2018–19 EIHL season

The 2018-19 EIHL season was the 16th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. 11 teams participated in the league, and the Belfast Giants won the regular season championship, while the Cardiff Devils claimed the playoff title.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belfast Giants (C)	60	39	6	2	13	238	147	+91	92	Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs
2	Cardiff Devils (Q)	60	38	5	6	11	235	146	+89	92	Qualification to playoffs
3	Nottingham Panthers (Q)	60	23	6	12	19	183	181	+2	70
4	Glasgow Clan (Q)	60	28	3	5	24	202	186	+16	67
5	Guildford Flames (Q)	60	22	8	7	23	189	180	+9	67
6	Fife Flyers (Q)	60	21	9	6	24	188	204	−16	66
7	Sheffield Steelers (Q)	60	23	7	4	26	183	203	−20	64
8	Coventry Blaze (Q)	60	19	8	8	25	209	221	−12	62
9	Manchester Storm (E)	60	21	6	5	28	179	208	−29	59
10	Dundee Stars (E)	60	16	7	12	25	169	201	−32	58
11	Milton Keynes Lightning (E)	60	9	6	4	41	148	246	−98	34

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

• Belfast Giants - Coventry Blae 5:0, 7:2
• Cardiff Devils - Sheffield Steelers 4:5, 7:3
• Nottingham Panthers - Fife Flyers 3:3, 3:0
• Guildford Flames - Glasgow Clan 2:3, 5:0

Semifinals

• Cardiff Devils - Nottingham Panthers 9:4 (4:0, 4:3, 1:1)
• Belfast Giants - Guildford Flames 2:1 (0:0, 0:1, 2:0)

3rd place game

• Nottingham Panthers - Guildford Flames 9:5 (4:0, 3:2, 2:3)

Final

• Cardiff Devils - Belfast Giants 2:1 (1:0, 0:0, 1:1)

Challenge Cup

Group A

Position	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Belfast Giants (Q)	6	5	0	0	1	23	15	10
2	Dundee Stars (Q)	6	2	1	1	2	15	17	7
3	Glasgow Clan (Q)	6	1	1	1	3	19	22	5
4	Fife Flyers	6	1	1	1	3	14	17	5

Group B

Position	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Nottingham Panthers (Q)	4	2	0	1	1	13	9	5
2	Sheffield Steelers (Q)	4	2	0	1	1	9	11	5
3	Manchester Storm (Q)	4	0	2	0	2	8	10	4

Group C

Position	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Cardiff Devils (Q)	6	5	0	0	1	31	13	10
2	Guildford Flames (Q)	6	4	0	0	2	24	16	8
3	Milton Keynes Lightning	6	2	0	0	4	15	30	4
4	Coventry Blaze	6	1	0	0	5	8	19	2

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

• Belfast Giants - Dundee Stars 8:0 (3:0, 4:0, 1:0), 4:2 (4:1, 0:1, 0:0)
• Glasgow Clan - Cardiff Devils 3:4 (0:3, 2:1, 1:0), 6:4 OT (1:1, 2:1, 2:2, 1:0)
• Nottingham Panthers - Manchester Storm 6:1 (1:1, 3:0, 2:0), 2:4 (1:2, 1:1, 0:1)
• Guildford Flames - Sheffield Steelers 4:4 (1:1, 1:2, 2:1), 5:4 (3:2, 1:0, 1:2)

Semifinals

• Belfast Giants - Glasgow Clan 1:2 (0:1, 1:1, 0:0, 6:3 (4:1, 1:1, 1:1)
• Guildford Flames - Nottingham Panthers 5:2 (2:2, 2:0, 1:0), 3:1 (0:0, 2:1, 1:0)

Final

• Belfast Giants - Guildford Flames 2:1 OT (0:0, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0)

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info

Elite Ice Hockey League seasons
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