The Scottish Premier Hockey League is an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 league in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The league began play in September 2007 and consists of five teams. It replaced the Scottish National League

Scottish National League

The Scottish National League is the ice hockey league in Scotland.Seen as the third-tier of ice hockey, below the British Elite Ice Hockey League and the English Premier Ice Hockey League . However, its standard of play has been considered closer to the English National Ice Hockey Division One,...

 as the highest level of competition in Scotland behind the Elite League

Elite Ice Hockey League

Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other...

. In addition to the Premier League, membered teams will also take part in the Northern League

Northern League (ice hockey, 2005)

The Northern League is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom, contested by teams from England, Wales and Scotland. Named for the Northern League which existed in the 1960s and 70s, it was founded in 2005 in the same format as the defunct Border League...

 with teams from the Northern section of the English National Ice Hockey League

English National Ice Hockey League

The English National Ice Hockey League is an amateur ice hockey league below the English Premier Ice Hockey League which is administered by the English Ice Hockey Association. It is split into two conferences, north and south...

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Teams

• Dundee Stars
  Dundee Texol Stars
  The Dundee Stars are an ice hockey sports team based in the Scottish city of Dundee.They play at the Dundee Ice Arena, situated just off the city's main Kingsway dual carriageway....
  
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• Edinburgh Capitals
  Edinburgh Capitals (SNL)
  The Edinburgh Capitals ice hockey team are a 'B' team for the Elite League Capitals with whom they share their name. They play in the Scottish National League which is considered a third tier league in the United Kingdom equivalent to the EPL. Certain players also ice for or have iced for their...
  
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• Fife Flyers
  Fife Flyers
  The Fife Flyers, established in 1938, are the oldest ice hockey team in Scotland, and also in the United Kingdom, beating the Nottingham Panthers by 8 years...
  
  
• Paisley Pirates
  Paisley Pirates
  The Paisley Pirates were founded in 1946 and are one of the oldest ice hockey clubs in Scotland and the UK . The Pirates were the epitome of the game in Scotland during the 1950s...
  
  
• Solway Sharks
  Solway Sharks
  The Solway Sharks are the only senior ice hockey club in South West Scotland or Cumbria and play out of Dumfries Ice Bowl, King Street, Dumfries, ScotlandThis season we will be playing in the English National League North Division 2 and in the Northern Cup...
  
  
• Kilmarnock Storm
• North Ayr
• Dundee and Edinburgh now compete in the Elite League