2010-11 EIHL season

The 2010-11 Elite Ice Hockey League season started on August 25 with the annual charity shield match between the Coventry Blaze and Belfast Giants. The League proper started on September 4th. This season has two new teams, the Braehead Clan and Dundee Stars. Sky Sports will show one weekly game on each Friday of Every week however they showed the Belfast Giants v Nottingham Panthers opening night game live and they will now show a live game once every month.
==Teams==
Team 	Arena
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
Newcastle Vipers 	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
Nottingham Panthers	National Ice Centre
Sheffield Steelers 	Sheffield Arena
==Live Games==
Month 	Home Team 	Away Team 	Score
September	Belfast Giants	Nottingham Panthers	5-1
October 	Braehead Clan 	Dundee Stars 	5-1
==League Mascot==
The EIHL has appointed an official mascot called Rory who wears a light blue hockey jersey with the number 00.
==Pre Season==
===Charity Shield===
The 2010 Charity shield took place at 7.30pm on August 25, 2010. The match was contested between Coventry Blaze and the Belfast Giants. The Giants won the match 4-2.
===Boston Bruins Select Game===
On Saturday, October 2 the Belfast Giants select side, made of Elite League Players played a Boston Bruins select side at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Boston won the match 5-1.
 	1st period	2nd Period	3rd Period	Final score
Boston Bruins 	0 	3 	2 	5
Belfast Giants	0 	1 	0 	1
====Period 1====
====Period 2====
Goals
Boston Bruins 	Belfast Giants
Tyler Seguin (16:30) 	Jade Galbraith (15:40)
Zdeno Chara (18:20) 	
Dennis Seidenberg (19:02)	
Penalties
====Period 3====
Goals
Boston Bruins 	Belfast Giants
Milan Lucic (9:56) 	
Tyler Seguin (16:32)	
Penalties
==Challenge Cup==
The Challenge cup started on September 12th at 6pm with a match between the Cardiff Devils and Sheffield Steelers. Some group matches will be counted as league matches, while some will be stand-alone.
===Group A===
Position	Team 	Games Played	Won	Over Time Win	Lost games	Over time loses	Goals for	Goals Against	Pts
1 	Belfast 	3 	3 	0 	0 	0 	11 	4 	6
2 	Edinburgh	4 	2 	1 	1 	0 	13 	9 	6
3 	Braehead 	3 	2 	0 	1 	0 	11 	9 	4
4 	Newcastle	3 	1 	0 	1 	1 	7 	12 	3
5 	Dundee 	1 	0 	4 	0 	1 	9 	17 	1
===Group B===
Position	Team 	Games Played	Won	Over Time Win	Lost games	Over time loses	Goals for	Goals Against	Pts
1 	Cardiff 	2 	2 	0 	2 	0 	21 	22 	6
2 	Nottingham	2 	1 	0 	0 	1 	6 	5 	3
3 	Coventry 	1 	1 	0 	1 	1 	17 	11 	3
4 	Sheffield 	4 	1 	2 	0 	1 	17 	19 	
5 	Hull 	3 	0 	0 	2 	1 	8 	12 	1
===Knockout Stages===
====Semi finals====
=====Semi Final 1=====
T.B.D. v T.B.D. (0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0)
T.B.D. v T.B.D. (0-0, 0-0, 0-0 0-0) Aggregate Score 0-0
=====Semi Final 2=====
T.B.D. v T.B.D. (0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0)
T.B.D. v T.B.D. (0-0, 0-0, 0-0 0-0) Aggregate Score 0-0
====Final====
T.B.D. v T.B.D. (0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0)
T.B.D. v T.B.D. (0-0, 0-0, 0-0 0-0) Aggregate Score 0-0
==Fixtures and Results==
* Bold Indicates game is complete
* Bold numbers indicate final score after normal 3 period match or after overtime
* (C.C.) means this also counts as a challenge cup group game.
