2019–20 EIHL season

The 2019–20 EIHL season was the 17th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 7 September 2019 and was due to end on 29 March 2020, with the playoffs following in April 2020. The reigning league champions were the Belfast Giants, who won the title on the final day of the regular season, in 2018–19.
On 13 March 2020, two weekends before the regular season was due to end, league officials cancelled all remaining matches due to be held; this was as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
==Teams==
After having eleven teams for the 2018–19 season, the league reduced to ten for the 2019–20 season. This was due to the Milton Keynes Lightning – who had finished bottom of the league – returning to the National Ice Hockey League. For the first time since 2011–12, the league did not feature Conference splits.
 	 	 	
Belfast Giants 	Belfast 	SSE Arena Belfast 	7,200
Cardiff Devils 	Cardiff 	Ice Arena Wales 	3,088
Coventry Blaze 	Coventry 	Coventry Skydome 	3,000
Dundee Stars 	Dundee 	Dundee Ice Arena 	2,400
Fife Flyers 	Kirkcaldy 	Fife Ice Arena 	3,525
Glasgow Clan 	Glasgow 	Braehead Arena 	4,000
Guildford Flames 	Guildford 	Guildford Spectrum 	2,001
Manchester Storm 	Altrincham	Altrincham Ice Dome	2,351
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	National Ice Centre	7,500
Sheffield Steelers 	Sheffield 	FlyDSA Arena 	8,500
==League standings at time of cancellation==
Each team was scheduled to play 54 games, playing each of the other nine teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home. Points were 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 was 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 finished with the most points would normally be crowned the league champion.
However, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the season, it was agreed the season would finish without a league winner; league leaders Cardiff Devils qualified for the 2020–21 Champions Hockey League.
==Statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 8 March 2020. 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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Nottingham Panthers	46	30	29	59	+16	42
 	Cardiff Devils 	46	29	28	57	+11	30
 	Sheffield Steelers 	48	26	29	55	+16	86
 	Coventry Blaze 	47	33	21	54	+4 	18
 	Coventry Blaze 	48	17	35	52	–11	16
 	Sheffield Steelers 	40	26	25	51	+12	47
 	Coventry Blaze 	48	21	29	50	+9 	54
 	Coventry Blaze 	43	9 	40	49	+8 	16
 	Sheffield Steelers 	42	26	21	47	+19	61
 	Cardiff Devils 	46	13	34	47	+3 	18
===Leading goaltenders===
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the conclusion of matches played on 8 March 2020, providing they had played 1080 minutes.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Belfast Giants 	43	2445:10	24	17	97 	2	91.65%	2.38
 	Nottingham Panthers	37	2233:25	22	15	90 	4	91.78%	2.42
 	Coventry Blaze 	24	1465:20	15	9 	61 	3	92.68%	2.50
 	Manchester Storm 	49	2914:18	18	30	137	3	92.11%	2.82
 	Cardiff Devils 	46	2763:31	31	15	130	2	90.50%	2.82
==References==
==External links==
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