2018–19 EIHL season

	2018–19 EIHL season
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	8 September 2018 – 14 April 2019
Number of matches	330
Total attendance	949,539
Regular season
League	Belfast Giants
Season MVP	Tyler Beskorowany (Belfast Giants)
Top scorer	Darcy Murphy (Belfast Giants)
Challenge Cup
Winners	Belfast Giants
Conference
Erhardt champions	Belfast Giants
Erhardt runners-up	Cardiff Devils
Gardiner champions	Glasgow Clan
Gardiner runners-up	Dundee Stars
Patton champions	Guildford Flames
Patton runners-up	Coventry Blaze
Playoffs
Champions	Cardiff Devils
Runners-up	Belfast Giants
Finals MVP	Ben Bowns (Cardiff Devils)
EIHL seasons
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 EIHL season was the 16th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 8 September 2018 and ended on 31 March 2019, with the playoffs following in April 2019. The two-time reigning league champions were the Cardiff Devils, who won both the regular season and playoff titles in 2017–18.^[10]^[11]

The Devils were unable to make it three regular season titles in succession, after a season-long battle for the top position with the Belfast Giants. The league title came down to the final day of the regular season; the Coventry Blaze's 3–1 victory over the Devils at the Coventry Skydome handed the league title to the non-playing Giants,^[1] on a regulation wins (by 39 to 38) tie-break. It was the Giants' fourth regular season title, and first since 2013–14. The playoff final resulted in a matchup between the Devils and the Giants in Nottingham; the Devils achieved their second consecutive playoff title with a 2–1 victory on Gleason Fournier's game-winning goal,^[7] with 7:33 remaining.

Teams[]

After having twelve teams for the 2017–18 season, the league reduced to eleven for the 2018–19 season.^[12] This was due to the Edinburgh Capitals – who had finished bottom of the league with just five wins^[13] – losing the rights to use the Murrayfield Ice Rink to a consortium that was led by David Hand, the brother of former Capital Tony Hand.^[14] Hand's consortium revived the Murrayfield Racers name, with a similarly-named franchise having been active between 1952 and 1996, and attempted to join the league in place of the Edinburgh Capitals, but this request was denied.^[15] As a result, the Murrayfield Racers joined the Scottish National League. The Hull Pirates, from the National Ice Hockey League, also considered an application to the Elite League, but ultimately did not take up this option.^[12]

The league featured three conferences, just as it did in 2017–18. The Gardiner Conference remained fully Scottish but became a three-team division,^[16] with the demise of the Edinburgh Capitals; the Dundee Stars, the Fife Flyers and the renamed Glasgow Clan (formerly Braehead) making up the trio. The two other conferences remained unchanged, with four teams in each. These were the Patton Conference, consisting of the Coventry Blaze, the Guildford Flames, the Manchester Storm and the Milton Keynes Lightning; and the Erhardt Conference, consisting of the four "Arena" teams: the Belfast Giants, the Cardiff Devils, the Nottingham Panthers and the Sheffield Steelers.

Team	City/Town	Conference	Arena	Capacity
Belfast Giants	Belfast	Erhardt	SSE Arena Belfast	7,200
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Erhardt	Ice Arena Wales	3,088
Coventry Blaze	Coventry	Patton	Coventry Skydome	3,000
Dundee Stars	Dundee	Gardiner	Dundee Ice Arena	2,400
Fife Flyers	Kirkcaldy	Gardiner	Fife Ice Arena	3,525
Glasgow Clan	Glasgow	Gardiner	Braehead Arena	4,000
Guildford Flames	Guildford	Patton	Guildford Spectrum	2,001
Manchester Storm	Altrincham	Patton	Altrincham Ice Dome	2,000
Milton Keynes Lightning	Milton Keynes	Patton	Planet Ice Arena Milton Keynes	2,800
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	Erhardt	National Ice Centre	7,500
Sheffield Steelers	Sheffield	Erhardt	Sheffield Arena	8,500

Standings[]

Overall[]

Each team played 60 games, playing each of the other ten teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home.^[16] Points were awarded for each game, where two points are awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time or after overtime or shootout. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.

