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1986/87 Season - Heineken Division 1

Peterborough Pirates were promoted to the Premier Division, while Bournemouth Stags, Oxford City Stars and Irvine Magnum Wings were relegated to Division 2. Tied teams were separated by the results of the games between them. Telford Tigers and Bournemouth Stags had points deducted for icing ineligible or unregistered players.

Janne Lehti was the Lions' highest scoring player of the season, amassing a total of 103 goals and 78 assists (and Janne was a Defenceman!). Janne also scored the highest number of goals in one game, 12, and the highest number of points in one game, 21, against Swindon on 8th March 1987.

In the same game Lee Whale became the British player scoring the highest number of assists in one game, 7, and the highest number of points, 10. Lee was also the British player with the highest number of assists over the course of the season, 38.

The January game against Slough saw the Lions get their highest number of penalty minutes for the season, 67, while Andy Leggatt got the highest number of penalty minutes in one game, 30, at Southampton on 1st February 1987.

NO	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Peterborough Pirates Medway Bears Southampton Vikings Telford Tigers Slough Jets Glasgow Summit Eagles Trafford Metros Kirkcaldy Kestrels LEE VALLEY LIONS Richmond Flyers Blackpool Seagulls Bournemouth Stags Sunderland Chiefs Swindon Wildcats Oxford City Stars Irvine Magnum Wings	30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	27 22 23 23 19 18 16 13 14 11 11 08 07 06 05 05	02 06 07 04 11 10 13 13 15 16 19 22 22 20 23 25	1 2 0 3 0 2 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 4 2 0	426 342 325 389 293 321 284 237 337 178 257 257 243 187 214 215	187 188 206 197 195 265 287 224 307 246 350 352 386 278 346 491	55 46 46 40 38 38 33 30 29 25 22 16 15 14 12 10

GP = Games played
W = Won
L = Lost
T = Tie
GF = Goals For
GA = Goals Against
PTS = Points