Erhardt Conference

Erhardt Conference

The Erhardt Conference is one of three conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice Hockey
Founded	2012
Teams
No. of teams	4
Most recent Erhardt Conference champion(s)	Cardiff Devils

The Erhardt Conference is one of three conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and comprises four teams. Its counterparts are 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 is played for over 24 regular season games, each team playing the other three teams eight times (four home and four away). The winner receives 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 make up the total of 56 regular season games which decide the overall League Champions of the Elite Ice Hockey League.^[1]

Teams

TEAM	CITY/TOWN	ARENA	CAPACITY
Belfast Giants	Belfast	Odyssey Arena	8,300
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Ice Arena Wales	3,088
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	National Ice Centre	6,900
Sheffield Steelers	Sheffield	Motorpoint Arena	8,500

Former Teams

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

Winners

References

External links

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