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2007–08 EIHL season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | |
| league | Elite Ice Hockey League |
| sport | Ice hockey |
| duration | September - March |
| season | Regular season |
| season_champ_name | Champions |
| season_champs | Coventry Blaze |
| season2 | Playoffs |
| season_champ2_name | Champions |
| season_champs2 | Sheffield Steelers |
| season3 | Challenge Cup |
| season_champ3_name | Champions |
| season_champs3 | Nottingham Panthers |
| season4 | Charity Shield |
| prevseason_year | [2006-07](2006-07-eihl-season) |
| nextseason_year | [2008-09](2008-09-eihl-season) |
| seasonslistnames | EIHL |
The 2007–08 Elite Ice Hockey League season began September 5, 2007 and ran until April 6, 2008. It was the fifth season of Elite League competition.
The defending league champions were the Coventry Blaze, who were also the holders of the Challenge Cup. The Nottingham Panthers looked to defend the Play Off Championship they won for the first time in eighteen years in 2007.
Movements between Elite League teams
| Player | From | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKR Pavel Gomenyuk | Hull Stingrays | Newcastle Vipers | April 19 | |
| UKR Sergiy Rublivsky | Hull Stingrays | Newcastle Vipers | April 24 | |
| GBR Mark Richardson | Cardiff Devils | Nottingham Panthers | May 1 | |
| GBR Ashley Tait | Coventry Blaze | Sheffield Steelers | May 9 | |
| GBR Jonathan Weaver | Newcastle Vipers | Coventry Blaze | May 9 | |
| CAN Doug Shepard | Basingstoke Bison | Sheffield Steelers | May 10 | |
| GBR Slava Koulikov | Hull Stingrays | Basingstoke Bison | May 14 | |
| GBR Phil Hill | Sheffield Steelers | Cardiff Devils | May 17 | |
| GBR Russ Cowley | Cardiff Devils | Coventry Blaze | May 29 | |
| CAN Derek Campbell | Manchester Phoenix | Newcastle Vipers | May 31 | |
| GBR Paul Moran | Sheffield Steelers | Belfast Giants | May 31 | |
| SWE Johan Molin | Manchester Phoenix | Nottingham Panthers | June 4 | |
| GBR Marc Levers | Belfast Giants | Nottingham Panthers | June 6 | |
| SVK Matus Petricko | Nottingham Panthers | Cardiff Devils | June 6 | |
| CAN Curtis Huppe | Belfast Giants | Coventry Blaze | June 12 | |
| CAN Jeff Hutchins | Belfast Giants | Newcastle Vipers | July 3 | |
| CAN Jeremy Cornish | Newcastle Vipers | Sheffield Steelers | July 16 |
Charity Shield
The season began on September 5, 2007 with a "Charity Shield" style game between the 2006–07 league champions and Challenge Cup winning Coventry Blaze and the playoff champions Nottingham Panthers at the National Ice Centre. The Panthers defeated the Blaze 7-6 to win the inaugural event.
| **7-6** Drouin (Neilson, McAslan) PP 48.56 |
|---|
Challenge Cup
For the preliminary round, teams were divided into two groups of five with teams playing each of their opponents once with two homes games and two away games. The home and away games for each club were determined by a random draw. The top two in each group advanced to the semi-finals of the competition.
Group stage
Group A
| Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nottingham Panthers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
| 2 | Cardiff Devils | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 |
| 3 | Coventry Blaze | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | Basingstoke Bison | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| 5 | Belfast Giants | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
Group B
| Team | P | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheffield Steelers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
| 2 | Newcastle Vipers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| 3 | Manchester Phoenix | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 |
| 4 | Edinburgh Capitals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Hull Stingrays | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
Semi-finals
Winner A (Nottingham) vs Runner-up B (Newcastle)
| Date | Home | Away | Result | Venue | ***Nottingham won 10–5 on aggregate*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 20 | **Nottingham Panthers 5** | Newcastle Vipers 4 | Final | National Ice Centre |
| 2 | November 30 | Newcastle Vipers 1 | **Nottingham Panthers 5** | Final | Metro Radio Arena |
Winner B (Sheffield) vs Runner-up A (Cardiff)
| Date | Home | Away | Result | Venue | ***Sheffield won 6–4 on aggregate*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 28 | Cardiff Devils 4 | Sheffield Steelers 4 | Final | Cardiff Bay Ice Rink |
| 2 | December 5 | **Sheffield Steelers 2** | Cardiff Devils 0 | Final | IceSheffield |
Final
| Date | Home | Away | Result | Venue | ***Nottingham won 9–7 on aggregate*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 23 | Sheffield Steelers 3 | **Nottingham Panthers 6** | Final | Sheffield Arena |
| 2 | February 20 | Nottingham Panthers 3 | **Sheffield Steelers 4** | Final | National Ice Centre |
League
| Regular season standings | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry Blaze | 54 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 217 | 157 | 85 |
| Sheffield Steelers | 54 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 190 | 128 | 78 |
| Nottingham Panthers | 54 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 172 | 133 | 69 |
| Belfast Giants | 54 | 33 | 19 | 2 | 184 | 150 | 68 |
| Newcastle Vipers | 54 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 159 | 174 | 60 |
| Cardiff Devils | 54 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 164 | 174 | 55 |
| Manchester Phoenix | 54 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 162 | 179 | 49 |
| Edinburgh Capitals | 54 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 155 | 208 | 41 |
| Basingstoke Bison | 54 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 172 | 222 | 37 |
| Hull Stingrays | 54 | 13 | 34 | 7 | 119 | 197 | 33 |
Playoffs
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Coventry Blaze | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=Edinburgh Capitals | RD1-score2=2 | RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=Belfast Giants | RD1-score3=6 | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4=Newcastle Vipers | RD1-score4=7 | RD1-seed5=2 | RD1-team5=Sheffield Steelers | RD1-score5=9 | RD1-seed6=7 | RD1-team6=Manchester Phoenix | RD1-score6=8 | RD1-seed7=3 | RD1-team7=Nottingham Panthers | RD1-score7=6 | RD1-seed8=6 | RD1-team8=Cardiff Devils | RD1-score8=7 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Coventry Blaze | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=5 | RD2-team2=Newcastle Vipers | RD2-score2=2 | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Sheffield Steelers | RD2-score3=2 | RD2-seed4=6 | RD2-team4=Cardiff Devils | RD2-score4=1 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Coventry Blaze | RD3-score1=0 | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=Sheffield Steelers | RD3-score2=2
Footnotes
before = 2006–07 EIHL season | after = 2008–09 EIHL season | title = EIHL seasons | years = |
References
- "The Official Site of the GMB Nottingham Panthers Ice Hockey Team".
- (2007). "bmibaby Elite Ice Hockey League News - bmibaby Elite League confirm 2007/08 competitions".
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