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The '''2017–18 EIHL season''' was the 15th season of the [[Elite Ice Hockey League]]. The regular season commenced on 9 September 2017 and ended on 25 March 2018. The reigning league champions were the [[Cardiff Devils]], who won the championship for the first time in [[2016–17 EIHL season|2016–17]]. The Devils retained their regular season title, with a 3–2 victory away at the [[Belfast Giants]] on 16 March 2018.The Devils also won the playoff title, beating the [[Sheffield Steelers]] – who had defeated the Devils 12 months prior in a 6–5 double overtime game – 3–1 in the final, winning a first playoff title since [[1998–99 ISL season|1998–99]].

==Regular season==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFF0; width:60%"
! Pl. !! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! OTL !! SOL !! GF !! GA !! Diff !! Pts
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
|1.||align="left"| [[Cardiff Devils]] || 56 || 41 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 234 || 149 || +85 || '''85'''
|-
|2.||align="left"|[[Manchester Storm (2015)|Manchester Storm]] || 56 || 35 || 16 || 3 || 2 || 216 || 169 || +47 || '''75'''
|-
|3.||align="left"|[[Sheffield Steelers]] || 56 || 34 || 19 || 2 || 1 || 217 || 140 || +77 || '''71'''
|-
|4.||align="left"|[[Nottingham Panthers]] || 56 || 33 || 18 || 2 || 3 || 203 || 177 || +26 || '''71'''
|-
|5.||align="left"|[[Belfast Giants]] || 56 || 34 || 20 || 2 || 0 || 227 || 200 || +27 || '''70'''
|-
|6.||align="left"|[[Guildford Flames]] || 56 || 30 || 17 || 5 || 4 || 215 || 173 || +42 || '''69'''
|-
|7.||align="left"|[[Fife Flyers]] || 56 || 33 || 21 || 1 || 1 || 218 || 172 || +46 || '''68'''
|-
|8.||align="left"|[[Coventry Blaze]] || 56 || 25 || 26 || 4 || 1 || 189 || 186 || +3 || '''55'''
|- bgcolor="#EECFA1"
|9.||align="left"|[[Braehead Clan]] || 56 || 24 || 26 || 5 || 1 || 161 || 186 || −25 || '''54'''
|- bgcolor="#EECFA1"
|10.||align="left"|[[Dundee Stars]] || 56 || 22 || 30 || 3 || 1 || 167 || 233 || −66 || '''48'''
|- bgcolor="#EECFA1"
|11.||align="left"|[[Milton Keynes Lightning]] || 56 || 20 || 34 || 1 || 1 || 180 || 229 || −49 || '''42'''
|- bgcolor="#EECFA1"
|12.||align="left"|[[Edinburgh Capitals]] || 56 || {{0}}5 || 50 || 0 || 1 || 118 || 331 || −213 || '''11'''
|}

==Playoffs==
===Quarterfinals===
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align:center; width:50%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"
! colspan="6" style="background-color:#EAEAEA" |
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''Cardiff Devils''' || – || style="text-align:left" | Coventry Blaze || 4:2 || 4:3{{0}}{{0}}
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Manchester Storm || – || style="text-align:left" | '''Fife Flyers''' || 4:1 || 1:5 OT
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''Sheffield Steelers''' || – || style="text-align:left" | Guildford Flames || 5:2 || 4:5{{0}}{{0}}
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''Nottingham Panthers''' || – || style="text-align:left" | Belfast Giants || 3:4 || 5:3 OT
|}

===Semifinals===
*'''Cardiff Devils''' - Fife Flyers 4:0 (0:0, 1:0, 3:0)
*'''Sheffield Steelers''' - Belfast Giants 5:4 OT (1:2, 1:2, 2:0, 1:0)
===3rd place game===
*'''Nottingham Panthers''' - Fife Flyers 8:2 (3:1, 3:1, 2:0)
===Final===
*'''Cardiff Devils''' - Sheffield Steelers 3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)

==Challenge Cup==
===Group A===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Team !! GP !! W !! OTW !! OTL !! L !! GF !! GA !! Pts
|-
| 1 || Sheffield Steelers (Q) || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 24 || 15 || 12
|-
| 2 || Nottingham Panthers (Q) || 6 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 23 || 20 || 6
|-
| 3 || Manchester Storm || 6 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 20 || 23 || 4
|-
| 4 || Braehead Clan || 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 16 || 25 || 4
|}
===Group B===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Team !! GP !! W !! OTW !! OTL !! L !! GF !! GA !! Pts
|-
| 1 || Belfast Giants (Q) || 6 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 28 || 20 || 9
|-
| 2 || Fife Flyers (Q) || 6 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 24 || 22 || 6
|-
| 3 || Dundee Stars (Q) || 6 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 20 || 24 || 6
|-
| 4 || Edinburgh Capitals || 6 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 21 || 27 || 5
|}

===Group C===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Team !! GP !! W !! OTW !! OTL !! L !! GF !! GA !! Pts
|-
| 1 || Milton Keynes Lightning (Q) || 6 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 24 || 17 || 9
|-
| 2 || Guildford Flames (Q) || 6 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 23 || 20 || 8
|-
| 3 || Cardiff Devils (Q) || 6 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 23 || 22 || 6
|-
| 4 || Coventry Blaze || 6 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 18 || 29 || 2
|}
===Playoffs===
;Quarterfinals
*'''Sheffield Steelers''' - Dundee Stars 7:2 (2:1, 1:1, 4:0), 6:1 (0:0, 2:0, 4:1)
*'''Belfast Giants''' - Fife Flyers 3:3 (3:1, 0:2, 0:0, 7:0 (2:0, 2:0, 3:0)
*'''Cardiff Devils''' - Guildford Flames 3:3 (2:0, 1:1, 0:2), 6:2 (3:0, 0:0, 3:2)
*'''Nottignham Panthers''' - Milton Keynes Lightning 1:2 (0:1, 1:0, 0:1), 6:2 (1:1, 4:1, 1:0)
;Semifinals
*'''Belfast Giants''' - Nottingham Panthers 5:1 (2:0, 2:1, 1:0), 7:6 (2:3, 2:2, 3:1)
*'''Cardiff Devils''' - Sheffield Steelers 2:6 (1:3, 0:2, 1:1), 7:1 (2:1, 2:0, 3:0)
;Final
*'''Belfast Giants''' - Cardiff Devils 6:3 (0:1, 3:1, 3:1)

==External links==
*[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/GB2018.htm Season] on hockeyarchives.info

{{EIHL seasons}}

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[[Category:2017 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:2018 in ice hockey]]

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