The league title came down to the final day of the regular season; the Coventry Blaze's 3–1 victory over the Cardiff Devils at the Coventry Skydome handed the league title to the non-playing Belfast Giants,^[1] on a regulation wins tie-break. It was the Giants' fourth regular season title, and first since 2013–14.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belfast Giants (C)	60	39	6	2	13	238	147	+91	92	Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs
2	Cardiff Devils (Q)	60	38	5	6	11	235	146	+89	92	Qualification to playoffs
3	Nottingham Panthers (Q)	60	23	6	12	19	183	181	+2	70
4	Glasgow Clan (Q)	60	28	3	5	24	202	186	+16	67
5	Guildford Flames (Q)	60	22	8	7	23	189	180	+9	67
6	Fife Flyers (Q)	60	21	9	6	24	188	204	−16	66
7	Sheffield Steelers (Q)	60	23	7	4	26	183	203	−20	64
8	Coventry Blaze (Q)	60	19	8	8	25	209	221	−12	62
9	Manchester Storm (E)	60	21	6	5	28	179	208	−29	59
10	Dundee Stars (E)	60	16	7	12	25	169	201	−32	58
11	Milton Keynes Lightning (E)	60	9	6	4	41	148	246	−98	34

Source: Elite League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Erhardt Conference[]

Only intra-conference games counted towards the Erhardt Conference standings. Each team played the other three teams in the Conference six times, for a total of 18 matches. The Belfast Giants won the Conference for the third time, after the Cardiff Devils lost 5–4 against the Sheffield Steelers at Sheffield Arena on 16 March 2019.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belfast Giants (C)	18	8	4	1	5	68	50	+18	25	Conference champions
2	Cardiff Devils	18	8	2	2	6	65	51	+14	22
3	Sheffield Steelers	18	6	2	1	9	51	68	−17	17
4	Nottingham Panthers	18	5	1	5	7	48	63	−15	17

Source: Elite League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion.

Gardiner Conference[]

Only intra-conference games count towards the Gardiner Conference standings. Each team plays the other two teams in the Conference six times, for a total of 12 matches. The Glasgow Clan won the Conference for the fifth time, after a 5–1 win over the Dundee Stars at Braehead Arena on 12 February 2019.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Glasgow Clan (C)	12	7	2	1	2	44	27	+17	19	Conference champions
2	Dundee Stars	12	4	1	2	5	33	41	−8	12
3	Fife Flyers	12	3	1	1	7	28	37	−9	9

Source: Elite League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion.

Patton Conference[]

Only intra-conference games counted towards the Patton Conference standings. Each team played the other three teams in the Conference six times, for a total of 18 matches. The Guildford Flames won the Conference for the first time, after a 1–0 win over the Manchester Storm at the Guildford Spectrum on 17 February 2019.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guildford Flames (C)	18	9	5	1	3	77	48	+29	29	Conference champions
2	Coventry Blaze	18	6	3	4	5	75	73	+2	22
3	Manchester Storm	18	8	0	2	8	55	65	−10	18
4	Milton Keynes Lightning	18	4	1	2	11	50	71	−21	12

Source: Elite League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion.

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals (6–7 April)					Semi-finals (13 April)			Grand Final (14 April)

1	Belfast Giants	5	7	12	1	Belfast Giants	2
8	Coventry Blaze	0	2	2	5	Guildford Flames	1

4	Glasgow Clan	3	0	3
5	Guildford Flames	2	5	7				1	Belfast Giants	1
								2	Cardiff Devils	2

3	Nottingham Panthers	3	3	6
6	Fife Flyers	3	0	3
								Third place game (14 April)

2	Cardiff Devils	4	7	11	2	Cardiff Devils	9
7	Sheffield Steelers	5	3	8	3	Nottingham Panthers	4		3	Nottingham Panthers	9
								5	Guildford Flames	5

