The National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) is a set of semi-professional ice hockey leagues administered by the English Ice Hockey Association.
 It is currently the second tier of British ice hockey, below the Elite Ice Hockey League.
 Formerly called the English National Ice Hockey League (ENIHL), it was renamed in 2012 to recognise the inclusion of several teams from Scotland and Wales.
The Irish national ice hockey team (Irish: "Foireann haca oighir náisiúnta na hÉireann" ) is the national ice hockey team of the Republic of Ireland run by the Irish Ice Hockey Association and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 26 September 1996.
 Ireland gained promotion to Division II of the IIHF in 2007, but after a poor performance in their Division II debut, the team has been relegated to Division III.
 They have not played in a world championship since placing 4th with 6 points in 2013.
 With the closure of the Dundalk Ice Dome and they no longer meet their minimum participation standards.
 The team had members from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and has a working relationship with the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and new Irish clubs, Flyers Ice Hockey Club and Dundalk Bulls.
The British National League (BNL) was the second tier of the professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2005.
 Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have been a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague (later replaced by the Elite Ice Hockey League) and above that of the English National Ice Hockey League and the Scottish National League (and later, following its creation, the English Premier Ice Hockey League).
 Fife Flyers and Guildford Flames were the only two teams to consistently feature in the BNL during every season of the league's history.
The Erhardt Conference is one of two conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and comprises five teams.
 Its counterpart is the Gardiner Conference.
 It is named after the captain of the British 1936 Winter Olympics gold medal winning team Carl Erhardt and was introduced for the 2012–13 EIHL season.
 The Erhardt Conference Championship is played for over 32 regular season games, each team playing the other four teams eight times (four home and four away).
 The winner receives the Erhardt Trophy and is seeded in the top three (the exact seed dependent on the overall League Championship final standings) for the end-of-season Elite League Play-Offs.
 These 32 games also make up the total of 52 regular season games which decide the overall League Champions of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
The Gardiner Conference is one of two conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and comprises five teams.
 Its counterpart is the Erhardt Conference.
 It is named after former Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Charlie Gardiner and was introduced for the 2012–13 EIHL season.
 The Gardiner Conference Championship is played for over 32 regular season games, each team playing the other four teams eight times (four home and four away).
 The winner receives the Gardiner Trophy and is seeded in the top three (the exact seed dependent on the overall League Championship final standings) for the end-of-season Elite League Play-Offs.
 These 32 games also make up the total of 52 regular season games which decide the overall League Champions of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
Carsen Chubak (born April 11, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for the Edinburgh Capitals of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
 He previously played for the Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey team in the NCAA Men's Division I Atlantic Hockey conference.
 Chubak was also a goalie for the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League in the 2009–10 season before going to Niagara University.
 Carsen led the Purple Eagles to the 2013 NCAA tournament.
 Chubak made two starts for Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL before eventually making his first career AHL start with the Adirondack Phantoms on December 23, 2013.
 Chubak signed for his first European club in November 2014, joining the Belfast Giants of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League.
The English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL) was an ice hockey league of 10 teams, all of which were based in England.
 Headquartered in Blackpool, the EPIHL was one of two professional ice hockey leagues in the United Kingdom (the other being the Elite Ice Hockey League).
 A total of 27 teams played in the league at one time or another.
 Swindon Wildcats were the only team to have consistently featured in the EPIHL since its inaugural season in 1997-98.
 In 2017, the league was disbanded, with its teams either joining the Elite Ice Hockey League or the National Ice Hockey League.
Colin Shields (born 27 January 1980) is a Scottish ice hockey player currently playing for Belfast Giants of the EIHL in United Kingdom.
The Belfast Giants are an ice hockey team from Belfast, Northern Ireland that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League.
 Home games are played at the 9,000-capacity SSE Arena Belfast.
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 September 7, 2013 and ended on March 22, 2014.

Question: Colin Shields plays for which Elite Ice Hockey League team?
Answer: Belfast Giants