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2021–22 EIHL season
League Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 25 September 2021 – 17 April 2022
  • (regular season)
  • 23 April – 1 May 2022
  • (playoffs)
Number of teams 10
Regular season
Regular season winners Belfast Giants
Playoffs

The 2021–22 EIHL season was the 18th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 25 September 2021, and finished on 17 April 2022,[1][2] with the playoffs taking place over the following two weekends. The previous campaign in 2020–21 was suspended indefinitely in September 2020,[3] due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom; a reduced Elite Series was held in April and May 2021, involving the Sheffield Steelers, the Nottingham Panthers, the Coventry Blaze and the Manchester Storm, to provide competitive ice time for players ahead of the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[4]

The Belfast Giants won the regular season title for a record-equalling fifth time with two games to spare, following their 2–1 overtime win at their closest challengers, the Sheffield Steelers, on 10 April 2022.[5] Having also won the Challenge Cup, the Belfast Giants had an opportunity to seal a Grand Slam in the playoff final,[6] however they lost 6–3 to the Cardiff Devils – who won their third consecutive playoff title.[7]

Teams[]

The same ten teams that competed in the last regular season in 2019–20 are competing in the 2021–22 season.[1]

Team City/Town Arena Capacity
Belfast Giants Flag of Ireland Belfast SSE Arena Belfast 8,700
Cardiff Devils Flag of Wales Cardiff Ice Arena Wales 3,088
Coventry Blaze Flag of England Coventry Coventry Skydome 3,000
Dundee Stars Flag of Scotland Dundee Dundee Ice Arena 2,400
Fife Flyers Flag of Scotland Kirkcaldy Fife Ice Arena 3,525
Glasgow Clan Flag of Scotland Glasgow Braehead Arena 4,000
Guildford Flames Flag of England Guildford Guildford Spectrum 2,001
Manchester Storm Flag of England Altrincham Altrincham Ice Dome 2,351
Nottingham Panthers Flag of England Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 7,500
Sheffield Steelers Flag of England Sheffield Utilita Arena Sheffield 9,300

Regular season[]

League standings[]

Each team played 54 games, playing each of the other nine teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home.[1] Points were awarded for each game, where two points were awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time or after overtime or game-winning shots. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or game-winning shots, 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, and qualified for the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League. The top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.[1]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belfast Giants (C) 54 37 6 2 9 224 108 +116 88 Regular season champions
Qualification to playoffs
2 Sheffield Steelers 54 31 6 7 10 202 138 +64 81 Qualification to playoffs
3 Cardiff Devils 54 30 5 4 15 188 131 +57 74
4 Nottingham Panthers 54 22 3 5 24 163 191 −28 55
5 Guildford Flames 54 19 6 4 25 165 169 −4 54
6 Glasgow Clan 54 21 2 7 24 150 182 −32 53
7 Dundee Stars 54 19 6 3 26 160 185 −25 53
8 Coventry Blaze 54 19 4 5 26 154 173 −19 51
9 Manchester Storm 54 14 4 4 32 150 210 −60 40
10 Fife Flyers 54 12 4 5 33 122 191 −69 37
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.

Results[]

