2013–14 EIHL season

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 7 September 2013, and ended on 22 March 2014.^[1]

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

Teams

Team	Arena(s)
Belfast Giants	Odyssey Arena
Braehead Clan	Braehead Arena
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff Arena
Coventry Blaze	SkyDome Arena
Dundee Stars	Dundee Ice Arena
Edinburgh Capitals	Murrayfield Ice Rink
Hull Stingrays	Hull Arena
Fife Flyers	Fife Ice Arena
Nottingham Panthers	National Ice Centre
Sheffield Steelers	Motorpoint Arena/IceSheffield

Elite League Table

	Club	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Goals	Pts
1.	Belfast Giants	52	43	6	1	2	21:127	89
2.	Sheffield Steelers	52	31	17	1	3	172:141	66
3.	Dundee Stars	52	28	20	1	3	152:148	60
4.	Nottingham Panthers	52	25	20	4	3	188:169	57
5.	Braehead Clan	52	24	20	5	3	180:171	56
6.	Coventry Blaze	52	24	22	4	2	168:167	54
7.	Fife Flyers	52	24	23	3	2	172:188	53
8.	Hull Stingrays	52	24	24	1	3	168:186	52
9.	Cardiff Devils	52	24	24	2	2	162:182	52
10.	Edinburgh Capitals	52	13	36	0	3	134:227	29

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

Elite League Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 Flyers	1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Sheffield Steelers	–	Braehead Clan	3:2 (2:1, 0:1, 1:0)

3rd place game

Home team		Away team	Score
Braehead Clan	–	Fife Flyers	7:6 OT (0:2, 3:2, 3:2, 1:0)

Final

Home team		Away team	Score
Belfast Giants	–	Sheffield Steelers	2:3 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

Position	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Belfast Giants (Q)	12	9	1	1	51	28	19
2	Dundee Stars	10	5	5	0	26	28	10
3	Fife Flyers	10	4	5	1	26	31	9
4	Braehead Clan	10	4	6	0	33	32	8
5	Edinburgh Capitals	8	1	6	1	10	34	3

Group B

Position	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Nottingham Panthers (Q)	14	12	2	0	72	40	24
2	Cardiff Devils (Q)	12	7	4	0	44	41	14
3	Sheffield Steelers (Q)	12	7	5	0	41	41	14
4	Hull Stingrays	8	1	6	1	28	40	3
5	Coventry Blaze	8	1	6	1	20	36	3

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