Quarter-finals[]

The quarter-final schedule was announced after the conclusion of the final-day regular season matches.^[17]

(1) Belfast Giants vs. (8) Coventry Blaze[]

6 April 2019	Belfast Giants		5–0	Coventry Blaze	SSE Arena Belfast	Recap
Darcy Murphy (1) – 10:58		First period		No scoring
Jordan Smotherman (1) – 03:56 Chris Higgins (1; PPG) – 10:19		Second period		No scoring
Colin Shields (1) – 02:19 Jonathan Ferland (1) – 09:41		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Beskorowany (20 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats		Matt Hackett (37 shots / 32 saves)

7 April 2019	Coventry Blaze		2–7	Belfast Giants	Coventry Skydome	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:43 – Jonathan Ferland (2) 12:59 – Jim Vandermeer (1) 19:58 – Jordan Smotherman (2; PPG)
Shawn Pauly (1; PPG) – 06:27 Ben Lake (1) – 10:37		Second period		01:03 – Dustin Johner (1)
No scoring		Third period		01:14 – Jordan Smotherman (3) 18:03 – Jordan Smotherman (4) 19:31 – Blair Riley (1)
Jordan Hedley (45 shots / 38 saves)		Goalie stats		Tyler Beskorowany (26 shots / 24 saves)

Belfast Giants win 12–2 on aggregate.

(2) Cardiff Devils vs. (7) Sheffield Steelers[]

6 April 2019	Sheffield Steelers		5–4	Cardiff Devils	Sheffield Arena	Recap
Robert Dowd (1) – 04:26		First period		No scoring
Robert Dowd (2) – 09:10 Jordan Owens (1; PPG) – 11:28 John Armstrong (1; PPG) – 12:15		Second period		02:02 – Layne Ulmer (1)
John Armstrong (2; SHG) – 01:07		Third period		05:31 – Sean Bentivoglio (1) 14:20 – Joey Martin (1) 18:04 – Sean Bentivoglio (2; PPG)
Jackson Whistle (27 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Ben Bowns (20 shots / 15 saves)

7 April 2019	Cardiff Devils		7–3	Sheffield Steelers	Ice Arena Wales	Recap
Sean Bentivoglio (2) – 04:03 Joey Martin (2; PPG) – 17:46		First period		No scoring
Mark Richardson (1) – 07:37		Second period		01:43 – Jordan Owens (2; SHG)
Layne Ulmer (2; PPG) – 09:40 Matthew Myers (1) – 10:19 Joey Martin (3) – 13:21 Joey Martin (4; ENG) – 19:57		Third period		00:26 – Eric Neiley (1) 01:13 – Jordan Owens (3)
Ben Bowns (37 shots / 34 saves)		Goalie stats		Jackson Whistle (41 shots / 35 saves)

Cardiff Devils win 11–8 on aggregate.

(3) Nottingham Panthers vs. (6) Fife Flyers[]

6 April 2019	Fife Flyers		3–3	Nottingham Panthers	Fife Ice Arena	Recap
Bari McKenzie (1; PPG) – 03:01 Joe Basaraba (1) – 09:17 Mike Cazzola (1; PPG) – 16:59		First period		11:33 – Chris Stewart (1; PPG) 17:47 – Dylan Richard (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		14:04 – Brett Perlini (1)
Shane Owen (32 shots / 29 saves)		Goalie stats		Patrick Munson (38 shots / 35 saves)

7 April 2019	Nottingham Panthers		3–0	Fife Flyers	National Ice Centre	Recap
Dylan Richard (2) – 05:11		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Dylan Richard (3; ENG) – 18:00 Robert Farmer (1; ENG) – 18:38		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Munson (23 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Shane Owen (30 shots / 29 saves)

Nottingham Panthers win 6–3 on aggregate.

