2017–18 EIHL season

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. 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.

Regular season

Pl.	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1.	Cardiff Devils	56	41	12	1	2	234	149	+85	85
2.	Manchester Storm	56	35	16	3	2	216	169	+47	75
3.	Sheffield Steelers	56	34	19	2	1	217	140	+77	71
4.	Nottingham Panthers	56	33	18	2	3	203	177	+26	71
5.	Belfast Giants	56	34	20	2	0	227	200	+27	70
6.	Guildford Flames	56	30	17	5	4	215	173	+42	69
7.	Fife Flyers	56	33	21	1	1	218	172	+46	68
8.	Coventry Blaze	56	25	26	4	1	189	186	+3	55
9.	Braehead Clan	56	24	26	5	1	161	186	−25	54
10.	Dundee Stars	56	22	30	3	1	167	233	−66	48
11.	Milton Keynes Lightning	56	20	34	1	1	180	229	−49	42
12.	Edinburgh Capitals	56	05	50	0	1	118	331	−213	11

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Cardiff Devils	–	Coventry Blaze	4:2	4:300
Manchester Storm	–	Fife Flyers	4:1	1:5 OT
Sheffield Steelers	–	Guildford Flames	5:2	4:500
Nottingham Panthers	–	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

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

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

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

• Season on hockeyarchives.info

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