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Erhardt Conference

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United Kingdom Erhardt Conference
LeagueElite Ice Hockey League
SportIce Hockey
Founded2012
Ceased2019
No. of teams4
Last
champion(s)
Belfast Giants

The Erhardt Conference was one of three conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and comprised four teams. Its counterparts are the Gardiner Conference and the newly formed, for the 2017-18 season, Patton Conference. It is named after the captain of the British 1936 Winter Olympics gold medal winning team Carl Erhardt and was introduced for the 2012–13 EIHL season. The Erhardt Conference Championship is played for over 24 regular season games, each team playing the other three teams eight times (four home and four away). The winner receives the Erhardt Trophy and is seeded in the top three (the exact seed dependent on the overall League Championship final standings) for the end-of-season Elite League Play-Offs. These 24 games also make up the total of 56 regular season games which decide the overall League Champions of the Elite Ice Hockey League.[1]

Teams

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TEAM CITY/TOWN ARENA CAPACITY
Belfast Giants Northern Ireland Belfast SSE Arena 8,300
Cardiff Devils Wales Cardiff Ice Arena Wales 3,088
Nottingham Panthers England Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 10,000
Sheffield Steelers England Sheffield Utilita Arena 9,300

Former Teams

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TEAM CITY/TOWN ARENA CAPACITY
Coventry Blaze England Coventry SkyDome Arena 3,000

Winners

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SEASON CHAMPIONS RUNNERS-UP
2012-13 Belfast Giants Nottingham Panthers
2013-14 Belfast Giants Sheffield Steelers
2014-15 Nottingham Panthers Sheffield Steelers
2015-16 Cardiff Devils Sheffield Steelers
2016-17 Cardiff Devils Belfast Giants
2017-18 Cardiff Devils Belfast Giants
2018-19 Belfast Giants Cardiff Devils

References

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  1. ^ "ELITE Ice Hockey League ◊ Official Website Previous Winners | ELITE Ice Hockey League". Archived from the original on 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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