(4) Glasgow Clan vs. (5) Guildford Flames[]

6 April 2019	Guildford Flames		2–3	Glasgow Clan	Guildford Spectrum	Recap
No scoring		First period		00:31 – Gerard Hanson (1) 18:59 – Rasmus Bjerrum (1)
No scoring		Second period		04:08 – Scott Pitt (1)
Jesse Craige (1; PPG) – 04:32 Ian Watters (1) – 06:35		Third period		No scoring
Chris Carrozzi (27 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Joel Rumpel (38 shots / 36 saves)

7 April 2019	Glasgow Clan		0–5	Guildford Flames	Braehead Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:19 – Jamie Crooks (1) 08:15 – Ian Watters (2)
No scoring		Second period		19:07 – Evan Janssen (1)
No scoring		Third period		17:43 – Calle Ackered (1; ENG) 19:20 – T. J. Foster (1)
Joel Rumpel (29 shots / 25 saves)		Goalie stats		Travis Fullerton (32 shots / 32 saves)

Guildford Flames win 7–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

The schedule for the Playoff Finals weekend was announced after the conclusion of the quarter-final matches.^[18]

13 April 2019
13:00

Belfast Giants

2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Guildford Flames

National Ice Centre, Nottingham


Tyler Beskorowany	Goalies	Travis Fullerton	Referees: Tom Darnell Stefan Hogarth
Jonathan Ferland (3) – 49:30 Patrick Dwyer (1) – 55:11	0–1 1–1 2–1	24:13 – Ian Watters (3)
2 min	Penalties	0 min
25	Shots	18

13 April 2019
17:00

Cardiff Devils

9–4
(4–0, 4–3, 1–1)

Nottingham Panthers

National Ice Centre, Nottingham


Ben Bowns	Goalies	Patrick Munson (40:00) Sam Gospel (20:00)	Referees: Dean Smith Andrew Dalton
Evan Mosey (1; PPG) – 07:00 Charles Linglet (1) – 11:34 Charles Linglet (2; PPG) – 17:55 Mark Richardson (2) – 19:00 Bryce Reddick (1) – 23:14 Stephen Dixon (1) – 26:16 Charles Linglet (3) – 33:34 Bryce Reddick (2) – 39:00 Charles Linglet (4) – 41:51	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 4–2 5–2 6–2 6–3 7–3 8–3 9–3 9–4	20:29 – Alex Guptill (1) 23:03 – Mark Hurtubise (1) 29:04 – Josh Tetlow (1) 46:04 – Jaynen Rissling (1; PPG)
12 min	Penalties	4 min
36	Shots	34

Third-place match[]

14 April 2019
12:00

Nottingham Panthers

9–5
(4–0, 3–2, 2–3)

Guildford Flames

National Ice Centre, Nottingham


Patrick Munson (20:00) Sam Gospel (40:00)	Goalies	Chris Carrozzi (20:00) Mike Will (40:00)	Referees: Tom Darnell Stefan Hogarth
Mark Hurtubise (2) – 07:23 Alexandre Bolduc (1) – 10:07 Josh Tetlow (2) – 11:06 Alex Guptill (2) – 12:28 Mark Hurtubise (3) – 29:13 Alex Guptill (3) – 30:49 Mark Hurtubise (4) – 35:51 Guillaume Lépine (1) – 46:42 Justin Kovacs (1) – 50:24	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 7–2 8–2 8–3 9–3 9–4 9–5	22:46 – Jamie Crooks (2) 37:11 – Kruise Reddick (1) 48:29 – Kevin King (1) 56:20 – Evan Janssen (2; PPG) 59:46 – Erik Lindhagen (1)
2 min	Penalties	2 min
40	Shots	43

Grand Final[]

14 April 2019
16:00

Belfast Giants

1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Cardiff Devils

National Ice Centre, Nottingham


Tyler Beskorowany	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Dean Smith Andrew Dalton
Kevin Raine (1) – 49:56	0–1 1–1 1–2	16:32 – Mike Hedden (1) 52:27 – Gleason Fournier (1)
8 min	Penalties	12 min
35	Shots	22