===September===
Nottingham Panthers v Belfast Giants, National Ice Centre (2-1, 0-1, 1-1, 0-0, 3-3 1-0 Shoot out) Saturday, 4 September 2010
Sheffield Steelers v Cardiff Devils, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena (0-0, 3-0, 2-1 5-1) Saturday 4 September 2010
Coventry Blaze v Nottingham Panthers, SkyDome Arena (3-4, 0-2, 1-1 4-7) Sunday 5 September 2010
Cardiff Devils v Belfast Giants, Cardiff Arena (2-2, 1-1, 0-1 3-4) Sunday 5 September 2010
Dundee Stars v Sheffield Steelers, Dundee Ice Arena (0-4, 0-1, 0-1 0-6) Sunday 5 September 2010
Belfast Giants v Coventry Blaze, Odyssey Arena (1-1, 2-0, 1-0, 4-1) Saturday, 11 September 2010
Nottingham Panthers v Cardiff Devils, National Ice Centre (1-1, 0-2, 4-1 5-4) Saturday, 11 September 2010
Sheffield Steelers v Dundee Stars, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena(3-0, 2-0, 2-0 7-0) Saturday 11 September 2010
Coventry Blaze v Belfast Giants, SkyDome Arena (0-2, 2-0, 1-0 3-2) Sunday, 12 September 2010
Cardiff Devils v Sheffield Steelers, Cardiff Arena (2-0, 2-3, 1-1, 4-5) Sunday, 12 September 2010 (C.C.)
Dundee Stars v Nottingham Panthers, Dundee Ice Arena (0-4, 3-1, 1-4 4-9) Sunday, 12 September 2010
Belfast Giants v Edinburgh Capitals, Odyssey Arena (0-0, 2-0, 3-1, 5-1) Saturday 18 September 2010 (C.C.)
Dundee Stars v Braehead Clan, Dundee Ice Arena (0-1, 2-1, 1-3, 3-5) Saturday 18 September 2010
Nottingham Panthers v Coventry Blaze, National Ice Centre (4-0, 2-2, 0-2, 6-4) Saturday 18 September 2010
Sheffield Steelers v Newcastle Vipers, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena (2-0, 4-0, 2-0, 8-0) Saturday 18 September 2010
Newcastle Vipers v Sheffield Steelers, Whitley Bay Ice Rink (0-2, 1-3, 2-0, 2-5) Sunday 19 September 2010
Coventry Blaze v Nottingham Panthers, SkyDome Arena (1-0, 1-2, 1-1 3-3) Sunday 19 September 2010 (C.C.) [NOT A LEAGUE GAME]
Cardiff Devils v Belfast Giants, Cardiff Arena (1-2, 2-0, 2-0, 5-2) Sunday 19 September 2010
Edinburgh Capitals v Dundee Stars, Murrayfield Ice Rink (1-2, 1-0, 1-0, 3-2) Sunday 19 September 2010 (C.C.) [NOT A LEAGUE GAME]
Sheffield Steelers v Cardiff Devils, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena (4-2, 1-1, 1-3, 6-6) Wednesday 22 September 2010 (C.C.) [NOT A LEAGUE GAME]
Coventry Blaze v Dundee Stars, SkyDome Arena (3-1, 5-1, 1-0 9-2) Saturday 25 September 2010
Newcastle Vipers v Belfast Giants, Whitley Bay Ice Rink (0-2, 0-1, 2-3, 2-6) Saturday 25 September 2010
Nottingham Panthers v Braehead Clan, National Ice Centre (1-3, 0-0, 2-1 3-4) Saturday 25 September 2010
Sheffield Steelers v Edinburgh Capitals, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena (4-0, 1-0, 3-0 8-0) Saturday 25 September 2010
Coventry Blaze v Sheffield Steelers, SkyDome Arena (0-0, 1-1, 4-0 5-1) Sunday 26 September 2010
Cardiff Devils v Braehead Clan, Cardiff Arena (1-1, 2-1, 2-1 5-3) Sunday 26 September 2010
Edinburgh Capitals v Newcastle Vipers, Murrayfield Ice Rink (1-1, 2-1, 4-2) Sunday 26 September 2010
Dundee Stars v Belfast Giants, (0-1, 1-2, 4-2, 5-4) Dundee Ice Arena Sunday 26 September 2010
Coventry Blaze v Edinburgh Capitals, (2-1, 1-1, 3-1, 6-3) SkyDome Arena Wednesday 29 September 2010
Cardiff Devils v Edinburgh Capitals, Cardiff Arena (3-1, 4-2, 5-1, 12-4) Thursday 30 September 2010
Dundee Stars v Coventry Blaze, Dundee Ice Arena (2-1, 1-1, 0-2 3-4) Thursday 30 September 2010
