English Premier Ice Hockey League 2013/14

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The 2013/14 season was the 16th edition of the English Premier Ice Hockey League .

Mode and participants

Only English teams take part in the second highest league. There were three rounds, each with a return game.

English Premier League club locations
space team Games S. SO / P NO / P N Gates Points
1 Manchester Phoenix 54 33 6th 2 13 232: 157 80
2 Basingstoke bison 54 31 5 2 16 205: 159 74
3 Guildford Flames 54 27 5 5 17th 213: 174 69
4th Milton Keynes Lightning 54 24 6th 4th 20th 198: 181 64
5 Swindon Wildcats 54 24 5 2 23 189: 170 60
6th Telford Tigers 54 24 4th 1 25th 193: 182 57
7th Sheffield Steeldogs 54 18th 2 8th 26th 194: 226 48
8th Bracknell Bees 54 17th 4th 4th 29 168: 210 46
9 Peterborough Phantoms 54 18th 0 8th 28 177: 224 44
10 Slough Jets 54 15th 2 3 34 160: 246 37

Legend: S – wins, SO / P – wins after overtime or penalty, NO / P – defeat after overtime or penalty, N – defeat

Play-offs

The games of the first play-off round were played in the mode with return legs. They took place on March 29 and 30, 2014.

Quarter finals
Manchester Phoenix - Bracknell Bees 2: 3 6: 3
Basingstoke bison - Sheffield Steeldogs 2-0 6: 2
Guildford Flames - Telford Tigers 4: 4 3: 2
Milton Keynes Lightning - Swindon Wildcats 3: 2 1: 3

Final Four

The decisive games of the season were played in a final tournament on April 5 and 6, 2014 in Coventry .

Semifinals
5th April 2014 Manchester Phoenix
 4: 3 n.V.
(1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0) 		Swindon Wildcats
 Coventry
5th April 2014 Basingstoke bison
 5: 2
(1: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1) 		Guildford Flames
 Coventry
final
April 6, 2014 Basingstoke bison
 5: 3
(0: 0, 2: 1, 3: 2) 		Manchester Phoenix
 Coventry

Awards

Journalists voted Luke Boothroyd (Manchester Phoenix) best player and Tony Hand (Manchester Phoenix) best coach.

In the selection of the first team came:

Goal : Stephen Fone (Manchester)
Defense : Luke Boothroyd (Manchester) - Kurt Reynolds (Basingstoke)
Forward : Lubomir Korhon (Sheffield) - Tomas Karpov (Basingstoke) - Michal Psurny (Manchester).

The following were elected to the second team:

Goal : Dean Skinns (Basingstoke)
Defense : Robert Schnabel (Manchester) - Zach Sullivan (Basingstoke)
Forward : Tony Hand (Manchester) - Robin Kovar (Manchester) - Stanislav Lašček (Milton Keynes).

See also

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