Regular season statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.^[9]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Murphy, DarcyDarcy Murphy	Belfast Giants	58	39	40	79	20
Lake, BenBen Lake	Coventry Blaze	60	34	43	77	103
Linglet, CharlesCharles Linglet	Cardiff Devils	59	21	54	75	26
Hammond, MikeMike Hammond	Manchester Storm	53	18	57	75	16
Baun, KyleKyle Baun	Belfast Giants	60	28	43	71	30
Fournier, GleasonGleason Fournier	Cardiff Devils	60	24	47	71	28
Riley, BlairBlair Riley	Belfast Giants	60	33	36	69	68
Beca, MattMatt Beca	Glasgow Clan	60	26	43	69	18
Martin, JoeyJoey Martin	Cardiff Devils	60	30	38	68	38
Crowder, TimTim Crowder	Coventry Blaze	60	27	41	68	32

Leading goaltenders[]

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the conclusion of the regular season, while playing at least 1140 minutes.^[19]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Beskorowany, TylerTyler Beskorowany	Belfast Giants	54	3221:51	42	11	121	3	.921	2.25
Bowns, BenBen Bowns	Cardiff Devils	60	3572:00	43	14	138	8	.916	2.32
Carrozzi, ChrisChris Carrozzi	Guildford Flames	34	2035:07	15	16	93	2	.906	2.74
Garnett, MichaelMichael Garnett	Nottingham Panthers	47	2784:29	22	22	135	2	.908	2.91
Fullerton, TravisTravis Fullerton	Guildford Flames	26	1541:13	15	11	76	4	.910	2.96

Playoff statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the playoffs.^[20]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Linglet, CharlesCharles Linglet	Cardiff Devils	4	4	4	8	2
Martin, JoeyJoey Martin	Cardiff Devils	4	4	3	7	0
Hurtubise, MarkMark Hurtubise	Nottingham Panthers	4	4	3	7	4
Smotherman, JordanJordan Smotherman	Belfast Giants	4	4	2	6	2
Bentivoglio, SeanSean Bentivoglio	Cardiff Devils	4	3	3	6	8
Reddick, BryceBryce Reddick	Cardiff Devils	4	2	3	5	0
Raine, KevinKevin Raine	Belfast Giants	4	1	4	5	0
Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart	Nottingham Panthers	4	1	4	5	0
Guptill, AlexAlex Guptill	Nottingham Panthers	4	3	1	4	0
Armstrong, JohnJohn Armstrong	Sheffield Steelers	2	2	2	4	0

Leading goaltenders[]

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the conclusion of the playoffs, provided they played 60 minutes.^[21]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Fullerton, TravisTravis Fullerton	Guildford Flames	2	119:18	1	1	2	1	.965	1.01
Beskorowany, TylerTyler Beskorowany	Belfast Giants	4	238:12	3	1	5	1	.942	1.26
Owen, ShaneShane Owen	Fife Flyers	2	119:25	0	1	4	0	.935	2.01
Rumpel, JoelJoel Rumpel	Glasgow Clan	2	117:13	1	1	6	0	.910	3.07
Bowns, BenBen Bowns	Cardiff Devils	4	240:00	3	1	13	0	.897	3.25

References[]

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↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Marsh, Philip. "Elite League play-off final: Cardiff Devils beat Belfast Giants 2-1", BBC Sport, BBC, 14 April 2019. Retrieved on 14 April 2019.
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External links[]

Official website

[Belfast_RS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Elite League: Cardiff Devils lose at Coventry Blaze to miss out on title", BBC Sport, BBC, 31 March 2019. Retrieved on 31 March 2019.

[2] "End of season award winners", EliteLeague.co.uk, Elite Ice Hockey League, 13 April 2019. Retrieved on 14 April 2019.

[3] "Giants Go Back-To-Back With Challenge Cup Final Victory", Belfast Giants, OML Belfast Ltd, 10 March 2019. Retrieved on 14 April 2019.