===October===
Braehead Clan v Newcastle Vipers, Braehead Arena (1-1, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0 4-4) Braehead won 1-0 on penalties Friday 1 October 2010
Belfast Giants v Nottingham Panthers, Odyssey Arena (2-3, 0-0, 3-0 5-3) Sunday 3 October 2010
Edinburgh Capitals v Coventry Blaze, Murrayfield Ice Rink (1-2, 3-1, 0-3 4-6) Sunday 3 October 2010
Newcastle Vipers v Braehead Clan , Whitley Bay Ice Rink, (2-1, 2-1, 0-1 4-3) Sunday 3 October 2010
Hull Stingrays v Cardiff Devils, Hull Arena, (0-1, 1-2, 2-0 3-3) Sunday 3 October 2010
Sheffield Steelers v Dundee Stars, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena, (2-0, 1-1, 1-1 4-2) Sunday 3 October 2010
Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils, (1-1, 1-1, 3-0, 5-2) Odyssey Arena, Saturday 9 October 2010
Braehead Clan v Hull Stingrays, Braehead Arena, (2-0, 2-2, 2-0, 6-2) Saturday 9 October 2010
Dundee Stars v Edinburgh Capitals, Dundee Ice Arena, (0-3, 1-0, 0-0 1-3) Saturday 9 October 2010
Newcastle Vipers v Coventry Blaze, Whitley Bay Ice Rink, (1-2, 0-5, 1-0 2-7) Saturday 9 October 2010
Nottingham Panthers v Sheffield Steelers, National Ice Centre, (0-1, 0-1, 1-2 1-4) Saturday 9 October 2010
Sheffield Steelers v Belfast Giants, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena, Sunday 10 October 2010
Coventry Blaze v Newcastle Vipers, SkyDome Arena, Sunday 10 October 2010
Cardiff Devils v Dundee Stars, Cardiff Arena, Sunday 10 October 2010
Edinburgh Capitals v Hull Stingrays, Murrayfield Ice Rink, Sunday 10 October 2010
Braehead Clan v Nottingham Panthers, Braehead Arena, Wednesday 13 October 2010
Sheffield Steelers v Hull Stingrays, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (C.C.)
Belfast Giants v Dundee Stars, Odyssey Arena, Thursday 14 October 2010
Cardiff Devils v Coventry Blaze, Cardiff Arena, Saturday 16 October 2010
Nottingham Panthers v Dundee Stars, National Ice Centre, Saturday 16 October 2010
Sheffield Steelers v Braehead Clan, Motorpoint Sheffield Arena, Saturday 16 October 2010
Newcastle Vipers v Hull Stingrays, Whitley Bay Ice Rink, Saturday 16 October 2010
Coventry Blaze v Cardiff Devils, SkyDome Arena, Sunday 17 October 2010
Braehead Clan v Dundee Stars, Braehead Arena, Friday 22 October 2010
==League table==
Place	Team Name 	Played	Wins	Loses	OT Win	OT Loses	Differences	Goal difference	Points
1 	Belfast Giants 	10 	8 	1 	0 	1 	8-1-0-1 	+16 	17
2 	Sheffield Steelers 	10 	8 	2 	0 	0 	8-2 	+35 	16
3 	Nottingham Panthers	6 	4 	1 	1 	0 	4-1-1-0 	+10 	10
4 	Coventry Blaze 	9 	6 	3 	0 	0 	6-3 	+13 	12
5 	Braehead Clan 	6 	3 	2 	1 	0 	3-2-1-0 	+5 	8
6 	Cardiff Devils 	7 	3 	3 	1 	0 	3-3-1-0 	+5 	7
7 	Newcastle Vipers 	8 	1 	6 	1 	0 	1-6-1-0 	-23 	3
8 	Edinburgh Capitals 	6 	2 	4 	0 	0 	2-4 	-13 	4
9 	Hull Stingrays 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0-0-1-1 	-4 	1
10 	Dundee Stars 	8 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0-8 	-34 	0
==Playoffs==
==Elite League Awards==
Award 	Winner	Second	Score
League 	 	 	X
Playoff 	 	 	
All star game 	 	 	
Netminder of the year 	 	 	X
Defence of the year 	 	 	X
Forward of the year 	 	 	X
British Player of the year	 	 	X
Newcomer of the year 	 	 	X
Player of the year 	 	 	X
Coach of the year 	 	 	X
Fans favourite 	 	 	X
Entertainer of the year 	 	 	X
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