke Bison	Mac Howlett (F)

NIHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2026-2027 NIHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Basingstoke Bison	20	2 588	5'10"	176 lbs	25.90
2.	Bristol Pitbulls	26	3 264	6'0"	185 lbs	25.00
3.	Hull Seahawks	28	3 337	6'0"	174 lbs	24.07
4.	Leeds Knights	25	3 060	5'11"	179 lbs	23.12
5.	Milton Keynes Lightning	23	3 157	5'11"	174 lbs	25.17
6.	Peterborough Phantoms	24	3 021	6'0"	172 lbs	25.08
7.	Romford Raiders	22	2 504	5'11"	174 lbs	23.68
8.	Sheffield Steeldogs	26	2 730	5'11"	181 lbs	26.23
9.	Solway IHC	23	1 900	6'0"	181 lbs	23.96
10.	Swindon Wildcats	22	3 014	5'11"	176 lbs	26.64
11.	Telford Tigers	21	3 120	5'11"	179 lbs	25.33

Team Comparison History

NIHL Interesting Facts

NIHL — Oldest
Oldest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Janne Laakkonen	44 yrs
2.	Jonathan Phillips	44 yrs
3.	Jason Hewitt	43 yrs
4.	Dean Skinns	42 yrs
5.	Scott McKenzie	40 yrs

NIHL — Tallest
Tallest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Alex Kent	6'5"
2.	Callum Field	6'5"
3.	Torran Anderson	6'4"
4.	Edgars Bebris	6'4"
5.	Matt Bissonnette	6'4"

NIHL — Heaviest
Heaviest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Sean Morris	231 lbs
2.	Torran Anderson	216 lbs
3.	Sam Dunn	216 lbs
4.	Michael Pelech	216 lbs
5.	Ben Norton	214 lbs

NIHL — Youngest
Youngest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	William Durgan	16 yrs
2.	Albie Phillips	16 yrs
3.	Evan Bradon	16 yrs
4.	Frankie Yardley	16 yrs
5.	Riley Bradford	16 yrs

NIHL — Shortest
Shortest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Dean Skinns	5'6"
2.	Morgan Clarke-Pizzo	5'6"
3.	Ethan James	5'6"
4.	Jonathan Kirk	5'6"
5.	Cameron Hamill	5'7"

NIHL — Lightest
Lightest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Dean Skinns	123 lbs
2.	Cameron Hamill	128 lbs
3.	Tjay Anderson	132 lbs
4.	Riley Bradford	134 lbs
5.	Michael Danecko	137 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

NIHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Deivids Sarkanis (F)	2026-2027	Kyiv Capitals	Latvia	12	13	18	31	4
2.	Daniel Mulcahy (F)	2026-2027	Solihull Barons	NIHL 1	9	11	11	22	6
3.	Joseph Aston (F)	2026-2027	Solihull Barons	NIHL 1	9	2	16	18	9
4.	Jake Witkowski (F)	2026-2027	Deeside Dragons	NIHL 1	4	11	6	17	0
5.	Ales Padelek (F)	2026-2027	Nottingham Lions	NIHL 1	6	7	9	16	0
6.	James Smith (F)	2026-2027	Telford Tigers 2	NIHL 1	7	9	6	15	4
7.	Oliver Shone (F)	2026-2027	Bristol Pitbulls 2	NIHL 2	6	8	7	15	8
8.	Luke Birchnall (F)	2026-2027	Nottingham Lions	NIHL 1	8	6	9	15	0
9.	Brendan Walkom (F)	2026-2027	ERSC Amberg	Regionalliga	7	9	5	14	2
10.	Elmeri Hällfors (F)	2026-2027	Blackburn Hawks	NIHL 1	8	8	6	14	4

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Regular Season

NIHL All-Time Points

NIHL — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Kieran Brown (F)	276	278	299	577
2.	Dominik Gabaj (F)	290	212	302	514
3.	Tomasz Malasinski (F)	278	168	303	471
4.	Aaron Nell (F)	290	225	240	465
5.	Bobby Chamberlain (F)	277	217	246	463

