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.
==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; Sheffield Steelers won the Challenge Cup; league leaders Cardiff Devils qualified for the 2020–21 Champions Hockey League.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts 	Qualification
1 	Cardiff Devils (Q) 	46 	28	3 	2 	13	162	138	64 	Qualification to playoffs	
2 	Sheffield Steelers (Q) 	49 	28	3 	1 	17	211	154	63 	Qualification to playoffs	
3 	Coventry Blaze (Q) 	48 	25	2 	7 	14	180	158	61 	Qualification to playoffs	
4 	Belfast Giants (Q) 	48 	26	2 	4 	16	149	125	60 	Qualification to playoffs	
5 	Nottingham Panthers (Q)	46 	21	6 	4 	15	147	124	58 	Qualification to playoffs	
6 	Guildford Flames (Q) 	47 	19	6 	3 	19	146	146	0 	Qualification to playoffs	53
7 	Glasgow Clan 	48 	14	5 	3 	26	141	181	−40	Qualification to playoffs	41
8 	Manchester Storm 	49 	12	6 	5 	26	119	151	−32	Qualification to playoffs	41
9 	Dundee Stars 	48 	16	2 	3 	27	146	179	−33	39 	
10 	Fife Flyers 	49 	14	1 	4 	30	124	169	−45	34 	
==Challenge Cup==
===Group A===
Position	Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Dundee Stars 	6 	5	0 	0 	1	25	16	10
2 	Glasgow Clan 	6 	2	1 	0 	3	15	25	6
3 	Belfast Giants	6 	2	0 	1 	3	23	19	5
4 	Fife Flyers 	6 	2	0 	0 	4	16	19	4
===Group B===
Position	Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Guildford Flames	8 	3	3 	1 	1	31	25	13
2 	Cardiff Devils 	8 	2	2 	1 	3	25	25	9
3 	Coventry Blaze 	8 	2	0 	3 	3	25	31	7
===Group C===
Position	Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Sheffield Steelers 	8 	4	1 	0 	3	31	27	10
2 	Nottingham Panthers	8 	4	0 	2 	2	25	23	10
3 	Manchester Storm 	8 	2	1 	0 	5	21	27	6
===Quarterfinals===
*Glasgow - Dundee 1:1, 4:1
*Cardiff - Belfast 1:0, 4:0
*Nottingham - Guildford 5:1, 3:5
*Sheffield - Manchester 5:2, 3:3
===Semifinals===
*Sheffield - Glasgow 5:1, 4:0
*Cardiff - Nottingham 5:5, 4:3
===Final===
*Sheffield - Cardiff 4:3
==External links==
*Season on hockeyarchives.info
Category:Elite Ice Hockey League seasons
Category:2019 in ice hockey
Category:2020 in ice hockey