Elite Ice Hockey League 2017/18
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The 2017/18 season was the 15th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League , the highest British ice hockey division . First of the regular season and thus British champions were the Cardiff Devils , who also won the playoff final against the Sheffield Steelers 3-1.
Participating teams
| team | Previous year's placement | Home arena | capacity |
 Belfast Giants
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Playoff third | The SSE Arena Belfast | 9,500 |
 Braehead clan
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Playoff quarterfinals | Braehead Arena | 4,000 |
 Cardiff Devils
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Runner-up | Ice Arena Wales | 3,088 |
 Coventry Blaze
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9th place | SkyDome Arena | 3,000 |
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Dundee Stars
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Playoff fourth | Dundee Ice Arena | 2,300 |
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Edinburgh Capitals
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Place 10 | Murrayfield Ice Rink | 3,800 |
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Fife Flyers
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Playoff quarterfinals | Fife Ice Arena | 3,280 |
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Guildford Flames
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new to the league | Guildford Spectrum | 2,200 |
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Manchester Storm
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Playoff quarterfinals | Altrincham Ice Dome | 2,000 |
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Milton Keynes Lightning
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new to the league | Planet Ice Arena Milton Keynes | 2,800 |
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Nottingham Panthers
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Playoff quarterfinals | National Ice Center | 8,000 |
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Sheffield Steelers
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master | Sheffield Arena | 9,000 |
mode
In the regular season, each of the twelve teams played a total of 56 games. The first place becomes British Champion. The eight best-placed teams qualify for the playoffs in which the playoff winner is played out. Each team receives two points for a victory after regular playing time and after overtime, one point for a defeat after overtime or shootout and zero points for a defeat after normal playing time.
Regular season
table
| team | Sp | S. | N | OTN | SON | T | GT | Diff. | Pt | |
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| 1. |
Cardiff Devils |
56 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 149 | +85 | 85 |
| 2. |
Manchester Storm |
56 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 216 | 169 | +47 | 75 |
| 3. |
Sheffield Steelers |
56 | 34 | 19th | 2 | 1 | 217 | 140 | +77 | 71 |
| 4th |
Nottingham Panthers |
56 | 33 | 18th | 2 | 3 | 203 | 177 | +26 | 71 |
| 5. |
Belfast Giants |
56 | 34 | 20th | 2 | 0 | 227 | 200 | +27 | 70 |
| 6th |
Guildford Flames |
56 | 30th | 17th | 5 | 4th | 215 | 173 | +42 | 69 |
| 7th |
Fife Flyers |
56 | 33 | 21st | 1 | 1 | 218 | 172 | +46 | 68 |
| 8th. |
Coventry Blaze |
56 | 25th | 26th | 4th | 1 | 189 | 186 | +3 | 55 |
| 9. |
Braehead clan |
56 | 24 | 26th | 5 | 1 | 161 | 186 | −25 | 54 |
| 10. |
Dundee Stars |
56 | 22nd | 30th | 3 | 1 | 167 | 233 | −66 | 48 |
| 11. |
Milton Keynes Lightning |
56 | 20th | 34 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 229 | −49 | 42 |
| 12. |
Edinburgh Capitals |
56 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 331 | −213 | 11 |
Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = victories, N = defeats, OTN = defeats after extra time, SON = defeats after penalty shootout, T = goals, GT = goals against, Diff = difference, pts = points
Explanations: British champions, qualification for the Play-offs qualification for the play-offs season ended
Playoffs
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||
| 1 | Cardiff Devils | 8th | ||||||||||
| 8th | Coventry Blaze | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Cardiff Devils | 4th | ||||||||||
| 7th | Fife Flyers | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Manchester Storm | 5 | ||||||||||
| 7th | Fife Flyers | 6th | Endgame | |||||||||
| 1 | Cardiff Devils | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Sheffield Steelers | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Sheffield Steelers | 9 | ||||||||||
| 6th | Guildford Flames | 7th | ||||||||||
| 3 | Sheffield Steelers | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4th | Nottingham Panthers | 4th | 3rd place match | |||||||||
| 4th | Nottingham Panthers | 8th | 4th | Nottingham Panthers | 8th | |||||||
| 5 | Belfast Giants | 7th | 7th | Fife Flyers | 2 | |||||||
Quarter finals
1st round: March 30th and 31st, 2018
2nd round: April 1st, 2018
| Quarter finals | |||||
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| Cardiff Devils | - | Coventry Blaze | 4: 2 | 4: 3 | |
| Manchester Storm | - | Fife Flyers | 4: 1 | 1: 5 OT | |
| Sheffield Steelers | - | Guildford Flames | 5: 2 | 4: 5 | |
| Nottingham Panthers | - | Belfast Giants | 3: 4 | 5: 3 OT | |
Semifinals
| April 7, 2018 2 p.m. |
Cardiff Devils T. Strachan (35:36) M. Pope (46:42) L. Ulmer (47:41) J. Faryna (52:02) |
4: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report |
Fife Flyers |
National Ice Center, Nottingham |
| April 7, 2018 6:00 p.m. |
Sheffield Steelers M. Roy (15:24) J. Phillips (24:53) B. O'Connor (48:37) L. Nelson (58:21) J. Armstrong (63:47) |
5: 4 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report |
Nottingham Panthers A. Mokshantsev (0:47) L. Pither (12:25) L. Pither (26:50) J. Brown (33:45) |
National Ice Center, Nottingham |
3rd place match
| April 8, 2018 1 p.m. |
Nottingham Panthers J. Brown (4:39) L. Pither (15:02) Z. Phillips (16:45) O. Betteridge (26:42) M. Derlago (31:02) Z. Phillips (32:42) O. Betteridge (42:24) D. Clarke (57:18) |
8: 2 (3: 1, 3: 1, 2: 0) game report |
Fife Flyers J. Jorgensen (7:01) C. Finucci (22:15) |
National Ice Center, Nottingham |
final
| April 8, 2018 5:00 p.m. |
Cardiff Devils M. Pope (24:53) A. Hotham (38:41) J. Haddad (59:43) |
3: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report |
Sheffield Steelers E. Neiley (46:55) |
National Ice Center, Nottingham |