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Sports season

2024–25 EIHL season
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	7 September 2024 – 20 April 2025
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Challenge Cup
Playoffs
EIHL seasons
← 2023–242025–26 →

The 2024–25 EIHL season is the 21st season of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the highest level of domestic ice hockey played in the United Kingdom, with three separate competitions played for between September 2024 and April 2025.

Ten teams compete in the league, over a 54-game regular season, with the best eight teams qualifying for the second competition, the playoffs. The playoffs are then held over three knockout rounds with aggregated quarter-finals, and one-off matches for the semi-finals and final – with the last two rounds played over the finals weekend at the Nottingham Arena. Teams also compete in the Challenge Cup, involving group play and one-off knockout rounds to crown its winner.

The defending champion in all three competitions are the Sheffield Steelers, having completed a Grand Slam in 2023–24.

Teams

The same ten teams that competed in 2023–24 remained for the 2024–25 season.

Team	City/Town	Arena	Capacity
Belfast Giants	Belfast	SSE Arena Belfast	8,700
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Vindico Arena	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 plays 54 games, playing each of the other nine teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home. Points are awarded for each game, two points are awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time or after overtime or game-winning shots. One point is 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 finishes with the most points will be crowned the league champion, and may qualify for the 2025–26 Champions Hockey League. The top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belfast Giants	31	20	2	3	6	117	73	+44	47	Qualification to playoffs
2	Cardiff Devils	30	21	0	2	7	108	71	+37	44
3	Sheffield Steelers	30	19	1	0	10	119	74	+45	40
4	Nottingham Panthers	31	16	3	1	11	102	72	+30	39
5	Coventry Blaze	31	14	3	2	12	101	91	+10	36
6	Guildford Flames	31	14	2	3	12	102	99	+3	35
7	Glasgow Clan	29	11	2	0	16	85	100	−15	26
8	Dundee Stars	32	9	2	2	19	96	129	−33	24
9	Manchester Storm	29	9	1	1	18	90	119	−29	21
10	Fife Flyers	30	3	0	2	25	63	155	−92	8

Updated to match(es) played on 22 January 2025. Source: Elite League
Rules for classification:

In-season: 1) Points; 2) Fewest games played; end of season criteria as below.
End of season: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of games played on 22 January 2025. 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	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Josh MacDonald	Cardiff Devils	30	21	18	39	+16	6
Alexis D'Aoust	Manchester Storm	29	15	21	36	+6	18
Chase Gresock	Coventry Blaze	31	16	19	35	+7	16
Grant Hebert	Manchester Storm	29	13	21	34	+12	18
Nick Seitz	Coventry Blaze	31	17	16	33	+8	33
Alessio Luciani	Coventry Blaze	31	15	18	33	+6	15
Mitchell Balmas	Sheffield Steelers	30	14	19	33	+7	6
Cole Ully	Glasgow Clan	26	17	14	31	+3	4
Brendan Harms	Dundee Stars	32	16	15	31	–12	24
Scott Conway	Belfast Giants	31	15	16	31	+20	28

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 games played on 22 January 2025.

Player	Team(s)	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Ben Bowns	Cardiff Devils	16	958:07	12	4	32	0	94.04%	2.00
Jackson Whistle	Belfast Giants	14	796:48	11	2	27	1	92.58%	2.03
Matt Greenfield	Sheffield Steelers	25	1457:40	19	6	52	2	93.33%	2.14
Ryan Bednard	Nottingham Panthers	23	1342:47	15	7	50	2	92.32%	2.23
Tom McCollum	Belfast Giants	18	1071:13	11	7	40	2	91.82%	2.24

Challenge Cup

The Challenge Cup was split into two stages: an initial group stage where the league's ten teams were divided into two groups based on geographical distance – one group of six teams (Group A) and a group of four teams (Group B). The teams in Group A (the five English teams and the Cardiff Devils} played each of the other teams twice for a total of ten games, while the teams in Group B (the three Scottish teams and the Belfast Giants) played each of the other teams four times for a total of twelve games.

