2013–14 EIHL season

2013–14 EIHL season
League Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September - March
Regular season
Champions Belfast Giants
Season MVP Dan Bakala (Dundee Stars)
Top scorer Ryan Ginand (Coventry Blaze)
Playoffs
Champions Sheffield Steelers
Challenge Cup
Champions Nottingham Panthers

The 2013–14 Elite Ice Hockey League Season was the 11th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season (the primary competition in UK ice hockey) was won by the Belfast Giants, claiming their third Elite League championship. The regular season began on September 7, 2013 and ended on March 22, 2014.[1]

Teams

TeamArena(s)
Belfast GiantsOdyssey Arena
Braehead ClanBraehead Arena
Cardiff DevilsCardiff Arena
Coventry BlazeSkyDome Arena
Dundee StarsDundee Ice Arena
Edinburgh CapitalsMurrayfield Ice Rink
Hull StingraysHull Arena
Fife FlyersFife Ice Arena
Nottingham PanthersNational Ice Centre
Sheffield SteelersMotorpoint Arena/IceSheffield

Elite League Table

Club GP W L OTL SOL Goals Pts
1.Belfast Giants524361221:12789
2.Sheffield Steelers52311713172:14166
3.Dundee Stars52282013152:14860
4.Nottingham Panthers52252043188:16957
5.Braehead Clan52242053180:17156
6.Coventry Blaze52242242168:16754
7.Fife Flyers52242332172:18853
8.Hull Stingrays52242413168:18652
9.Cardiff Devils52242422162:18252
10.Edinburgh Capitals52133603134:22729

GP=Games Played W=Win, L=Lose, OTL=Over Time Loses, SOL=Shoot Out Loses, Pts=Points,

Elite League Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Belfast Giants 7:3 Hull Stingrays 4:1 3:2
Sheffield Steelers 9:3 Coventry Blaze 3:2 6:1
Dundee Stars 4:8 Fife Flyers 3:4 1:4
Nottingham Panthers 1:9 Braehead Clan 0:4 1:5

Semifinals

Home team Away team Score
Belfast Giants–Fife Flyers1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Sheffield Steelers–Braehead Clan3:2 (2:1, 0:1, 1:0)

3rd place game

Home team Away team Score
Braehead Clan–Fife Flyers7:6 OT (0:2, 3:2, 3:2, 1:0)

Final

Home team Away team Score
Belfast Giants–Sheffield Steelers2:3 OT (0:0, 2:2, 0:0, 0:1)

Challenge Cup

  • NOTE: Some Cup games double up as League games due to scheduling constraints.

Top 4 in each group qualify for Quarter-Finals

(Q) denotes teams who qualified from the quarter-finals into the semi-finals.

Group A

PositionTeamGPWLTGFGAPts
1Belfast Giants (Q)12911512819
2Dundee Stars10550262810
3Fife Flyers1045126319
4Braehead Clan1046033328
5Edinburgh Capitals816110343

Group B

PositionTeamGPWLTGFGAPts
1Nottingham Panthers (Q)141220724024
2Cardiff Devils (Q)12740444114
3Sheffield Steelers (Q)12750414114
4Hull Stingrays816128403
5Coventry Blaze816120363

Challenge Cup Knockout Stages

  • The Knockout Stages were two-legged affairs, home and away. Aggregate figures shown in bold.
  Semifinals Finals
                         
1 Belfast Giants 7 3 10  
4 Cardiff Devils 1 3 4  
    Nottingham Panthers 3 4 7
  Belfast Giants 5 1 6
3 Nottingham Panthers 5 6 11
2 Sheffield Steelers 3 4 7  

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
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