2013–14 EIHL season

2013–14 EIHL season
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Regular season

The 2013–14 Elite Ice Hockey League Season is the 11th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season began on September 7, 2013 and ended on March 22, 2014.

Champions

League – Belfast Giants

Playoffs – Sheffield Steelers

Challenge Cup – Nottingham Panthers

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.	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 2 in each group qualify for Semi-Finals

(Q) means teams has qualified for 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 (Q)	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	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 will be played over 2-Legs, Home and Away. (Aggregate Scores shown, First and Second Leg scores in brackets)

	Semi Finals					Final
	1	Belfast Giants	10 (7,3)
	4	Cardiff Devils	4(1,3)
						Belfast Giants		6 (5, 1)
						Nottingham Panthers		7 (2, 4, SO win)
	3	Nottingham Panthers	11(5,6)
	2	Sheffield Steelers	7(3,4)

External links

• Official Site