2015–16 EIHL season

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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

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 Flag of Ulster.svg.png Belfast SSE Arena Belfast 7,200
Cardiff Devils Flag of Wales.svg.png Cardiff Cardiff Arena 2,500
Coventry Blaze Flag of England Coventry SkyDome Arena 3,000
Nottingham Panthers Flag of England Nottingham National Ice Centre 7,500
Sheffield Steelers Flag of England Sheffield Motorpoint Arena 8,500

Gardiner Conference

TEAM CITY/TOWN ARENA CAPACITY
Braehead Clan Flag of Scotland Glasgow Braehead Arena 4,000
Dundee Stars Flag of Scotland Dundee Dundee Ice Arena 2,400
Edinburgh Capitals Flag of Scotland Edinburgh Murrayfield Ice Rink 3,700
Fife Flyers Flag of Scotland Kirkcaldy Fife Ice Arena 3,525
Manchester Storm Flag of England 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


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