2015–16 EIHL season

The 2015-16 Elite Ice Hockey League season was the 13th season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season began in early September and ended in March.
On 30 April 2014, the Elite League announced changes to the import rules, as from this season (2015–16), the number of non British-trained players would rise from 12 to 13, but the amount of work-permit player will remain at 11. The number of non British-trained players will rise to 14 in the season 2016-17, with the amount of work-permit players again remaining at 11.
==Previous Season Results==
League – Sheffield Steelers
Playoffs – Coventry Blaze
Challenge Cup – Cardiff Devils
==Teams==
Erhardt Conference
 	 	 	
Belfast Giants 	Belfast 	SSE Arena Belfast 	7,200
Cardiff Devils 	Cardiff 	Cardiff Arena 	2,500
Coventry Blaze 	Coventry 	SkyDome Arena 	3,000
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	National Ice Centre	7,500
Sheffield Steelers 	Sheffield 	Motorpoint Arena 	8,500
Gardiner Conference
 	 	 	
Braehead Clan 	Glasgow 	Braehead Arena 	4,000
Dundee Stars 	Dundee 	Dundee Ice Arena 	2,400
Edinburgh Capitals	Edinburgh 	Murrayfield Ice Rink	3,700
Fife Flyers 	Kirkcaldy 	Fife Ice Arena 	3,525
Manchester Storm 	Altrincham	Altrincham Ice Dome 	2,000
	
==Standings==
 	Regular season standings	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Goals	Pts
1. 	Sheffield Steelers 	52		34		14		0 		4 		190:161	72
2. 	Cardiff Devils 	52		33		15		3 		1 		179:139	70
3. 	Braehead Clan 	52		30		15		4 		3 		185:145	67
4. 	Belfast Giants 	52		31		17		2 		2 		184:148	66
5. 	Nottingham Panthers 	52		30		20		1 		1 		185:152	62
6. 	Fife Flyers 	52		26		23		2 		1 		171:164	55
7. 	Dundee Stars 	52		22		19		7 		4 		200:196	55
8. 	Coventry Blaze 	52		24		25		2 		1 		170:177	51
9. 	Manchester Storm 	52		20		28		1 		3 		189:227	44
10.	Edinburgh Capitals 	52		10		37		3 		2 		153:287	25
GP=Games Played W=Win, L=Lose, OTL=Over Time Loses, SOL=Shoot Out Loses, Pts=Points,
==Playoffs==
===Quarterfinals===
*Coventry Blaze - Sheffield Steelers 5:3 (2:0, 3:1, 0:2), 3:3 (1:2, 0:1, 2:0)
*Cardiff Devils - Dundee Stars 2:4 (0:1, 0:0, 2:3), 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0)
*Fife Flyers - Braehead Clan 2:1 (0:1, 0:0, 2:0), 2:2 OT (0:0, 0:1, 1:1, 1:0)
*Nottingham Panthers - Belfast Giants 4:3 (0:0, 2:3, 2:0), 3:1 (1:0, 2:0, 0:1)
===Semifinals===
*Cardiff Devils - Coventry Blaze 2:6 (0:4, 0:1, 2:1)
*Nottingham Panthers - Fife Flyers 4:1 (0:0, 2:0, 2:1)
===3rd place game===
*Cardiff Devils - Fife Flyers 6:0 (3:0, 2:0, 1:0)
===Final===
*Nottingham Panthers - Coventry Blaze 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0) 
==Challenge Cup==
===Group A===
Position	Team 	GP	W	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Belfast Giants (Q)	8 	6	1 	1	25	18	13
2 	Braehead Clan (Q) 	8 	5	1 	2	29	19	11
3 	Dundee Stars (Q) 	8 	4	1 	3	21	23	9
4 	Fife Flyers (Q) 	8 	3	0 	5	20	24	6
5 	Edinburgh Capitals	8 	2	2 	4	19	30	6
===Group B===
Position	Team 	GP	W	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1 	Sheffield Steelers (Q) 	8 	7	0 	1	32	11	14
2 	Cardiff Devils (Q) 	8 	6	0 	2	34	30	12
3 	Nottingham Panthers (Q)	8 	4	1 	3	24	15	9
4 	Manchester Storm (Q) 	8 	2	0 	6	20	33	4
5 	Coventry Blaze 	8 	1	0 	7	13	34	2
===Playoffs===
;Quarterfinals
*Nottingham Panthers - Braehead Clan 5:4 (4:0, 0:2, 1:2), 5:3 (2:1, 2:0, 1:2)
*Sheffield Steelers - Fife Flyers 4:2 (1:0, 1:2, 2:0), 3:4 (1:1, 2:2, 0:1)
*Manchester Storm - Belfast Giants 2:5 (1:1, 0:3, 1:1), 2:6 (2:2, 0:2, 0:2)
*Cardiff Devils - Dundee Stars 3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0), 7:6 (3:1, 2:2, 2:3)
;Semifinals
*Nottingham Panthers - Sheffield Steelers 8:0 (3:0, 3:0, 2:0), 2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)
*Cardiff Devils - Belfast Giants 5:3 (1:1, 1:1, 3:1), 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0)
;Final
*Nottingham Panthers - Cardiff Devils 1:0 OT (0:0, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0) 
==External links==
*Season on hockeyarchives.info
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