Elite Ice Hockey League 2016/17
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The 2016/17 season was the 14th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League , the highest British ice hockey league . First of the regular season and thus British champions were the Cardiff Devils , but they lost the playoff final against the Sheffield Steelers 5-6 after extra time.
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In the regular season, each of the ten teams played a total of 52 games. The first place became British Champion. The eight best-placed teams qualified for the playoffs, in which the playoff winner was played. For a win after regular playing time and after overtime each team received two points, for a defeat after overtime or shootout one point and for a defeat after normal playing time zero points.
Regular season
table
| space | team | Games | S. | NO / P | N | Gates | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cardiff Devils | 52 | 39 | 3 | 10 | 200: 136 | 81 |
| 2. | Belfast Giants | 52 | 35 | 4th | 13 | 195: 145 | 74 |
| 3. | Sheffield Steelers | 52 | 35 | 3 | 14th | 196: 136 | 73 |
| 4th | Nottingham Panthers | 52 | 26th | 6th | 20th | 169: 175 | 58 |
| 5. | Braehead clan | 52 | 27 | 3 | 22nd | 191: 176 | 57 |
| 6th | Fife Flyers | 52 | 25th | 3 | 24 | 174: 186 | 53 |
| 7th | Dundee Stars | 52 | 20th | 6th | 26th | 162: 183 | 46 |
| 8th. | Manchester Storm | 52 | 18th | 8th | 26th | 141: 168 | 44 |
| 9. | Coventry Blaze | 52 | 19th | 5 | 28 | 147: 198 | 43 |
| 10. | Edinburgh Capitals | 52 | 16 | 3 | 33 | 154: 226 | 35 |
Sp = games, S = wins, N = defeats, NO / P = defeat after overtime or penalty
Playoffs
Quarter finals
| Quarter finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Devils | - | Manchester Storm | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | |
| Braehaed clan | - | Dundee Stars | 1: 3 | 0: 3 | |
| Sheffield Steelers | - | Nottingham Panthers | 2: 5 | 5: 1 | |
| Belfast Giants | - | Fife Flyers | 4: 2 | 4: 1 | |
Semifinals
| April 8, 2017 1 p.m. |
Cardiff Devils J. Haddad (26:57) Mark Louis (43:40) J. Martin (51:27) A. Hotham (59:50) |
4: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0) match report |
Dundee Stars K. Hart (12:29) B. Switzer (18:13) |
National Ice Center, Nottingham |
| April 8, 2017 5:00 p.m. |
Sheffield Steelers G. Desbiens (4:15) L. Nelson (59:35) |
2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report |
Belfast Giants |
National Ice Center, Nottingham |
3rd place match
| April 9, 2017 12:00 p.m. |
Dundee Stars V. Scarsella (5:51) M. Lidhammar (7:36) C. Moore (11:27) K. Bruijsten (17:48) M. White (22:21) J. Sides (36:50) J. Faryna (41:31) J. Faryna (59:46) |
8:15 (4: 4, 2: 5, 2: 6) game report |
Belfast Giants B. Riley (7:27) D. Rutherford (9:15) R. Martinelli (12:53) C. Shields (13:57) M. Towe (22:31) D. Rutherford (23:11) D. Rutherford (28:26) C. Higgins (35:34) M. Quesnele (37:08) J. Vandermeer (42:58) M. Forney (50:46) R. Martinelli (52:27) C. Shields (52:52) M. Forney (55:16) A. Keefe (58:47) |
National Ice Center, Nottingham |
final
| April 9, 2017 4:00 p.m. |
Sheffield Steelers J. Armstrong (3:52) G. Walker (24:24) C. Fretter (25:54) L. Nelson (28:45) G. Walker (37:23) L. Nelson (94:08) |
6: 5 a.d. (1: 3, 4: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report |
Cardiff Devils G. Doucet (2:20) J. Haddad (16:10) J. Martin (19:17) L. Ulmer (32:20) A. Hotham (40:54) |
National Ice Center, Nottingham |
statistics
Top scorer of the main round
| player | team | Games | Gates | templates | Points | Penalty minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Beca | Braehead clan | 52 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 28 |
| Scott Pitt | Braehead clan | 52 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 26th |
| Vinny Scarsella | Dundee Stars | 52 | 18th | 54 | 72 | 4th |
| Alex Leavitt | Braehead clan | 52 | 24 | 45 | 69 | 57 |
| Mathieu Roy | Sheffield Steelers | 52 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 28 |
| Blair Riley | Belfast Giants | 52 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 77 |
| Chris Higgins | Belfast Giants | 49 | 20th | 35 | 55 | 107 |
| Mathew Sisca | Fife Flyers | 50 | 17th | 38 | 55 | 44 |
| Ryan Dingle | Fife Flyers | 41 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 32 |
| Kevin Bruijsten | Dundee Stars | 47 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 10 |
Best goalkeeper of the main round
Sorted by the lowest conceded goals per game.
| Player | team | Games | Ice age in minutes | Victories | Defeats | Goals conceded | Shutouts | Catch quota | Conceded rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Bowns | Cardiff Devils | 46 | 2616: 43 | 33 | 7th | 103 | 3 | 91.2% | 2.36 |
| Ervins Muštukovs | Sheffield Steelers | 51 | 3053: 14 | 34 | 14th | 130 | 1 | 91.3% | 2.55 |
| Stephen Murphy | Belfast Giants | 39 | 2284: 16 | 25th | 10 | 97 | 3 | 90.5% | 2.55 |
| Mike Clemente | Manchester Storm | 52 | 3108: 38 | 18th | 26th | 150 | 3 | 91.0% | 2.90 |
| Miika Wiikman | Nottingham Panthers | 41 | 2294: 47 | 23 | 12 | 115 | 2 | 90.1% | 3.01 |