UK Elite Ice Hockey League

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Established
2003 (22 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-09-04

Current Season
2024-2025

Sport
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Ice Hockey

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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28 Mar	Cardiff Devi	6 - 1	Glasgow Clan	7:30pm
29 Mar	Guildford Fl	-	Nottingham P	6:00pm
29 Mar	Sheffield St	-	Dundee Stars	7:00pm
29 Mar	Belfast Gian	-	Fife Flyers	7:00pm
30 Mar	Belfast Gian	-	Manchester S	3:00pm
30 Mar	Dundee Stars	-	Cardiff Devi	4:00pm
30 Mar	Fife Flyers	-	Sheffield St	4:15pm
30 Mar	Coventry Bla	-	Glasgow Clan	4:30pm
04 Apr	Cardiff Devi	-	Coventry Bla	6:30pm
04 Apr	Glasgow Clan	-	Dundee Stars	6:30pm
Results
26 Mar	Nottingham P	5 - 2	Manchester S
26 Mar	Belfast Gian	10 - 4	Fife Flyers
26 Mar	Glasgow Clan	4 - 5	Guildford Fl
23 Mar	Coventry Bla	7 - 2	Fife Flyers
23 Mar	Belfast Gian	5 - 2	Guildford Fl
23 Mar	Manchester S	6 - 0	Cardiff Devi
22 Mar	Glasgow Clan	0 - 3	Nottingham P
22 Mar	Fife Flyers	2 - 7	Guildford Fl
22 Mar	Sheffield St	4 - 1	Manchester S
22 Mar	Dundee Stars	3 - 4	Coventry Bla

Description

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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