Home \ Away BEL CAR COV DUN FIF GLA GUI MAN NOT SHE BEL CAR COV DUN FIF GLA GUI MAN NOT SHE BEL CAR COV DUN FIF GLA GUI MAN NOT SHE
Belfast 1–0 6–1 2–3 3–1 3–2 6–2 7–2 7–2 5–1 5–3 3–0 7–1 4–1 5–1 5–1 6–2 2–4 2–5 1–2
(SO)
7–6 4–1 7–1 5–1 5–0 6–3 4–1 5–4
(OT)
Cardiff 3–2 3–4 1–2 5–1 4–2 2–0 3–0 0–3 3–5 4–2 6–2 7–1 3–2 3–1 6–2 5–3 5–1 5–4
(OT)
4–1 3–0 4–1 4–0 4–2 1–2
(OT)
7–1 5–2 2–6
Coventry 3–5 0–2 5–1 2–0 2–5 4–3
(SO)
8–3 0–1 1–2
(SO)
1–7 3–4
(SO)
7–2 6–2 8–1 1–5 3–2
(SO)
5–0 1–5 2–3 3–0 3–4
(OT)
2–1 2–0 1–5 1–2
(SO)
4–6 1–2
Dundee 1–4 4–6 3–0 3–6 5–2 7–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 4–3
(OT)
3–2 2–1 2–4 3–5 3–4
(SO)
4–1 5–4
(OT)
3–2 0–7 5–3 4–1 6–0 6–3 0–5 3–4
(SO)
8–3 2–1
(OT)
Fife 0–3 3–1 6–2 1–4 4–5
(OT)
3–0 8–0 2–4 2–6 2–3
(OT)
2–4 2–3 4–3 3–2
(OT)
1–4 1–5 2–4 5–3 2–3
(SO)
2–1
(SO)
3–2
(OT)
1–5 3–4 4–2 4–5
(OT)
3–4
(OT)
2–5
Glasgow 0–6 2–5 2–3
(SO)
5–2 4–1 4–3 3–1 1–4 3–6 3–1 2–3 4–6 4–3 5–2 1–2
(OT)
4–3 2–5 5–3 1–7 6–3 2–4 1–2
(OT)
7–2 3–0 7–4 3–4
(OT)
2–0
Guildford 1–3 2–1 3–4
(OT)
3–0 6–1 4–2 3–0 3–4 3–6 1–4 2–6 1–2 7–1 1–5 8–2 6–5
(OT)
1–3 0–1
(OT)
3–4 6–5
(OT)
4–3 7–3 4–2 1–3 4–2 5–4
(OT)
1–3
Manchester 3–0 2–3
(OT)
5–2 6–2 5–0 1–5 2–6 4–0 2–7[lower-alpha 1] 1–6 5–6 1–4 4–3 0–3 4–2 4–3 4–2 0–3 5–6
(OT)
1–4 4–1 3–6 4–1 6–1 1–2 7–4 4–3
(SO)
Nottingham 0–5 5–2 2–5 2–1 2–4 2–3 4–3 5–3 1–4 2–7 4–1 4–10 4–3
(OT)
4–2 1–2 5–2 4–2 3–7 2–3
(SO)
3–7 9–1 5–2 1–2
(OT)
1–2
(OT)
3–5 5–2 3–0
Sheffield 7–1 5–4
(OT)
3–4 3–1 5–2 3–2
(OT)
4–6 5–2 5–3 1–3 0–5 3–1 5–4 6–0 3–2
(OT)
4–3
(OT)
2–1 4–2 1–2
(SO)
2–3
(SO)
5–3 4–5
(SO)
3–1 3–2 6–5 8–2 6–2
Source: Elite League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fisher, Luke. "Fixtures for 2021/22 revealed!", Elite Ice Hockey League, Pendulum Management, 5 August 2021. Retrieved on 26 October 2021. 
  2. "Season extended by one week to allow for complete schedule", Elite Ice Hockey League, Pendulum Management, 1 February 2022. Retrieved on 2 April 2022. 
  3. "EIHL Board Suspend 2020–21 Season", Elite Ice Hockey League, Pendulum Management, 15 September 2020. Retrieved on 26 October 2021. 
  4. "2021 Elite Series confirmed for April–May!", Elite Ice Hockey League, Pendulum Management, 3 March 2021. Retrieved on 26 October 2021. 
  5. Parry, Haydn. "Elite League: Belfast Giants win title with two games to spare", BBC Sport, BBC, 10 April 2022. Retrieved on 10 April 2022. 
  6. McKendry, Adam. "Belfast Giants miss out on historic Grand Slam as Cardiff Devils claim Play-Off title", Belfast Telegraph, Independent News & Media, 1 May 2022. Retrieved on 1 May 2022. 
  7. "Devils defeat Giants in playoff final", Elite Ice Hockey League, Pendulum Management, 1 May 2022. Retrieved on 1 May 2022. 
  8. "Storm vs. Steelers ended in perod [sic three]", Elite Ice Hockey League, Pendulum Management, 19 February 2022. Retrieved on 19 February 2022. “The result of 2–7 will stand.” 

