British Hockey League - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Hockey_LeagueThe British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1980 until 1996 (with a short break between 1981 and 1982), when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League. 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.
English Premier Ice Hockey League - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Premier_Ice_Hockey_LeagueThe league was founded in 1997, under the banner of "national division", as part of the English National Ice Hockey League in order to serve former members of the British National Leaguewho couldn't afford to remain in the latter as a result of increased operating costs; but who were capable of a level of play above the import-free English leagues that made up the rest of the ENIHL. During the 1997-98 season the teams that constituted this division played dual schedule…