# 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.

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Belfast Giants | 7 | 3 | 10 | | | | | |
| 4 | Cardiff Devils | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Cardiff Devils | 1 | 3 | 4 | Nottingham Panthers | Nottingham Panthers | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | | Belfast Giants | Belfast Giants | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Nottingham Panthers | 5 | 6 | 11 | Belfast Giants | Belfast Giants | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Sheffield Steelers | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |