UK Elite Ice Hockey League

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Established
2003 (22 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-09-04

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round

Sport
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Ice Hockey

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
05 Dec	Glasgow C	7:30pm	Nottingha
05 Dec	Mancheste	7:30pm	Belfast G
06 Dec	Guildford	6:00pm	Fife Flye
06 Dec	Sheffield	7:00pm	Coventry
06 Dec	Cardiff D	7:00pm	Belfast G
06 Dec	Dundee St	7:00pm	Nottingha
07 Dec	Cardiff D	5:00pm	Glasgow C
07 Dec	Dundee St	5:00pm	Sheffield
07 Dec	Fife Flye	5:00pm	Nottingha
07 Dec	Coventry	5:30pm	Guildford
Results
30 Nov	Guildford	8 - 1	Dundee St
30 Nov	Coventry	1 - 5	Sheffield
30 Nov	Fife Flye	3 - 2	Cardiff D
29 Nov	Glasgow C	3 - 4	Belfast G
29 Nov	Mancheste	3 - 2	Coventry
29 Nov	Sheffield	3 - 2	Nottingha
28 Nov	Mancheste	5 - 6	Fife Flye
28 Nov	Dundee St	1 - 4	Belfast G
28 Nov	Nottingha	7 - 1	Glasgow C
28 Nov	Cardiff D	7 - 1	Guildford

Description

The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) is a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey Superleague, it is the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom. Initial sponsorship was from Rapid Solicitors.

The league currently consists of ten teams, with representation from all four Home Nations – the only league in any sport to do so. In eight completed seasons the league has been won by four different teams. From the 2012–13 Season onwards the league features a northern conference (Gardiner Conference, named after Scottish-born former NHL goalie Charlie Gardiner) featuring Braehead (SCO), Dundee (SCO), Edinburgh (SCO), Fife (SCO) and Hull (ENG) and a Southern conference (Erhardt Conference, named after 1936 English Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist Carl Erhardt) featuring Belfast (NIR), Cardiff (WAL), Coventry (ENG), Nottingham (ENG) and Sheffield (ENG).

Since 2012, the ten teams are split into two conferences, Gardiner and Erhardt – while previously all 10 teams competed in a single division, similar to most British sports. The top eight teams in the overall league standings qualify for the Elite League playoffs. The Elite League post-season is considerably shorter than playoff tournaments in North America; in the first round teams play a two-leg game (one home, one away) and the semi-finals and final take place over the course of a single weekend at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham.

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