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The '''2000–01 Ice Hockey Superleague season''' was the fifth season of the Sekonda [[Ice Hockey Superleague]] (ISL).

[[Belfast Giants]], a new team formed in [[Northern Ireland]], were granted a franchise, although they did not take part in the [[Autumn Cup|Benson & Hedges Cup]]. The Newcastle franchise was sold to Harry Harkimo, co-owner of [[Jokerit]] who play in the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[SM-liiga]], and their name was changed to the [[Newcastle Jesters]] (Jokerit being Finnish for Jester).

This season, the league awarded three points for a win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss in all competitions except the Benson & Hedges Cup. Any game still tied after overtime was decided by a [[penalty shootout]].

The [[Sheffield Steelers]] won a Grand Slam of all available competitions. However, the win was marred by the club being found guilty by the league for breaking the £450,000 wage cap<ref>{{cite web | publisher = BBC Sports | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/port1/low/other_sports/1321890.stm | title = Steelers facing title axe | date = 2001-05-09 | accessdate = 2007-12-14 }}</ref> and going into liquidation at the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Uncertain future for Steelers | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | date = 27 April 2001 | url = http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article241389.ece | accessdate = 2007-12-14 | postscript =  }}</ref>

==Challenge Cup==
All nine teams in the league competed in the [[Challenge Cup (UK Ice Hockey)|Challenge Cup]]. The first round was the first home and away meeting of each team in the league with the points counting towards both the Challenge Cup table and the league table. The top four teams progressed to the semi finals. The semi finals were home and away games with the winner on aggregate progressing to the one off final game.

[[Sheffield Steelers]] won the competition for the third time in a row.

===First round===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="40%" | Challenge Cup
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | OTW
! width="5%" | OTL
! width="5%" | L
! width="7.5%" | GF
! width="7.5%" | GA
! width="7.5%" | Pts
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Belfast Giants]] || 16 || 9 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 58 || 49 || 31
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[London Knights (UK)|London Knights]] || 16 || 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 52 || 39 || 30
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Ayr Scottish Eagles]] || 16 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 6 || 63 || 51 || 28
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Sheffield Steelers]] || 16 || 7 || 3 || 1 || 5 || 45 || 39 || 28
|-
| [[Bracknell Bees]] || 16 || 6 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 64 || 50 || 26
|-
| [[Manchester Storm]] || 16 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 7 || 59 || 71 || 23
|-
| [[Newcastle Jesters]] || 16 || 4 || 2 || 5 || 5 || 48 || 49 || 21
|-
| [[Cardiff Devils]] || 16 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 7 || 45 || 51 || 20
|-
| [[Nottingham Panthers]] || 16 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 10 || 33 || 68 || 9
|}

===Semi finals===
'''1st place (Belfast) vs 4th place (Sheffield)'''
*[[Belfast Giants]] 2–1 [[Sheffield Steelers]]
*Sheffield Steelers 7–0 Belfast Giants (Sheffield win 8–2 on aggregate)

'''3rd place (Ayr) vs 2nd place (London)
*[[Ayr Scottish Eagles]] 5–5 [[London Knights (UK)|London Knights]]
*London Knights 2–3 Ayr Scottish Eagles (Ayr win 8–7 on aggregate)

===Final===
'''Winner semi final 1 vs Winner semi final 2'''
*[[Sheffield Steelers]] 4–2 [[Ayr Scottish Eagles]]

==League==
Each team played three home games and three away games against each of their opponents. The top eight teams in the league were entered into the [[British Championship|playoffs]].

{| class="wikitable"
! width="40%" | Superleague
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | OTW
! width="5%" | OTL
! width="5%" | L
! width="7.5%" | GF
! width="7.5%" | GA
! width="7.5%" | Pts
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Sheffield Steelers]] || 48 || 30 || 5 || 4 || 9 || 162 || 115 || 104
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Cardiff Devils]] || 48 || 24 || 5 || 3 || 16 || 167 || 130 || 85
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Bracknell Bees]] || 48 || 19 || 6 || 6 || 17 || 173 || 161 || 75
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[London Knights (UK)|London Knights]] || 48 || 18 || 7 || 6 || 17 || 143 || 130 || 74
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Ayr Scottish Eagles]] || 48 || 21 || 4 || 1 || 22 || 161 || 158 || 72
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Belfast Giants]] || 48 || 17 || 6 || 9 || 16 || 158 || 159 || 72
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Manchester Storm]] || 48 || 15 || 6 || 3 || 24 || 148 || 186 || 60
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Nottingham Panthers]] || 48 || 10 || 8 || 7 || 23 || 126 || 167 || 53
|-
| [[Newcastle Jesters]] || 48 || 12 || 3 || 11 || 22 || 126 || 158 || 53
|}

==Playoffs==
The top eight teams in the league took part in the [[British Championship|playoffs]]. Group A consisted of Belfast, London, Nottingham and Sheffield while Group B consisted of Ayr, Bracknell, Cardiff and Manchester. The top two teams from each playoff group qualified for the finals weekend. The third place playoff was dropped for this season.

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="40%" | Group A
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | OTW
! width="5%" | OTL
! width="5%" | L
! width="7.5%" | GF
! width="7.5%" | GA
! width="7.5%" | Pts
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[London Knights (UK)|London Knights]] || 6 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 17 || 11 || 12
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Sheffield Steelers]] || 6 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 16 || 18 || 12
|-
| [[Belfast Giants]] || 6 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 17 || 17 || 9
|-
| [[Nottingham Panthers]] || 6 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 13 || 17 || 3
|}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="40%" | Group B
! width="5%" | GP
! width="5%" | W
! width="5%" | OTW
! width="5%" | OTL
! width="5%" | L
! width="7.5%" | GF
! width="7.5%" | GA
! width="7.5%" | Pts
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Bracknell Bees]] || 6 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 20 || 17 || 11
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[Ayr Scottish Eagles]] || 6 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 23 || 19 || 9
|-
| [[Cardiff Devils]] || 6 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 23 || 24 || 9
|-
| [[Manchester Storm]] || 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 20 || 26 || 7
|}

===Semi Finals===
'''Winner Group A vs 2nd place Group B'''
*[[London Knights (UK)|London Knights]] 4-1 [[Ayr Scottish Eagles]]

'''Winner Group B vs 2nd place Group A'''
*[[Bracknell Bees]] 2–4 [[Sheffield Steelers]]

===Final===
'''Winner semi final 1 vs Winner semi final 2'''
*London Knights 1-2 Sheffield Steelers

==References==
*[http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/ Ice Hockey Journalists UK]
*[http://www.hockeydb.com/index.html The Internet Hockey Database]
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/malcolm.preen/hockey.html Malcolm Preen's Ice Hockey Results and Tables]

==Footnotes==
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