2015–16 EIHL season

2015–16 EIHL season Elite Ice Hockey League Ice hockey September – March 2,771 Regular season League Sheffield Steelers Joey Martin (Cardiff Devils) Joey Martin (Cardiff Devils) Challenge Cup Champions Nottingham Panthers Erhardt Cardiff Devils Sheffield Steelers Gardiner Braehead Clan Fife Flyers Conference Playoffs Nottingham Panthers Coventry Blaze 2016–17 2014–15 EIHL The 2015–16 Elite Ice Hockey League season was the 13th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season began in September 2015 and ended in March 2016. On 30 April 2014, the Elite League had announced changes to the import rules which would apply to the 2015-16 season: the number of non British-trained players would rise from 12 to 13, while the number of work-permit players would remain at 11. http://www.braeheadclan.com/news/330/news-eihl-rule-changes.html#.WcI1J9Og-Rs NEWS: EIHL RULE CHANGES braeheadclan.com 30 April 2014 20 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000552/http://www.braeheadclan.com/news/330/news-eihl-rule-changes.html#.WcI1J9Og-Rs 21 September 2017 dead http://www.eurohockey.com/article/3414-eihl-rules-changes-ahead-of-201415.html EIHL Rules Changes ahead of 2014/15 britishicehockey.co.uk 30 Apr 2014 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). The season was marked by the disappearance of the Hull Stingrays, who were replaced by the Manchester Phoenix, the first top-level team to play in the city since Manchester Storm folded in 2002-03. Conference champions Sheffield Steelers and Braehead Clan took first and third spot in the league, but, in a repeat of the previous season, neither side could continue their success in the playoffs, which was won by Nottingham Panthers, who beat Coventry Blaze 2-0 in the final.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHwVi1BNMw0 EIHL Play-off Final 2016 - Nottingham Panthers v Coventry Blaze - Extended Highlights YouTube The Challenge Cup was also won by the Panthers who beat the Cardiff Devils in a 1-0 overtime win. live https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/GUB9daelK-U 2021-12-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUB9daelK-U EIHL Challenge Cup Final 2016 - Nottingham Panthers v Cardiff Devils - Full match YouTube Erhardt Conference TEAM Team name CITY/TOWN City or town of team ARENA Arena of team CAPACITY Capacity of arena Belfast Giants Belfast SSE Arena Belfast 7,200 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 Manchester Storm ENG Altrincham Altrincham Ice Dome 2,000 Standings Overall main WL OT complete EIHL SHE CAR BRA BEL NOT FIF DUN COV MAN EDI C PO PO PO PO PO PO PO 24 7 4 17 184 148 28 2 7 15 185 145 27 6 4 15 179 139 18 6 3 25 160 177 19 3 11 19 200 196 6 4 5 37 153 287 21 5 3 23 171 164 19 1 4 28 189 227 24 6 2 20 185 152 27 7 4 14 190 161 Belfast Giants (Q) Braehead Clan (Q) Cardiff Devils (Q) Coventry Blaze (Q) Dundee Stars (Q) Edinburgh Capitals Fife Flyers (Q) Manchester Storm 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 CAR SHE BEL NOT COV 12 3 4 13 99 99 17 3 2 10 111 88 10 3 2 17 88 108 13 1 2 16 102 102 16 2 2 12 99 102 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 DUN MAN EDI complete EIHL PO 20 1 1 10 125 86 16 2 3 11 142 106 3 1 3 25 89 191 16 5 1 10 124 97 15 1 2 14 140 140 Braehead Clan Dundee Stars Edinburgh Capitals Fife Flyers Manchester Storm 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 References Category:Elite Ice Hockey League seasons 1 United