Patton Conference

The Patton Conference was one of three conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and comprised four teams. Its counterparts were the Erhardt Conference and the Gardiner Conference. It is named after IIHF and British Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Major Bethune Minet “Peter” Patton and was introduced for the 2017–18 EIHL season. The Patton 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 Patton 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
Coventry Blaze	Coventry	SkyDome Arena	3,000
Guildford Flames	Guildford	Guildford Spectrum	2,200
Manchester Storm	Altrincham	Silverblades Ice Rink Altrincham	2,400
Milton Keynes Lightning	Milton Keynes	Planet Ice Milton Keynes	2,800

Winners

SEASON	CHAMPIONS	RUNNERS-UP
2017-18	Manchester Storm	Guildford Flames
2018-19	Guildford Flames	Coventry Blaze

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

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