| League: | Elite Ice Hockey League |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | September – March |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| Season Champs: | Belfast Giants |
| Season2: | Playoffs |
| Season Champ2 Name: | Champions |
| Season Champs2: | Nottingham Panthers |
| Season3: | Challenge Cup |
| Season Champ3 Name: | Champions |
| Season Champs3: | Nottingham Panthers |
| Prevseason Year: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2012–13 |
| Seasonslistnames: | EIHL |
The 2011–12 Elite Ice Hockey League season featured 10 teams. It started on 3 September 2011 and finished on 8 April 2012. The Fife Flyers replaced the Newcastle Vipers.[1]
| Team Name | Arena | General Manager | Joined | Head Coach | Captain | Alternate Captain | Alternate Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Doug Christianson | Adam Keefe | ||||||
| Kirsty Longmuir | 2010 | Jordan Krestanovitch | Tim Wedderburn | |||||
| 2003 | Gerad Adams | Stuart MacRae | Phil Hill | |||||
| Sally Mahers | 2003 | Jonathan Weaver | Bryan Jurynec | |||||
| Charlie Ward | 2010 | Brent Hughes | A.J. MacLean | John Dolan | ||||
| Matthew Tailford | 2005 | Jan Safar | Daniel McIntyre | Bari McKenzie | ||||
| Tom Muir | 2011 | Todd Dutiaume | Kyle Horne | Andy Samuel | ||||
| Dianne Cowley | 2006 | Kurtis Dulle | Jason Silverthorn | Dmitry Rodin | ||||
| Gary Moran | 2003 | Corey Neilson | Danny Meyers | David Clarke | David Alexandre Beaurgard | |||
| Andy Turner | 2003 | Ryan Finnerty | Rod Sarich | Jeff Legue |
| Regular season standings | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 95 | ||
| 54 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 84 | ||
| 54 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 80 | ||
| 54 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 74 | ||
| 54 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 66 | ||
| 54 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 66 | ||
| 54 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||
| 54 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 32 | ||
| 54 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 30 | ||
| 54 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
GP=Games PlayedW=Win,L=Lose,OTW=Over Time Wins,OTL=Over Time Loses,Pts=Points,
After the two legged quarter finals the end of season playoffs were held at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham during the weekend of 7 and 8 April 2012. Regular season league winners Belfast Giants lost in the semi-finals to Cardiff Devils.The title was won by the Nottingham Panthers after defeating Cardiff Devils 2–0, the second successive time that Nottingham had beaten Cardiff in the final.[2]
Top 2 in each group qualify for Semi-finals
(Q) means teams has qualified for Semi-finals
| Position | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belfast Giants (Q) | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 13 | |
| 2 | Braehead Clan (Q) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 11 | |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 47 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 42 | 3 |
| Position | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nottingham Panthers (Q) | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 13 | |
| 2 | Cardiff Devils (Q) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 10 | |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 2 |