2015–16 EIHL season

2015–16 EIHL season
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September - March
Regular season
League	Sheffield Steelers
Top scorer	Joey Martin, Cardiff Devils
Conference
Erhardt champions	Cardiff Devils
Erhardt runners-up	Sheffield Steelers
Gardiner champions	Braehead Clan
Gardiner runners-up	Fife Flyers
Playoffs
Finals champions	Nottingham Panthers
Runners-up	Coventry Blaze
EIHL seasons
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The 2015-16 Elite Ice Hockey League season was the 13th 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 this season (2015–16), the number of non British-trained players would rise from 12 to 13, but the amount of work-permit player will remain at 11. The number of non British-trained players will rise to 14 in the season 2016-17, with the amount of work-permit players again remaining at 11.

Previous Season Results

League – Sheffield Steelers

Playoffs – Coventry Blaze

Challenge Cup – Cardiff Devils

Teams

Erhardt Conference TEAM CITY/TOWN ARENA CAPACITY Belfast Giants Belfast SSE Arena Belfast 7,200 Cardiff Devils Cardiff Cardiff Arena 2,500 Coventry Blaze Coventry SkyDome Arena 3,000 Nottingham Panthers Nottingham National Ice Centre 7,500 Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Motorpoint Arena 8,500

Gardiner Conference TEAM CITY/TOWN ARENA CAPACITY Braehead Clan Glasgow Braehead Arena 4,000 Dundee Stars Dundee Dundee Ice Arena 2,400 Edinburgh Capitals Edinburgh Murrayfield Ice Rink 3,700 Fife Flyers Kirkcaldy Fife Ice Arena 3,525 Manchester Storm Altrincham Altrincham Ice Dome 2,000

Standings

	Regular season standings	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Goals	Pts
1.	Sheffield Steelers	52	34	14	0	4	190:161	72
2.	Cardiff Devils	52	33	15	3	1	179:139	70
3.	Braehead Clan	52	30	15	4	3	185:145	67
4.	Belfast Giants	52	31	17	2	2	184:148	66
5.	Nottingham Panthers	52	30	20	1	1	185:152	62
6.	Fife Flyers	52	26	23	2	1	171:164	55
7.	Dundee Stars	52	22	19	7	4	200:196	55
8.	Coventry Blaze	52	24	25	2	1	170:177	51
9.	Manchester Storm	52	20	28	1	3	189:227	44
10.	Edinburgh Capitals	52	10	37	3	2	153:287	25

GP=Games Played W=Win, L=Lose, OTL=Over Time Loses, SOL=Shoot Out Loses, Pts=Points,

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

• Coventry Blaze - Sheffield Steelers 5:3 (2:0, 3:1, 0:2), 3:3 (1:2, 0:1, 2:0)
• Cardiff Devils - Dundee Stars 2:4 (0:1, 0:0, 2:3), 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0)
• Fife Flyers - Braehead Clan 2:1 (0:1, 0:0, 2:0), 2:2 OT (0:0, 0:1, 1:1, 1:0)
• Nottingham Panthers - Belfast Giants 4:3 (0:0, 2:3, 2:0), 3:1 (1:0, 2:0, 0:1)

Semifinals

• Cardiff Devils - Coventry Blaze 2:6 (0:4, 0:1, 2:1)
• Nottingham Panthers - Fife Flyers 4:1 (0:0, 2:0, 2:1)

3rd place game

• Cardiff Devils - Fife Flyers 6:0 (3:0, 2:0, 1:0)

Final

• Nottingham Panthers - Coventry Blaze 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)

Challenge Cup

Group A

Position	Team	GP	W	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Belfast Giants (Q)	8	6	1	1	25	18	13
2	Braehead Clan (Q)	8	5	1	2	29	19	11
3	Dundee Stars (Q)	8	4	1	3	21	23	9
4	Fife Flyers (Q)	8	3	0	5	20	24	6
5	Edinburgh Capitals	8	2	2	4	19	30	6

Group B

Position	Team	GP	W	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Sheffield Steelers (Q)	8	7	0	1	32	11	14
2	Cardiff Devils (Q)	8	6	0	2	34	30	12
3	Nottingham Panthers (Q)	8	4	1	3	24	15	9
4	Manchester Storm (Q)	8	2	0	6	20	33	4
5	Coventry Blaze	8	1	0	7	13	34	2

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

• Nottingham Panthers - Braehead Clan 5:4 (4:0, 0:2, 1:2), 5:3 (2:1, 2:0, 1:2)
• Sheffield Steelers - Fife Flyers 4:2 (1:0, 1:2, 2:0), 3:4 (1:1, 2:2, 0:1)
• Manchester Storm - Belfast Giants 2:5 (1:1, 0:3, 1:1), 2:6 (2:2, 0:2, 0:2)
• Cardiff Devils - Dundee Stars 3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0), 7:6 (3:1, 2:2, 2:3)

Semifinals

• Nottingham Panthers - Sheffield Steelers 8:0 (3:0, 3:0, 2:0), 2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)
• Cardiff Devils - Belfast Giants 5:3 (1:1, 1:1, 3:1), 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0)

Final

• Nottingham Panthers - Cardiff Devils 1:0 OT (0:0, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0)

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info

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