Английская Википедия:2023–24 EIHL season
Шаблон:Infobox sports season The 2023–24 EIHL season is the 20th anniversary season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 23 September 2023, and the final match day will be on 8 April 2024; the playoff quarter-finals will be held over the weekend of 14 April and Playoff final weekend will be held the following weekend.[1]
The season was marred by the death of Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson during a Challenge Cup match between the Panthers and the Sheffield Steelers,[2] held on 28 October, at the Sheffield Arena.[3] Johnson had suffered a cut to his neck by the blade of a skate,[4] and received emergency treatment on the ice before being transferred to the Northern General Hospital, but died from his injuries.[3] The EIHL postponed all scheduled matches for the following day, 29 October,[5] and subsequent matches on 31 October and 1 November were also postponed.[6][7] Teams returned to action on 4 November, with the exception of Sheffield and Nottingham,[7] who returned to the ice a week and two weeks later.
Teams
The same ten teams that competed in 2022–23 competed in the 2023–24 season. Шаблон:Location map+
Regular season
League standings
Each team plays 54 games, playing each of the other nine teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home.[8] Points are awarded for each game, where two points are awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time or after overtime or game-winning shots. One point is 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 finishes with the most points is crowned the league champion, and qualify for the 2024–25 Champions Hockey League. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of games played on 23 December 2023.[9] 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 | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip |
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Шаблон:Sortname | Coventry Blaze | 19 | 7 | 17 | 24 | –1 | 14 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Guildford Flames | 19 | 8 | 15 | 23 | +5 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Dundee Stars | 20 | 12 | 10 | 22 | +6 | 0 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Dundee Stars | 19 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Sheffield Steelers | 18 | 8 | 14 | 22 | +16 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Coventry Blaze | 19 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 8 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Belfast Giants | 21 | 11 | 9 | 20 | +4 | 16 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Sheffield Steelers | 18 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +17 | 4 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Dundee Stars | 20 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +2 | 20 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Guildford Flames | 20 | 14 | 5 | 19 | +7 | 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 games played on 23 December 2023.[10]
Player | Team(s) | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Шаблон:Sortname | Sheffield Steelers | 18 | 1088:30 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 93.39% | 1.60 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Cardiff Devils | 14 | 835:25 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 93.20% | 2.15 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Manchester Storm | 19 | 1104:23 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 2 | 92.62% | 2.44 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Guildford Flames | 17 | 1037:51 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 92.13% | 2.54 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Belfast Giants | 21 | 1263:07 | 12 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 89.81% | 2.57 |
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is split into two stages: an initial group stage where the league's ten teams are divided into three groups based on geographical distance – one group of four teams (Group A) and two groups of three teams (Groups B and C). The three group winners, along with the five best remaining teams on win percentage qualify for the knockout stage. The quarter-finals and semi-finals are held over two legs, with a one-off final.[11]
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
Following the death of Adam Johnson, the Nottingham Panthers withdrew from the Challenge Cup on 8 November 2023.[12] The game between the Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham, which was being led 2–1 by Sheffield at the time of its abandonment, was not considered in the standings or for potential tie-breaking scenarios between Sheffield and the Belfast Giants.[13]
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Following the conclusion of the league phase of the Challenge Cup, the quarter-final matchups (except for Belfast–Coventry) were determined on 29 November 2023.[14] The Belfast–Coventry game dates were confirmed two days later.[15]
(1) Sheffield Steelers vs. (8) Manchester Storm
(2) Belfast Giants vs. (7) Coventry Blaze
(3) Cardiff Devils vs. (6) Glasgow Clan
(4) Fife Flyers vs. (5) Guildford Flames
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of games played on 20 December 2023.[16] 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 | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip |
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Шаблон:Sortname | Sheffield Steelers | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +6 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Sheffield Steelers | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +3 | 4 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Sheffield Steelers | 9 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +9 | 0 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Cardiff Devils | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +8 | 4 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Cardiff Devils | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12 | +10 | 12 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Guildford Flames | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +1 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Belfast Giants | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +5 | 2 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Guildford Flames | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +4 | 4 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Cardiff Devils | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +6 | 0 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Glasgow Clan | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +1 | 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 games played on 20 December 2023.[17]
Player | Team(s) | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr | Шаблон:Abbr |
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Шаблон:Sortname | Sheffield Steelers | 7 | 393:47Шаблон:Efn | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 94.59% | 1.52 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Belfast Giants | 6 | 354:23 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 90.77% | 2.03 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Cardiff Devils | 6 | 342:27 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 92.40% | 2.28 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Glasgow Clan | 6Шаблон:Efn | 329:45 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 92.74% | 2.37 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Coventry Blaze | 8 | 485:53 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 92.66% | 2.59 |
Notes
References
External links
Шаблон:EIHL seasons Шаблон:British Ice Hockey seasons Шаблон:2023–24 in men's ice hockey
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