2022–23 EIHL season

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2022–23 EIHL season
League Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 10 September 2022 – 16 April 2023
Number of matches 330
Number of teams 10
Total attendance 1,004,000
Average attendance 3,148
Regular season
Regular season winners Belfast Giants
Season MVP Scott Conway (Belfast Giants)
Top scorer Scott Conway (Belfast Giants)
Challenge Cup
Winners Belfast Giants
  Runners-up Fife Flyers
Finals
Champions Belfast Giants
  Runners-up Cardiff Devils
EIHL seasons

The 2022–23 EIHL season was the 19th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 10 September 2022, and finished on 2 April 2023; the playoffs were then contested over 7 to 16 April 2023.[1]

The Belfast Giants became the first team since the Nottingham Panthers in 2012–13, and third overall,[2] to win a Grand Slam of titles – winning the league, playoff and Challenge Cup titles. Either side of their 9–3 Challenge Cup final victory over the Fife Flyers,[3] the Giants won 25 of their last 30 league games to overhaul long-time league leaders, the Guildford Flames, to win the regular season title for a record sixth time – taking the title with a 6–1 home victory over the Flames.[4] After seeing off the Glasgow Clan and the Panthers in the first two playoff rounds, the Giants met the Cardiff Devils for the third consecutive final, with the Devils having won the previous two meetings.[5] Having fallen behind to Mark Richardson's first-period goal, the Giants then scored four goals without reply to take their first playoff title since 2009–10 to complete the Grand Slam.[2]

Teams

The same ten teams that competed in 2021–22 competed in the 2022–23 season.

Locations of the EIHL 2022–23 teams
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.[6] 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 2023–24 Champions Hockey League. The top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.

The Belfast Giants won a record third consecutive Elite Ice Hockey League regular season title (and sixth overall), with a 6–1 home victory over their closest rivals, the Guildford Flames on 1 April 2023.[4][7]

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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] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Scott Conway Belfast Giants 51 40 50 90 +53 56
Daniel Tedesco Guildford Flames 53 31 49 80 +25 16
David Goodwin Belfast Giants 53 15 55 70 +53 8
Brett Ferguson Guildford Flames 53 22 45 67 +32 90
Trevor Cox Cardiff Devils 53 16 50 66 +33 14
Cole Sanford Cardiff Devils 52 38 27 65 +34 38
Ryan Tait Guildford Flames 54 28 34 62 +19 6
Philippe Sanche Dundee Stars 49 24 36 60 −10 39
Marcus Crawford Cardiff Devils 54 9 48 57 +47 87
Joey Martin Cardiff Devils 53 22 34 56 +23 27

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(s) GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Taran Kozun Cardiff Devils 25 1368:01 16 6 50 3 92.80% 2.19
Matt Greenfield Sheffield Steelers 53 3176:49 36 17 117 7 92.01% 2.21
Jackson Whistle Belfast Giants 26 1424:07 17 7 53 3 91.76% 2.23
Taz Burman Guildford Flames 22 1322:52 19 3 59 3 90.48% 2.68
Paavo Hölsä Coventry Blaze 47 2824:15 28 18 128 6 90.72% 2.72

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
(7–9 April)		 Semi-finals
(15 April)		 Final
(16 April)
                           
  1  Belfast Giants  
8  Glasgow Clan  
1  Belfast Giants 6  
7  Nottingham Panthers 3  
2  Guildford Flames  
  7  Nottingham Panthers  
    1  Belfast Giants 4
  4  Cardiff Devils 1
  3  Sheffield Steelers  
6  Manchester Storm  
3  Sheffield Steelers 2
4  Cardiff Devils 3  
4  Cardiff Devils  
  5  Coventry Blaze  

Quarter-finals

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

(1) Belfast Giants vs. (8) Glasgow Clan

Belfast Giants win 7–6 on aggregate.


(2) Guildford Flames vs. (7) Nottingham Panthers

Nottingham Panthers win 7–6 on aggregate.


(3) Sheffield Steelers vs. (6) Manchester Storm

Sheffield Steelers win 7–4 on aggregate.


(4) Cardiff Devils vs. (5) Coventry Blaze

Cardiff Devils win 6–3 on aggregate.


Semi-finals

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

15 April 2023
15:00		 Belfast Giants 6–3
(3–1, 1–1, 2–1)		 Nottingham Panthers Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
15 April 2023
19:00		 Sheffield Steelers 2–3 (OT)
(2–1, 0–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 Cardiff Devils Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Third-place match

16 April 2023
13:00		 Sheffield Steelers 7–4
(3–2, 1–1, 3–1)		 Nottingham Panthers Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Final

16 April 2023
17:00		 Belfast Giants 4–1
(0–1, 1–0, 3–0)		 Cardiff Devils Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the playoffs.[12] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Steven Owre Belfast Giants 4 4 2 6 +7 2
Scott Allen Sheffield Steelers 4 3 2 5 0 0
Stephen Anderson Nottingham Panthers 4 3 2 5 +3 0
Scott Conway Belfast Giants 4 2 3 5 +7 6
Danny Kristo Sheffield Steelers 4 2 3 5 –1 2
David Goodwin Belfast Giants 4 1 4 5 +9 0
Mike Hammond Nottingham Panthers 4 1 4 5 +3 0
Cole Sanford Cardiff Devils 4 0 5 5 +2 2
Ryan Tait Guildford Flames 2 3 1 4 +1 0
Brett Neumann Sheffield Steelers 4 3 1 4 0 2

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 playoffs.[13]

Player Team(s) GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Miklós Rajna Coventry Blaze 1 55:51 1 0 0 1 100.00% 0.00
Ben Bowns Cardiff Devils 4 239:31 2 2 8 0 94.41% 2.00
Matt Greenfield Sheffield Steelers 3 182:07 1 1 7 0 91.76% 2.31
Tyler Beskorowany Belfast Giants 4 240:00 3 1 10 0 90.83% 2.50
Taz Burman Guildford Flames 1 60:00 1 0 3 0 86.96% 3.00

References

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