2014–15 EIHL season

September 2014 February 2025 October 2013 2014–15 EIHL season Elite Ice Hockey League Ice hockey September – March Regular season League Sheffield Steelers Mathieu Roy, Sheffield Steelers Erhardt Nottingham Panthers Sheffield Steelers Gardiner Braehead Clan Fife Flyers Conference Playoffs Coventry Blaze Sheffield Steelers Challenge Cup Champions Cardiff Devils 2015–16 2013–14 EIHL The 2014–15 Elite Ice Hockey League season was the 12th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season began in early September and ended in March. On 30 April 2014, the Elite League announced changes to the import rules, as from the 2014–15 season, the number of non British-trained players would rise from 11 to 12, while the number of work-permit players would remain at 11. The number of non British-trained players would then rise to 13 in season 2015-16 and 14 in season 2016–17, with the number of work-permit players again remaining at 11. The EIHL lost some top British players such as Jonathan Weaver and Danny Meyers along with Matt Towe and Sam Zajac to the EPIHL, the first team to take advantage of the rule changes was the Steelers with them announcing the signing of British/Canadian Rod Sarich. Teams The ten teams were split into two conferences. Teams played the sides in their conferences four times, home and away (32 games), and played the sides in the other conferences twice, home and away (20 games). Conference champions Braehead Clan and Sheffield Steelers took the top two spots in the league, but neither side could continue their success in the playoffs, which was won by Coventry Blaze, who beat the Steelers 4–2 in the final.https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/32192436 Blaze beat Steelers in play-off final BBC Sport The Challenge Cup went to the Cardiff Devils, with the Steelers again finishing runners-up, losing 2–1.https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/31790600 Devils beat Steelers in Cup final BBC Sport Erhardt Conference TEAM Team name CITY/TOWN City or town of team ARENA Arena of team CAPACITY Capacity of arena Belfast Giants Belfast Odyssey Arena 8,700 Cardiff Devils WAL Cardiff Cardiff Arena 2,500 Coventry Blaze ENG Coventry SkyDome Arena 3,000 Nottingham Panthers ENG Nottingham National Ice Centre 7,500 Sheffield Steelers ENG Sheffield Motorpoint Arena 8,500 Gardiner Conference TEAM Team name CITY/TOWN City or town of team ARENA Arena of team CAPACITY Capacity of arena Braehead Clan SCO Glasgow Braehead Arena 4,000 Dundee Stars SCO Dundee Dundee Ice Arena 2,400 Edinburgh Capitals SCO Edinburgh Murrayfield Ice Rink 3,700 Fife Flyers SCO Kirkcaldy Fife Ice Arena 3,525 Hull Stingrays ENG Hull Hull Arena 3,150 Standings Overall main WL OT complete EIHL SHE BRA CAR NOT BEL COV HUL FIF EDI DUN C PO PO PO PO PO PO PO 25 2 6 19 177 148 33 2 3 14 190 136 29 5 4 14 210 151 17 7 3 25 127 145 6 8 5 33 123 203 13 7 6 26 135 215 18 4 3 27 170 180 16 4 9 23 154 192 23 6 7 16 166 141 30 5 4 13 193 134 Belfast Giants (Q) Braehead Clan (Q) Cardiff Devils (Q) Coventry Blaze (Q) Dundee Stars Edinburgh Capitals Fife Flyers (Q) Hull Stingrays (Q) Nottingham Panthers (Q) Sheffield Steelers (Q) 2 2 1 0 Q gold Regular season championsQualification to playoffs green1 Qualification to playoffs 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) Drawing of lots. Erhardt Conference Only intra-conference games counted towards the Erhardt Conference standings. Each team played the other four teams in the Conference eight times, for a total of 32 matches. main WL OT complete EIHL PO NOT SHE CAR BEL COV 13 2 4 13 97 94 17 1 2 12 114 103 8 3 1 20 75 105 13 5 4 10 94 81 15 3 3 11 97 94 Belfast Giants Cardiff Devils Coventry Blaze Nottingham Panthers Sheffield Steelers 2 2 1 0 Q gold Conference champions 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) Drawing of lots. Gardiner Conference Only intra-conference games counted towards the Gardiner Conference standings. Each team played the other four teams in the Conference eight times, for a total of 32 matches. main WL OT BRA FIF HUL EDI DUN complete EIHL PO 25 1 1 5 135 69 4 5 4 19 84 117 10 4 4 14 87 119 15 2 1 14 120 102 11 3 5 13 104 123 Braehead Clan Dundee Stars Edinburgh Capitals Fife Flyers Hull Stingrays 2 2 1 0 Q gold Conference champions 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) Drawing of lots. League Officials Position Name Chairman Tony Smith Media Representative Chris Ellis Head of Discipline Moray Hansen Head Referee Mick Hicks Match Officials Referees: Tom Darnell, Michael Hicks, James Ashton, Jonny Liptrott, Dean Smith, Neil Wilson and Stefan Hogarth. Linesmen: Paul Brooks, Scott Dalgleish, Andrew Dalton, Ally Flockhart, Pavel Halas, James Kavanagh, Sam Motton, Gordon Pirry, Danny Beresford, Matt Rose, Luke Palmer, Paul Brooks, Paul Staniforth and Lee Young. References Category:Elite Ice Hockey League seasons 1 United