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[1]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Flag of the United States Piccinich, J. J.J. J. Piccinich Belfast Giants 52 35 45 80 +48 22
Flag of United Kingdom Conway, ScottScott Conway Belfast Giants 53 33 45 78 +37 56
Flag of the United States Combs, CharlieCharlie Combs Dundee Stars 52 30 35 65 +4 44
Flag of Canada Cooper, MarkMark Cooper Belfast Giants 53 28 33 61 +27 25
Flag of Sweden Bengtsson, SebastianSebastian Bengtsson Dundee Stars 51 28 32 60 +8 6
Flag of Canada Brady, AdamAdam Brady Manchester Storm 54 25 35 60 −28 24
Flag of Canada Roy, MathieuMathieu Roy Glasgow Clan 53 33 26 59 +8 46
Flag of Canada Reid, BrodieBrodie Reid Cardiff Devils 52 31 28 59 +7 10
Flag of Canada Vallerand, Marc-OlivierMarc-Olivier Vallerand Sheffield Steelers 45 26 33 59 +24 44
Flag of the United States Goodwin, DavidDavid Goodwin Belfast Giants 48 18 40 58 +33 14

Leading goaltenders[]

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[2]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Flag of Canada Beskorowany, TylerTyler Beskorowany Belfast Giants 41 2384:47 32 9 67 6 93.17% 1.69
Flag of the United States Carruth, MacMac Carruth Cardiff Devils 41 2355:05 24 16 84 5 93.67% 2.14
Flag of Slovenia Stojanovič, RokRok Stojanovič Sheffield Steelers 35 2107:06 24 11 79 2 92.53% 2.25
Flag of Sweden Lindskoug, KevinKevin Lindskoug Guildford Flames 49 2910:39 23 26 140 3 90.95% 2.89
Flag of the United States Motte, C. J.C. J. Motte Coventry Blaze 51 2950:29 21 29 147 4 91.12% 2.99

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

In the two-legged quarter-finals, the highest-ranked team met the lowest-ranked team, the second-highest-ranked team met the second-lowest-ranked team and so forth. The winners of each tie was determined by aggregate scoring over the two games. In the semi-finals, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed, with the other two teams facing off. The winners of the semi-finals progressed to the Final, with the losers playing in the third-place match.

  Quarter-finals
(23–24 April)
Semi-finals
(30 April)
Final
(1 May)
                               
  1  Belfast Giants 2 2 4 1  Belfast Giants 6  
8  Coventry Blaze 2 1 3 7  Dundee Stars 0  
  2  Sheffield Steelers 0 3 3
7  Dundee Stars 1 4 5     1  Belfast Giants 3
  3  Cardiff Devils 6
  3  Cardiff Devils 3 2 5
6  Glasgow Clan 4 0 4
Third place
  4  Nottingham Panthers 4 2 6 3  Cardiff Devils 3
5  Guildford Flames 4 3 7 5  Guildford Flames 2   5  Guildford Flames 7
7  Dundee Stars 5


Quarter-finals[]

The quarter-final schedule was announced after the conclusion of the final-day regular season matches.[3]

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

23 April 2022 Coventry Blaze 2–2 Belfast Giants Coventry Skydome Recap  
No scoring First period 5:50 – Darcy Murphy (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
  • Janne Kivilahti (1) – 11:50
  • Nat Halbert (1) – 18:11
Third period 15:04 – Slater Doggett (1)
C. J. Motte (25 shots / 23 saves) Goalie stats Tyler Beskorowany (33 shots / 31 saves)
24 April 2022 Belfast Giants 2–1 SO Coventry Blaze SSE Arena Belfast Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Tyler Soy (1) – 5:52 Second period 7:55 – Conner Chaulk (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
  • Ben Lake MISS
  • J. J. Piccinich MISS
  • Slater Doggett MISS
  • Scott Conway MISS
  • David Goodwin GOAL
  • Scott Conway GOAL
  • David Goodwin MISS
  • Scott Conway MISS
  • Ben Lake MISS
  • J. J. Piccinich GOAL
Shootout
  • MISS Janne Kivilahti
  • MISS (goalie save) Luke Ferrara
  • MISS Evan Bloodoff
  • MISS Ross Venus
  • GOAL Johnny Curran
  • GOAL Janne Kivilahti
  • MISS Luke Ferrara
  • MISS (goalie save) Janne Kivilahti
  • MISS (goalie save) Johnny Curran
  • MISS (goalie save) Janne Kivilahti
Tyler Beskorowany (25 shots / 24 saves) Goalie stats C. J. Motte (39 shots / 38 saves)
Belfast Giants win 4–3 on aggregate.