NIHL All-Time Goals

NIHL — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Kieran Brown (F)	276	278	299	577
2.	Aaron Nell (F)	290	225	240	465
3.	Bobby Chamberlain (F)	277	217	246	463
4.	Dominik Gabaj (F)	290	212	302	514
5.	Emil Svec (F)	244	212	220	432

NIHL All-Time Assists

NIHL — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tomasz Malasinski (F)	278	168	303	471
2.	Dominik Gabaj (F)	290	212	302	514
3.	Kieran Brown (F)	276	278	299	577
4.	Matt Bissonnette (F)	268	118	293	411
5.	Scott McKenzie (F)	306	146	274	420

NIHL All-Time Penalty Min.

NIHL — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Bobby Chamberlain (F)	277	217	463	747
2.	Liam Morris (F)	289	36	112	661
3.	Jason Hewitt (D)	271	155	419	498
4.	Joseph Gretton (D)	307	12	41	461
5.	Lee Haywood (D)	219	29	119	456

NIHL All-Time Games Played

NIHL — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Brandon Ayliffe (F)	326	94	127	221
2.	Jonathan Kirk (D)	316	44	121	165
3.	Jack Cooper (D)	313	11	52	63
4.	Stuart Mogg (D)	311	23	104	127
5.	Jake Sylvester (F)	310	208	168	376

NIHL All-Time Points Per Game

NIHL — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Kaden Hanas (F)	2	4	5	2.50
2.	Grant Cooper (F)	32	36	71	2.22
3.	Rory Herrman (F)	74	82	163	2.20
4.	Kieran Brown (F)	276	278	577	2.09
5.	Janne Laakkonen (F)	105	34	219	2.09

NIHL All-Time Points Per Season

NIHL — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kieran Brown (F)	2023-2024	NIHL	52	61	61	122	2.35	47
2.	Kieran Brown (F)	2022-2023	NIHL	56	57	64	121	2.16	42
3.	Luke Ferrara (F)	2025-2026	NIHL	54	44	76	120	2.22	43
4.	Rory Herrman (F)	2023-2024	NIHL	53	59	60	119	2.25	24
5.	Tomasz Malasinski (F)	2022-2023	NIHL	55	42	73	115	2.09	36

NIHL All-Time Goals Per Season

NIHL — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Cameron Hough (F)	2025-2026	NIHL	54	64	37	101	1.87	40
2.	Kieran Brown (F)	2023-2024	NIHL	52	61	61	122	2.35	47
3.	Rory Herrman (F)	2023-2024	NIHL	53	59	60	119	2.25	24
4.	Kieran Brown (F)	2022-2023	NIHL	56	57	64	121	2.16	42
5.	Jake Bricknell (F)	2024-2025	NIHL	54	57	50	107	1.98	72

NIHL All-Time Assists Per Season

NIHL — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Janne Laakkonen (F)	2025-2026	NIHL	51	18	93	111	2.18	28
2.	Owen Sobchak (F)	2024-2025	NIHL	53	29	86	115	2.17	74
3.	Eric Henderson (F)	2025-2026	NIHL	54	21	80	101	1.87	23
4.	Luke Ferrara (F)	2025-2026	NIHL	54	44	76	120	2.22	43
5.	Janne Laakkonen (F)	2024-2025	NIHL	42	13	75	88	2.10	25

NIHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

NIHL — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Thomas McKinnon (D)	2019-2020	NIHL	41	5	9	14	0.34	190
2.	Bobby Chamberlain (F)	2024-2025	NIHL	51	50	46	96	1.88	184
3.	Joshua Martin (F)	2019-2020	NIHL	41	6	17	23	0.56	171
4.	Reece Cochrane (D)	2024-2025	NIHL	46	3	8	11	0.24	163
5.	Jack Flynn (D)	2019-2020	NIHL	45	2	3	5	0.11	163

Player Nationalities Throughout History

List of NIHL Champions

NIHL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Swindon Wildcats
2025	Leeds Knights
2024	Leeds Knights
2023	Leeds Knights
2022	Telford Tigers
2020	Telford Tigers