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Name
UK Elite Ice Hockey League

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Established
2003 (21 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-09-04

Current Season
2024-2025

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Ice Hockey

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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22 Nov	Belfast Gian	-	Guildford Fl	7:00pm
22 Nov	Cardiff Devi	-	Glasgow Clan	7:30pm
23 Nov	Guildford Fl	-	Glasgow Clan	6:00pm
23 Nov	Dundee Stars	-	Coventry Bla	7:00pm
23 Nov	Manchester S	-	Sheffield St	7:00pm
23 Nov	Nottingham P	-	Belfast Gian	7:00pm
23 Nov	Fife Flyers	-	Cardiff Devi	7:15pm
24 Nov	Nottingham P	-	Manchester S	4:00pm
24 Nov	Sheffield St	-	Dundee Stars	4:00pm
24 Nov	Coventry Bla	-	Fife Flyers	5:30pm
Results
17 Nov	Guildford Fl	4 - 1	Manchester S
17 Nov	Coventry Bla	4 - 3	Nottingham P
17 Nov	Fife Flyers	1 - 4	Sheffield St
17 Nov	Belfast Gian	5 - 1	Glasgow Clan
16 Nov	Glasgow Clan	4 - 3	Nottingham P
16 Nov	Dundee Stars	1 - 3	Guildford Fl
15 Nov	Manchester S	6 - 3	Dundee Stars
10 Nov	Coventry Bla	0 - 3	Cardiff Devi
10 Nov	Dundee Stars	5 - 2	Fife Flyers
10 Nov	Sheffield St	5 - 2	Belfast Gian

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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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