# 2011–12 EIHL season

The 2011–12 Elite Ice Hockey League season featured 10 teams. It started on 3 September 2011 and finished on 8 April 2012. The Fife Flyers replaced the Newcastle Vipers.

## Teams

| Team Name | Arena | General Manager | Joined | Head Coach | Captain | Alternate Captain | Alternate Captain |
| Belfast Giants | Odyssey Arena | Todd Kelman | 2003 | Doug Christianson | Jeremy Rebek | Nick Kuiper | Adam Keefe |
| Braehead Clan | Braehead Arena | Kirsty Longmuir | 2010 | Drew Bannister | Jordan Krestanovitch | Tim Wedderburn | |
| Cardiff Devils | Cardiff Arena | Simon Hodgkinson | 2003 | Gerad Adams | Stuart MacRae | Kenton Smith | Phil Hill |
| Coventry Blaze | SkyDome Arena | Sally Mahers | 2003 | Paul Thompson | Jonathan Weaver | Dustin Wood | Bryan Jurynec |
| Dundee Stars | Dundee Ice Arena | Charlie Ward | 2010 | Brent Hughes | A.J. MacLean | John Dolan | |
| Edinburgh Capitals | Murrayfield Ice Rink | Matthew Tailford | 2005 | Richard Hartmann | Jan Safar | Daniel McIntyre | Bari McKenzie |
| Fife Flyers | Fife Ice Arena | Tom Muir | 2011 | Todd Dutiaume | Dan Ceman | Kyle Horne | Andy Samuel |
| Hull Stingrays | Hull Arena | Dianne Cowley | 2006 | Sylvain Cloutier | Kurtis Dulle | Jason Silverthorn | Dmitry Rodin |
| Nottingham Panthers | National Ice Centre | Gary Moran | 2003 | Corey Neilson | Danny Meyers | David Clarke | David Alexandre Beaurgard |
| Sheffield Steelers | Sheffield Arena | Andy Turner | 2003 | Ryan Finnerty | Jonathan Phillips | Rod Sarich | Jeff Legue |

## Elite League Table

| Regular season standings | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | Pts |
| Belfast Giants | 54 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 95 |
| Sheffield Steelers | 54 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| Nottingham Panthers | 54 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 80 |
| Cardiff Devils | 54 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 74 |
| Coventry Blaze | 54 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 66 |
| Braehead Clan | 54 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 66 |
| Hull Stingrays | 54 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| Dundee Stars | 54 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| Edinburgh Capitals | 54 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
| Fife Flyers | 54 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
GP=Games Played W=Win, L=Lose, OTW=Over Time Wins, OTL=Over Time Loses, Pts=Points,

## Elite League play-offs

After the two legged quarter finals the end of season playoffs were held at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham during the weekend of 7 and 8 April 2012. Regular season league winners Belfast Giants lost in the semi-finals to Cardiff Devils. The title was won by the Nottingham Panthers after defeating Cardiff Devils 2–0, the second successive time that Nottingham had beaten Cardiff in the final.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Belfast Giants | 14 (5,9) | | | | | | |
| 8 | Dundee Stars | 0 (0,0) | | | | | | |
| 8 | Dundee Stars | 0 (0,0) | Belfast Giants | Belfast Giants | 3 | | | |
| | | | Cardiff Devils | Cardiff Devils | 4 (after OT) | | | |
| 4 | Cardiff Devils | 7 (3,4) | Cardiff Devils | Cardiff Devils | 4 (after OT) | | | |
| 5 | Coventry Blaze | 4 (3,1) | | | | | | |
| 5 | Coventry Blaze | 4 (3,1) | | | | Cardiff Devils | Cardiff Devils | 0 |
| | | | | | | Nottingham Panthers | Nottingham Panthers | 2 |
| 3 | Nottingham Panthers | 5 (5,0) | | | | | | | Nottingham Panthers | Nottingham Panthers | 2 |
| 6 | Braehead Clan | 4 (1,3) | | | | | | |
| 6 | Braehead Clan | 4 (1,3) | Nottingham Panthers | Nottingham Panthers | 10 | | | |
| | | | Hull Stingrays | Hull Stingrays | 3 | | | |
| 2 | Sheffield Steelers | 4 (2,2) | Hull Stingrays | Hull Stingrays | 3 | | | |
| 7 | Hull Stingrays | 7 (5,2) | | | | | | |

## Challenge Cup

* NOTE: Some Cup games double up as League games due to scheduling constraints.
Top 2 in each group qualify for Semi-finals
(Q) means teams has qualified for Semi-finals

### Group A

| Position | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Belfast Giants (Q) | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | Braehead Clan (Q) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 11 |
| 3 | Dundee Stars | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 9 |
| 4 | Fife Flyers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 47 | 4 |
| 5 | Edinburgh Capitals | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 42 | 3 |

### Group B

| Position | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Nottingham Panthers (Q) | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 13 |
| 2 | Cardiff Devils (Q) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | Sheffield Steelers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Coventry Blaze | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 5 |
| 5 | Hull Stingrays | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 2 |

### Knockout stages

* The Knockout Stages will be played over 2-Legs, Home and Away. (Aggregate Scores shown, First and Second Leg scores in brackets)
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Braehead Clan | 3 (3,0) | | | |
| 4 | Nottingham Panthers | 5 (2,3) | | | |
| 4 | Nottingham Panthers | 5 (2,3) | Nottingham Panthers | Nottingham Panthers | 10 (5,5) |
| | | | Belfast Giants | Belfast Giants | 4 (1,3) |
| 3 | Cardiff Devils | 5 (2,3) | Belfast Giants | Belfast Giants | 4 (1,3) |
| 2 | Belfast Giants | 6 (1,5) | | | |