2019–20 EIHL season

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The 2019-20 EIHL season was the 17th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 7 September 2019 and was due to end on 29 March 2020, with the playoffs following in April 2020. The reigning league champions were the Belfast Giants, who won the title on the final day of the regular season, in 2018–19.

On 13 March 2020, two weekends before the regular season was due to end, league officials cancelled all remaining matches due to be held; this was as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

League standings at time of cancellation

Each team was scheduled to play 54 games, playing each of the other nine teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home. 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 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 would normally be crowned the league champion.

However, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the season, it was agreed the season would finish without a league winner; Sheffield Steelers won the Challenge Cup; league leaders Cardiff Devils qualified for the 2020–21 Champions Hockey League.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cardiff Devils (Q) 46 28 3 2 13 162 138 +24 64 Qualification to playoffs
2 Sheffield Steelers (Q) 49 28 3 1 17 211 154 +57 63
3 Coventry Blaze (Q) 48 25 2 7 14 180 158 +22 61
4 Belfast Giants (Q) 48 26 2 4 16 149 125 +24 60
5 Nottingham Panthers (Q) 46 21 6 4 15 147 124 +23 58
6 Guildford Flames (Q) 47 19 6 3 19 146 146 0 53
7 Glasgow Clan 48 14 5 3 26 141 181 −40 41
8 Manchester Storm 49 12 6 5 26 119 151 −32 41
9 Dundee Stars 48 16 2 3 27 146 179 −33 39
10 Fife Flyers 49 14 1 4 30 124 169 −45 34

Challenge Cup

Group A

Position Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
1 Dundee Stars 6 5 0 0 1 25 16 10
2 Glasgow Clan 6 2 1 0 3 15 25 6
3 Belfast Giants 6 2 0 1 3 23 19 5
4 Fife Flyers 6 2 0 0 4 16 19 4

Group B

Position Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
1 Guildford Flames 8 3 3 1 1 31 25 13
2 Cardiff Devils 8 2 2 1 3 25 25 9
3 Coventry Blaze 8 2 0 3 3 25 31 7

Group C

Position Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
1 Sheffield Steelers 8 4 1 0 3 31 27 10
2 Nottingham Panthers 8 4 0 2 2 25 23 10
3 Manchester Storm 8 2 1 0 5 21 27 6

Quarterfinals

  • Glasgow - Dundee 1:1, 4:1
  • Cardiff - Belfast 1:0, 4:0
  • Nottingham - Guildford 5:1, 3:5
  • Sheffield - Manchester 5:2, 3:3

Semifinals

  • Sheffield - Glasgow 5:1, 4:0
  • Cardiff - Nottingham 5:5, 4:3

Final

  • Sheffield - Cardiff 4:3

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