The top two teams in Group A and the winners of Group B qualified for the semi-finals. The runners-up in Group B will face the third-placed team in Group A in a one-off game, held at the arena of the team with a higher group stage points percentage, to determine the final semi-finalist.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheffield Steelers	10	5	2	2	1	38	30	+8	16	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Cardiff Devils	10	6	0	1	3	42	32	+10	13	Qualification to semi-finals
3	Nottingham Panthers	10	4	2	1	3	32	29	+3	13	Qualification to play-in match
4	Coventry Blaze	10	3	2	2	3	32	35	−3	12
5	Manchester Storm	10	2	2	1	5	32	38	−6	9
6	Guildford Flames	10	2	0	1	7	23	35	−12	5

Source: Elite League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belfast Giants	12	8	2	1	1	49	24	+25	21	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Glasgow Clan	12	7	0	1	4	40	34	+6	15	Qualification to play-in match
3	Dundee Stars	12	3	1	1	7	38	41	−3	9
4	Fife Flyers	12	2	1	1	8	28	56	−28	7

Knockout stage

Bracket


Play-in match			Semi-finals		Final



			1	Belfast Giants

4	Nottingham Panthers	5		TBD

5	Glasgow Clan	1



			2	Sheffield Steelers

				TBD

Play-in match

22 January 2025
19:30

Nottingham Panthers

5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Glasgow Clan

Goalies

Referees:
Joe Sewell
Chris Wells
Linesmen:
Danny Beresford
Ryan Fraley

Sam Herr (PPG) – 13:33	1–0
Cooper Zech – 14:11	2–0
	2–1	22:11 – Mitchell Heard
Mitch Fossier – 29:29	3–1
Matt Alfaro – 45:51	4–1
Hugo Roy – 50:22	5–1

2 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Jordan Kawaguchi	Belfast Giants	11	6	11	17	+10	4
Chase Gresock	Coventry Blaze	10	7	9	16	+8	16
Deven Sideroff	Glasgow Clan	13	8	7	15	+8	6
Mitchell Heard	Glasgow Clan	13	3	12	15	+9	55
Mark Cooper	Belfast Giants	12	7	7	14	+5	6
Phélix Martineau	Fife Flyers	12	7	7	14	–5	6
Scott Conway	Belfast Giants	10	5	9	14	+9	8
Ryan Hughes	Manchester Storm	10	5	9	14	–4	6
Domenico Alberga	Dundee Stars	12	5	8	13	+5	11
Sam Herr	Nottingham Panthers	11	8	4	12	+6	2

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 games played on 22 January 2025.

Player	Team(s)	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Jackson Whistle	Belfast Giants	7	425:51	6	1	13	2	92.12%	1.83
Tom McCollum	Belfast Giants	5	303:20	4	1	10	2	94.15%	1.98
Ryan Bednard	Nottingham Panthers	6	356:03	4	2	13	1	92.57%	2.19
Matt Greenfield	Sheffield Steelers	8	486:41	7	1	22	0	90.09%	2.71
Landon Bow	Glasgow Clan	8	480:04	4	4	23	1	91.39%	2.87

References

"2024/25 Schedule Released!". EIHL. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
"Gamecentre". EIHL. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
"Standings 2024/2025 Elite Ice Hockey League". EIHL. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
"Statistics: Players – Elite Ice Hockey League 2024/2025". Elite Ice Hockey League. Pendulum Management. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
"Statistics: Goalies – Elite Ice Hockey League 2024/2025". Elite Ice Hockey League. Pendulum Management. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
Crow, Allan (13 May 2024). "EIHL's new Challenge Cup format revealed after fans' survey criticism – and it still feels clunky". Fife Free Press. National World. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
"New Challenge Cup format for 2024/25". EIHL. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
"Statistics: Players – Challenge Cup 2024/2025". Elite Ice Hockey League. Pendulum Management. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
"Statistics: Goalies – Challenge Cup 2024/2025". Elite Ice Hockey League. Pendulum Management. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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