[Belfast_Erhardt-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Giants Move Into First As Dwyer Double Downs Blaze", Belfast Giants, OML Belfast Ltd, 16 March 2019. Retrieved on 17 March 2019. “With the Cardiff Devils losing in Sheffield, the Giants claim a third Erhardt Conference title and a first since 2013/14.”

[Glasgow_Gardiner-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "Clan leapfrog Panthers with win over Stars", EliteLeague.co.uk, Elite Ice Hockey League, 12 February 2019. Retrieved on 12 February 2019. “A good night for Glasgow saw them move up to third in the table and win the Gardiner Conference title thanks to a 5–1 win over local rivals Dundee in Braehead.”

[Guildford_Patton-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "Flames win Patton Conference!", EliteLeague.co.uk, Elite Ice Hockey League, 17 February 2019. Retrieved on 18 February 2019.

[Cardiff_PO-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Marsh, Philip. "Elite League play-off final: Cardiff Devils beat Belfast Giants 2-1", BBC Sport, BBC, 14 April 2019. Retrieved on 14 April 2019.

[8] Belfast Giants vs Cardiff Devils: 1-2. EliteLeague.co.uk. Pointstreak, Elite Ice Hockey League (14 April 2019). Retrieved on 14 April 2019.

[RS_Points-9] 9.0 ^9.1 All Players. EliteLeague.co.uk. Elite Ice Hockey League. Retrieved on 31 March 2019.

[10] Marsh, Philip. "Elite League Ice Hockey: Belfast Giants 2-3 Cardiff Devils", BBC Sport, BBC, 16 March 2018. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.

[11] "Elite League Play-off Final: Cardiff Devils 3-1 Sheffield Steelers", BBC Sport, BBC, 8 April 2018. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.

[11_teams-12] 12.0 ^12.1 "Elite League to drop to 11 teams after Edinburgh Capitals' departure", BBC Sport, BBC, 22 May 2018. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.

[13] Egelstaff, Susan. "No place in the EIHL for Edinburgh Capitals next season", The Herald, Herald & Times Group, 5 May 2018. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.

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British Ice Hockey seasons
British Ice Hockey (1929–1955)	1929–30 - 1930–31 - 1931–32 - 1932–33 - 1933–34 - 1934–35 - 1935–36 - 1936–37 - 1937–38 - 1938–39 - 1939–40 - Not held between 1940–41 and 1945–46 - 1946–47 - 1947–48 - 1948–49 - 1949–50 - 1950–51 - 1951–52 - 1952–53 - 1953–54 - 1954–55
British National League (1954–1960)	1954–55 - 1955–56 - 1956–57 - 1957–58 - 1958–59 - 1959–60
British Ice Hockey (1960–1982)	1960–61 - 1961–62 - 1962–63 - 1963–64 - 1964–65 - 1965–66 - 1966–67 - 1967–68 - 1968–69 - 1969–70 - 1970–71 - 1971–72 - 1972–73 - 1973–74 - 1974–75 - 1975–76 - 1976–77 - 1977–78 - 1978–79 - 1979–80 - 1980–81 - 1981–82
British Hockey League (1982–1996)	1982–83 - 1983–84 - 1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89 - 1989–90 - 1990–91 - 1991–92 - 1992–93 - 1993–94 - 1994–95 - 1995–96
Ice Hockey Superleague (1996–2003)	1996–97 - 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–2000 - 2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03
Elite Ice Hockey League (2003–present)	2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2021–22 - 2022-23

2018–19 EIHL season

Contents

Teams[]

Standings[]

Overall[]

Erhardt Conference[]

Gardiner Conference[]

Patton Conference[]

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals[]

(1) Belfast Giants vs. (8) Coventry Blaze[]

(2) Cardiff Devils vs. (7) Sheffield Steelers[]

(3) Nottingham Panthers vs. (6) Fife Flyers[]

(4) Glasgow Clan vs. (5) Guildford Flames[]

Semi-finals[]

Third-place match[]

Grand Final[]

Regular season statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Leading goaltenders[]

Playoff statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Leading goaltenders[]

References[]

External links[]

Fan Feed