(2) Sheffield Steelers vs. (7) Dundee Stars[]

23 April 2022 Sheffield Steelers 0–1 Dundee Stars Sheffield Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 17:21 – Sebastian Bengtsson (1)
Barry Brust (23 shots / 22 saves) Goalie stats Adam Morrison (32 shots / 32 saves)
24 April 2022 Dundee Stars 4–3 Sheffield Steelers Dundee Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period
Kalvis Ozols (1; PPG) – 17:51 Second period 0:59 – Martin Látal (1)
  • Sebastian Bengtsson (2) – 12:26
  • Sebastian Bengtsson (3; PPG) – 18:55
  • Dillon Lawrence (1; ENG) – 19:39
Third period No scoring
Adam Morrison (19 shots / 16 saves) Goalie stats Rok Stojanovič (17 shots / 14 saves)
Dundee Stars win 5–3 on aggregate.


(3) Cardiff Devils vs. (6) Glasgow Clan[]

23 April 2022 Cardiff Devils 3–4 Glasgow Clan Ice Arena Wales Recap  
Matthew Register (1; PPG) – 8:53 First period 18:29 – Colin Campbell (1)
Trevor Cox (1) – 14:25 Second period
  • 8:31 – Guillaume Gauthier (1)
  • 10:26 – Nolan LaPorte (1)
Cole Sanford (1) – 17:45 Third period 6:49 – Nolan LaPorte (2)
Mac Carruth (26 shots / 22 saves) Goalie stats Shane Starrett (39 shots / 36 saves)
24 April 2022 Glasgow Clan 0–2 Cardiff Devils Braehead Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period
  • 7:41 – Jake Coughler (1; PPG)
  • 17:35 – Trevor Cox (2)
Shane Starrett (25 shots / 23 saves) Goalie stats Mac Carruth (26 shots / 26 saves)
Cardiff Devils win 5–4 on aggregate.


(4) Nottingham Panthers vs. (5) Guildford Flames[]

23 April 2022 Guildford Flames 4–4 Nottingham Panthers Guildford Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period 6:24 – Sean Richards (1)
Second period
  • 5:40 – Sean Richards (2)
  • 13:07 – Christophe Boivin (1; PPG)
  • Ian McNulty (1; PPG) – 5:07
  • Owen Griffiths (1) – 18:16
Third period 13:29 – Matthew Myers (1)
Kevin Lindskoug (36 shots / 32 saves) Goalie stats Kevin Carr (34 shots / 30 saves)
24 April 2022 Nottingham Panthers 2–3 Guildford Flames Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Recap  
Christophe Boivin (2) – 5:01 First period 7:58 – Levi Cable (1)
Jeremy Welsh (1) – 8:20 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period
Kevin Carr (25 shots / 22 saves) Goalie stats Kevin Lindskoug (37 shots / 35 saves)
Guildford Flames win 7–6 on aggregate.


Semi-finals[]

The schedule for the Playoff Finals weekend was announced after the conclusion of the quarter-final matches.[4]

30 April 2022
15:00
Belfast Giants 6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)
Dundee Stars Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

30 April 2022
19:00
Cardiff Devils 3–2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–2)
Guildford Flames Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Third-place match[]

1 May 2022
13:00
Guildford Flames 7–5
(2–1, 2–1, 3–3)
Dundee Stars Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Final[]

1 May 2022
17:00
Belfast Giants 3–6
(1–2, 1–1, 1–3)
Cardiff Devils Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

References[]

  1. Statistics 2021/22: Players. Elite Ice Hockey League. Pendulum Management.
  2. Statistics 2021/22: Goalies. Elite Ice Hockey League. Pendulum Management.
  3. "Playoff Quarter-Finals confirmed", Elite Ice Hockey League, Pendulum Management, 17 April 2022. Retrieved on 18 April 2022. 
  4. "All set for Playoff Finals Weekend!", Elite Ice Hockey League, Pendulum Management, 25 April 2022. Retrieved on 30 April 2022. 

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