UK Elite Ice Hockey League- TheSportsDB.com

Name
UK Elite Ice Hockey League

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Established
2003 (20 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-09-04

Current Season
2023-2024

API Football ID
55

Sport
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Ice Hockey

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

TV Rights

Site
Home / Sport / Ice Hockey / UK Elite Ice Hockey League

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Upcoming Events

09 Dec	Coventry Blaze	-	Belfast Giants	7:00pm
09 Dec	Dundee Stars	-	Cardiff Devils	7:00pm
09 Dec	Manchester Stor	-	Fife Flyers	7:00pm
09 Dec	Sheffield Steel	-	Guildford Flame	7:00pm
10 Dec	Fife Flyers	-	Sheffield Steel	5:15pm
10 Dec	Coventry Blaze	-	Nottingham Pant	5:30pm
10 Dec	Glasgow Clan	-	Cardiff Devils	5:00pm
15 Dec	Belfast Giants	-	Manchester Stor	7:00pm
16 Dec	Belfast Giants	-	Manchester Stor	7:00pm
16 Dec	Cardiff Devils	-	Dundee Stars	7:00pm
Latest Results
08 Dec	Belfast Giants	4 - 3	Nottingham Pant
03 Dec	Guildford Flame	2 - 0	Fife Flyers
03 Dec	Coventry Blaze	3 - 2	Cardiff Devils
03 Dec	Nottingham Pant	3 - 4	Dundee Stars
03 Dec	Belfast Giants	0 - 4	Sheffield Steel
02 Dec	Fife Flyers	2 - 4	Coventry Blaze
02 Dec	Manchester Stor	2 - 4	Glasgow Clan
02 Dec	Dundee Stars	4 - 6	Sheffield Steel
02 Dec	Cardiff Devils	2 - 4	Nottingham Pant
01 Dec	Glasgow Clan	3 - 1	Belfast Giants

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The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) is a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey Superleague, it is the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom. Initial sponsorship was from Rapid Solicitors.

The league currently consists of ten teams, with representation from all four Home Nations – the only league in any sport to do so. In eight completed seasons the league has been won by four different teams. From the 2012–13 Season onwards the league features a northern conference (Gardiner Conference, named after Scottish-born former NHL goalie Charlie Gardiner) featuring Braehead (SCO), Dundee (SCO), Edinburgh (SCO), Fife (SCO) and Hull (ENG) and a Southern conference (Erhardt Conference, named after 1936 English Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist Carl Erhardt) featuring Belfast (NIR), Cardiff (WAL), Coventry (ENG), Nottingham (ENG) and Sheffield (ENG).

Since 2012, the ten teams are split into two conferences, Gardiner and Erhardt – while previously all 10 teams competed in a single division, similar to most British sports. The top eight teams in the overall league standings qualify for the Elite League playoffs. The Elite League post-season is considerably shorter than playoff tournaments in North America; in the first round teams play a two-leg game (one home, one away) and the semi-finals and final take place over the course of a single weekend at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham.

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