2022–23 EIHL season

The 2022–23 EIHL season is the 19th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 10 September 2022, and finished on 16 April 2023.
he Belfast Giants won the regular season title for a record sixth time with two games to spare. Having also won the Challenge Cup for a fourth consecutive time, the Belfast Giants as national league and cup champions had a second successive opportunity to seal a Grand Slam in the playoff final by becoming British national champions for the third time, facing their nemesis from the last two season, Cardiff Devils. This time, finally, the table-topping Giants beat the Devils 4-1, and won the Grand Slam, becoming British national, league and cup champions. They were the third team to achieve the feat.
==Teams==
The same ten teams that competed in 2021–22 are competing in the 2022–23 season.
 	 	 	
Belfast Giants 	Belfast 	SSE Arena Belfast 	8,700
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	Motorpoint Arena Nottingham	7,500
Sheffield Steelers 	Sheffield 	Utilita Arena Sheffield 	9,300
==Regular season==
===League standings===
Each team played 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 were 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 was crowned the league champion, and qualified for the 2023–24 Champions Hockey League. The top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.
The Belfast Giants won a record third consecutive Elite Ice Hockey League regular season title (and sixth overall), with a 6–1 home victory over their closest rivals, the Guildford Flames on 1 April 2023.
===Results===
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. 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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Belfast Giants 	51	40	50	90	+53	56
 	Guildford Flames	53	31	49	80	+25	16
 	Belfast Giants 	53	15	55	70	+53	8
 	Guildford Flames	53	22	45	67	+32	90
 	Cardiff Devils 	53	16	50	66	+33	14
 	Cardiff Devils 	52	38	27	65	+34	38
 	Guildford Flames	54	28	34	62	+19	6
 	Dundee Stars 	49	24	36	60	−10	39
 	Cardiff Devils 	54	9 	48	57	+47	87
 	Cardiff Devils 	53	22	34	56	+23	27
====Leading goaltenders====
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player	Team(s) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Cardiff Devils 	25	1368:01	16	6 	50 	3	92.80%	2.19
 	Sheffield Steelers	53	3176:49	36	17	117	7	92.01%	2.21
 	Belfast Giants 	26	1424:07	17	7 	53 	3	91.76%	2.23
 	Guildford Flames 	22	1322:52	19	3 	59 	3	90.48%	2.68
 	Coventry Blaze 	47	2824:15	28	18	128	6	90.72%	2.72
==Playoffs==
===Bracket===
In the two-legged quarter-finals, the highest-ranked team met the lowest-ranked team, the second-highest-ranked team met the second-lowest-ranked team and so forth. The winners of each tie was determined by aggregate scoring over the two games. In the semi-finals, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed, with the other two teams facing off. The winners of the semi-finals progressed to the Final, with the losers playing in the third-place match.
===Quarter-finals===
The quarter-final schedule was announced after the conclusion of the final-day regular season matches.
====(1) Belfast Giants vs. (8) Glasgow Clan====
====(2) Guildford Flames vs. (7) Nottingham Panthers====
====(3) Sheffield Steelers vs. (6) Manchester Storm====
====(4) Cardiff Devils vs. (5) Coventry Blaze====
===Semi-finals===
The schedule for the Playoff Finals weekend was announced after the conclusion of the quarter-final matches.
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===Third-place match===
===Final===
==References==
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