Erhardt Conference

The Erhardt Conference was one of three conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and comprised four teams. Its counterparts were the Gardiner Conference and the newly formed, for the 2017-18 season, Patton Conference. It is named after the captain of the British 1936 Winter Olympics gold medal winning team Carl Erhardt and was introduced for the 2012–13 EIHL season. The Erhardt Conference Championship was played for over 24 regular season games, each team playing the other three teams eight times (four home and four away). The winner received the Erhardt Trophy and is seeded in the top three (the exact seed dependent on the overall League Championship final standings) for the end-of-season Elite League Play-Offs. These 24 games also made up the total of 56 regular season games which decided the overall League Champions of the Elite Ice Hockey League.

Teams

TEAM	CITY/TOWN	ARENA	CAPACITY
Belfast Giants	Belfast	SSE Arena	8,300
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Ice Arena Wales	3,088
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	Motorpoint Arena Nottingham	10,000
Sheffield Steelers	Sheffield	Utilita Arena	9,300

Former Teams

TEAM	CITY/TOWN	ARENA	CAPACITY
Coventry Blaze	Coventry	SkyDome Arena	3,000

Winners

SEASON	CHAMPIONS	RUNNERS-UP
2012-13	Belfast Giants	Nottingham Panthers
2013-14	Belfast Giants	Sheffield Steelers
2014-15	Nottingham Panthers	Sheffield Steelers
2015-16	Cardiff Devils	Sheffield Steelers
2016-17	Cardiff Devils	Belfast Giants
2017-18	Cardiff Devils	Belfast Giants
2018-19	Belfast Giants	Cardiff Devils

External links

• Elite Ice Hockey League Official Site
• Hockeystats Elite League
• British Ice Hockey
• Ice Hockey UK
• BBC Sport Ice Hockey
• Hockey Database

Elite Ice Hockey League seasons
2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2020–21 - 2021–22 - 2022–23 - 2023–24