The 2023–24 EIHL season was the 20th anniversary season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season commenced on 23 September 2023, and the final match day was on 7 April 2024; the playoff quarter-finals were held over the weekend of 14 April and the Playoff final weekend was held the following weekend.^[1]

The Sheffield Steelers won their sixth league title – and first since 2015–16^[2] – having opened up an unassailable 14-point lead over the Cardiff Devils with a 7–3 victory over the Guildford Flames on 24 March 2024. The Steelers had also won the Challenge Cup 11 days earlier, beating the Flames 3–1 in the final.^[3] The Steelers ultimately completed their first Grand Slam in the EIHL era, defeating the Belfast Giants 3–1 in the playoff final.^[4]

The season was marred by the death of Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson during a Challenge Cup match between the Panthers and the Sheffield Steelers,^[5] held on 28 October, at the Sheffield Arena.^[6] Johnson had suffered a cut to his neck by the blade of a skate,^[7] and received emergency treatment on the ice before being transferred to the Northern General Hospital, but died from his injuries.^[6] The EIHL postponed all scheduled matches for the following day, 29 October,^[8] and subsequent matches on 31 October and 1 November were also postponed.^[9][10] Teams returned to action on 4 November, with the exception of Sheffield and Nottingham,^[10] who returned to the ice a week and two weeks later.

Teams

The same ten teams that competed in 2022–23 competed in the 2023–24 season.

Giants

Devils

Clan

Panthers

Stars

Flyers

Storm

Steelers

Blaze

Flames

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Locations of the EIHL 2023–24 teams

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 played 54 games, playing each of the other nine teams six times: three times on home ice, and three times away from home.^[11] 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 2024–25 Champions Hockey League. The top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.^[12] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2023–24_EIHL_season
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