2021–22 EIHL season

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2021–22 EIHL season
League Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 25 September 2021 – 17 April 2022
  • (regular season)
  • 23 April – 1 May 2022
  • (playoffs)
Number of teams 10
Regular season
Regular season winners Belfast Giants
Playoffs
Finals
Champions Cardiff Devils
  Runners-up Belfast Giants
EIHL seasons

The 2021–22 EIHL season was the 18th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 25 September 2021, and finished on 17 April 2022,[1][2] with the playoffs taking place over the following two weekends. The previous campaign in 2020–21 was suspended indefinitely in September 2020,[3] due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom; a reduced Elite Series was held in April and May 2021, involving the Sheffield Steelers, the Nottingham Panthers, the Coventry Blaze and the Manchester Storm, to provide competitive ice time for players ahead of the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[4]

The Belfast Giants won the regular season title for a record-equalling fifth time with two games to spare, following their 2–1 overtime win at their closest challengers, the Sheffield Steelers, on 10 April 2022.[5] Having also won the Challenge Cup, the Belfast Giants as national league and cup champions had an opportunity to seal a Grand Slam in the playoff final by becoming British national champions for the third time,[6] however they lost 6–3 to the Cardiff Devils – who thereby won their third consecutive playoff title and national championship, denying the table-topping Giants the Grand Slam for the second consecutive season.[7]

Teams

The same ten teams that competed in the last regular season in 2019–20 are competing in the 2021–22 season.[1]

Team City/Town Arena Capacity
Belfast Giants Belfast SSE Arena Belfast 8,700
Cardiff Devils Wales Cardiff Ice Arena Wales 3,088
Coventry Blaze England Coventry Coventry Skydome 3,000
Dundee Stars Scotland Dundee Dundee Ice Arena 2,400
Fife Flyers Scotland Kirkcaldy Fife Ice Arena 3,525
Glasgow Clan Scotland Glasgow Braehead Arena 4,000
Guildford Flames England Guildford Guildford Spectrum 2,001
Manchester Storm England Altrincham Altrincham Ice Dome 2,351
Nottingham Panthers England Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 7,500
Sheffield Steelers England Sheffield Utilita Arena Sheffield 9,300

Regular season

League standings

Each team played 54 games, playing each of the other nine teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home.[1] Points were awarded for each game, where two points were awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time or after overtime or game-winning shots. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or game-winning shots, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion, and qualified for the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League. The top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.[1]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belfast Giants (C) 54 37 6 2 9 224 108 +116 88 Regular season champions
Qualification to playoffs
2 Sheffield Steelers 54 31 6 7 10 202 138 +64 81 Qualification to playoffs
3 Cardiff Devils 54 30 5 4 15 188 131 +57 74
4 Nottingham Panthers 54 22 3 5 24 163 191 −28 55
5 Guildford Flames 54 19 6 4 25 165 169 −4 54
6 Glasgow Clan 54 21 2 7 24 150 182 −32 53
7 Dundee Stars 54 19 6 3 26 160 185 −25 53
8 Coventry Blaze 54 19 4 5 26 154 173 −19 51
9 Manchester Storm 54 14 4 4 32 150 210 −60 40
10 Fife Flyers 54 12 4 5 33 122 191 −69 37
Source: Elite League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion.

Results

Home \ Away BEL CAR COV DUN FIF GLA GUI MAN NOT SHE
Belfast —
Cardiff —
Coventry —
Dundee —
Fife —
Glasgow —
Guildford —
Manchester —
Nottingham —
Sheffield —
Source: Elite League

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[8]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
United States J. J. Piccinich Belfast Giants 52 35 45 80 +48 22
United Kingdom Scott Conway Belfast Giants 53 33 45 78 +37 56
United States Charlie Combs Dundee Stars 52 30 35 65 +4 44
Canada Mark Cooper Belfast Giants 53 28 33 61 +27 25
Sweden Sebastian Bengtsson Dundee Stars 51 28 32 60 +8 6
Canada Adam Brady Manchester Storm 54 25 35 60 −28 24
Canada Mathieu Roy Glasgow Clan 53 33 26 59 +8 46
Canada Brodie Reid Cardiff Devils 52 31 28 59 +7 10
Canada Marc-Olivier Vallerand Sheffield Steelers 45 26 33 59 +24 44
United States David Goodwin Belfast Giants 48 18 40 58 +33 14

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[9]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Canada Tyler Beskorowany Belfast Giants 41 2384:47 32 9 67 6 93.17% 1.69
United States Mac Carruth Cardiff Devils 41 2355:05 24 16 84 5 93.67% 2.14
Slovenia Rok Stojanovič Sheffield Steelers 35 2107:06 24 11 79 2 92.53% 2.25
Sweden Kevin Lindskoug Guildford Flames 49 2910:39 23 26 140 3 90.95% 2.89
United States C. J. Motte Coventry Blaze 51 2950:29 21 29 147 4 91.12% 2.99

Playoffs

Bracket

In the two-legged quarter-finals, the highest-ranked team met the lowest-ranked team, the second-highest-ranked team met the second-lowest-ranked team and so forth. The winners of each tie was determined by aggregate scoring over the two games. In the semi-finals, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed, with the other two teams facing off. The winners of the semi-finals progressed to the Final, with the losers playing in the third-place match.

  Quarter-finals
(23–24 April)		 Semi-finals
(30 April)		 Final
(1 May)
                           
  1  Belfast Giants  
8  Coventry Blaze  
1  Belfast Giants 6  
7  Dundee Stars 0  
2  Sheffield Steelers  
  7  Dundee Stars  
    1  Belfast Giants 3
  3  Cardiff Devils 6
  3  Cardiff Devils  
6  Glasgow Clan  
3  Cardiff Devils 3
5  Guildford Flames 2  
4  Nottingham Panthers  
  5  Guildford Flames  

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final schedule was announced after the conclusion of the final-day regular season matches.[10]

(1) Belfast Giants vs. (8) Coventry Blaze

Belfast Giants win 4–3 on aggregate.


(2) Sheffield Steelers vs. (7) Dundee Stars

Dundee Stars win 5–3 on aggregate.


(3) Cardiff Devils vs. (6) Glasgow Clan

Cardiff Devils win 5–4 on aggregate.


(4) Nottingham Panthers vs. (5) Guildford Flames

Guildford Flames win 7–6 on aggregate.


Semi-finals

The schedule for the Playoff Finals weekend was announced after the conclusion of the quarter-final matches.[11]

30 April 2022
15:00		 Belfast Giants 6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 Dundee Stars Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
30 April 2022
19:00		 Cardiff Devils 3–2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–2)		 Guildford Flames Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Third-place match

1 May 2022
13:00		 Guildford Flames 7–5
(2–1, 2–1, 3–3)		 Dundee Stars Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Final

1 May 2022
17:00		 Belfast Giants 3–6
(1–2, 1–1, 1–3)		 Cardiff Devils Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

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