2013–14 EIHL season

LeagueElite Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember – March
Regular season
ChampionsBelfast Giants
Season MVPDan Bakala (Dundee Stars)
Top scorerRyan Ginand (Coventry Blaze)
Playoffs
ChampionsSheffield Steelers
Challenge Cup
ChampionsNottingham Panthers

The 2013–14 Elite Ice Hockey League season was the 11th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season (the primary competition in UK ice hockey) was won by the Belfast Giants, claiming their third Elite League championship. The regular season began on 7 September 2013, and ended on 22 March 2014.[1]

Teams

Team Arena(s)
Belfast Giants Odyssey Arena
Braehead Clan Braehead Arena
Cardiff Devils Cardiff Arena
Coventry Blaze SkyDome Arena
Dundee Stars Dundee Ice Arena
Edinburgh Capitals Murrayfield Ice Rink
Hull Stingrays Hull Arena
Fife Flyers Fife Ice Arena
Nottingham Panthers National Ice Centre
Sheffield Steelers Motorpoint Arena/IceSheffield

Elite League Table

Club GP W L OTL SOL Goals Pts
1. Belfast Giants 52 43 6 1 2 21:127 89
2. Sheffield Steelers 52 31 17 1 3 172:141 66
3. Dundee Stars 52 28 20 1 3 152:148 60
4. Nottingham Panthers 52 25 20 4 3 188:169 57
5. Braehead Clan 52 24 20 5 3 180:171 56
6. Coventry Blaze 52 24 22 4 2 168:167 54
7. Fife Flyers 52 24 23 3 2 172:188 53
8. Hull Stingrays 52 24 24 1 3 168:186 52
9. Cardiff Devils 52 24 24 2 2 162:182 52
10. Edinburgh Capitals 52 13 36 0 3 134:227 29

GP=Games Played W=Win, L=Lose, OTL=Over Time Loses, SOL=Shoot Out Loses, Pts=Points,

Elite League Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Belfast Giants 7:3 Hull Stingrays 4:1 3:2
Sheffield Steelers 9:3 Coventry Blaze 3:2 6:1
Dundee Stars 4:8 Fife Flyers 3:4 1:4
Nottingham Panthers 1:9 Braehead Clan 0:4 1:5

Semifinals

Home team Away team Score
Belfast Giants – Fife Flyers 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Sheffield Steelers – Braehead Clan 3:2 (2:1, 0:1, 1:0)

3rd place game

Home team Away team Score
Braehead Clan – Fife Flyers 7:6 OT (0:2, 3:2, 3:2, 1:0)

Final

Home team Away team Score
Belfast Giants – Sheffield Steelers 2:3 OT (0:0, 2:2, 0:0, 0:1)

Challenge Cup

  • NOTE: Some Cup games double up as League games due to scheduling constraints.

Top 4 in each group qualify for Quarter-Finals

(Q) denotes teams who qualified from the quarter-finals into the semi-finals.

Group A

Position Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Belfast Giants (Q) 12 9 1 1 51 28 19
2 Dundee Stars 10 5 5 0 26 28 10
3 Fife Flyers 10 4 5 1 26 31 9
4 Braehead Clan 10 4 6 0 33 32 8
5 Edinburgh Capitals 8 1 6 1 10 34 3

Group B

Position Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Nottingham Panthers (Q) 14 12 2 0 72 40 24
2 Cardiff Devils (Q) 12 7 4 0 44 41 14
3 Sheffield Steelers (Q) 12 7 5 0 41 41 14
4 Hull Stingrays 8 1 6 1 28 40 3
5 Coventry Blaze 8 1 6 1 20 36 3

Challenge Cup Knockout Stages

  • The Knockout Stages were two-legged affairs, home and away. Aggregate figures shown in bold.
Semifinals Finals
          
1 Belfast Giants 7 3 10
4 Cardiff Devils 1 3 4
Nottingham Panthers 3 4 7
Belfast Giants 5 1 6
3 Nottingham Panthers 5 6 11
2 Sheffield Steelers 3 4 7

References

  1. ^ "ELITE Ice Hockey League ◊ Official Website". Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
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