2012–13 EIHL season explained


League:	Elite Ice Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Duration:	September - March
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	Champions
Season Champs:	Nottingham Panthers
Season2:	Playoffs
Season Champ2 Name:	Champions
Season Champs2:	Nottingham Panthers
Season3:	Challenge Cup
Season Champ3 Name:	Champions
Season Champs3:	Nottingham Panthers
Playoffs:	Conferences
Conf1:	Gardiner
Conf1 Champ:	Braehead Clan
Conf2:	Erhardt
Conf2 Champ:	Belfast Giants
Prevseason Year:	2011–12
Nextseason Year:	2013–14
Seasonslistnames:	EIHL

The 2012–13 Elite Ice Hockey League season was the tenth season of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The regular season began on Saturday 8 September 2012 and ended on Sunday 24 March 2013, followed by the Play-Offs which culminated in the end-of-season Play-Off Finals on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April 2013.^[1]

This season saw the introduction of a new two conference format, in which the ten participating teams were split into two conferences of five teams. The Gardiner Conference, named after former Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Charlie Gardiner, comprised the five northernmost mainland teams (Braehead Clan, Dundee Stars, Edinburgh Capitals, Fife Flyers and Hull Stingrays) and the Erhardt Conference, named after the captain of the British 1936 Winter Olympics gold medal winning team Carl Erhardt, comprised the four southernmost mainland teams (Cardiff Devils, Coventry Blaze, Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers) and one team from Northern Ireland (Belfast Giants).^[2] The most prestigious honour remained the overall League Championship, awarded to the team with the most points gained from all league games (conference and inter-conference games). The season also included the end-of-season Play-Offs and the Challenge Cup.

Nottingham Panthers proved to be the dominant team of the season, clinching the Elite League Championship – their first British League Championship title for 57 years – when they defeated their nearest challengers Belfast Giants 5–3 at the Odyssey Arena on Friday 15 March 2013. However, the Giants would prevent the Panthers achieving a regular season double of League and Conference titles by shading a very close Erhardt Conference title race on regulation time wins after both teams finished level on points. The Gardiner Conference proved even more exciting with all five teams never being more than a few wins apart, at one stage towards the end of the season only one point separating first and last place. Braehead Clan eventually ran out Conference Champions in a very successful first season for the new two-conference format.

The Challenge Cup was won for the fourth successive season by Nottingham Panthers, clinching their second honour of the season by defeating Sheffield Steelers 5–3 on aggregate in the two-legged final. The Panthers then overcame a big scare at the hands of Fife Flyers in the Play-Off Quarter-Finals to defeat Cardiff Devils in the semi-finals and then Belfast Giants 3–2 in overtime in the Final. This third successive Play-Offs victory also gave them the treble of League Championship, Play-Offs and Challenge Cup, the first time the treble has been won since Coventry Blaze's success in 2004–05.

Team information


				8,300
				3,750
				2,500
				3,000
				2,400
				3,800
				2,414
				3,150
				6,900
				8,500

Regular season

The League Championship was played for over 52 games, each team playing teams in their own conference eight times (four home and four away) and teams in the other conference four times (two home and two away).

The Conference Championships were played for over 32 games, each team playing teams in their own conference eight times (four home and four away).

Teams were awarded two points for a win (in regulation time, overtime or shoot-out), one point for a tie (in regulation time but loss in overtime or shoot-out) and no points for a loss (in regulation time). Teams level on points were separated by (1) total number of games won in regulation time, (2) total number of all games won, (3) results between teams or (4) fewest losses.^[3]

The top eight teams in the League Championship qualified for the Play-Offs.^[4]

Results



Braehead Clan All results by date	align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2"		align=center bgcolor="#a4dded"	5–2 3–4 6–3 4–3	align=center bgcolor="#a4dded"	6–3 6–1 3–4 1–4	align=center bgcolor="#a4dded"	4–3 5–3 3–4 5–1	align=center bgcolor="#a4dded"	4–3 2–1 4–1 1–2	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	2–3 2–6	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	5–7 2–6	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	5–2 4–5	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	1–5 0–5	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	2–7 4–5
Dundee Stars All results by date	5–3 4–1 2–4 3–0		3–2 5–4 2–0 2–3	3–4 6–5 4–1 5–4	3–2 2–1 8–7 5–0	2–5 0–2	1–9 4–2	2–3 3–4	1–5 1–4	3–4 1–3
Edinburgh Capitals All results by date	1–4 8–4 5–3 5–2	5–2 3–4 8–2 4–2		5–2 2–3 7–2 2–4	4–3 1–3 6–2 9–5	1–4 3–2	4–2 3–6	0–1 6–2	0–5 1–6	2–3 2–3
Fife Flyers All results by date	5–1 2–3 1–3 4–1	1–2 6–3 5–0 5–3	2–1 4–1 7–1 5–1		4–3 3–2 5–1 4–2	1–3 4–1	4–2 5–4	3–2 3–2	3–5 2–10	4–2 3–6
Hull Stingrays All results by date	4–5 6–4 2–7 3–2	1–3 4–3 5–1 5–3	6–3 1–0 2–3 4–3	5–4 3–2 5–2 3–1		1–4 2–3	2–1 2–4	2–7 4–1	1–3 1–3	2–4 1–3

Belfast Giants All results by date	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	4–3 2–6	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	2–1 2–5	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	9–1 5–0	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	5–1 3–0	align=center bgcolor="#fddde6"	5–4 5–4	align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2"		align=center bgcolor="#a4dded"	6–3 4–1 5–4 5–0	align=center bgcolor="#a4dded"	4–1 4–3 2–5 8–2	align=center bgcolor="#a4dded"	3–2 2–3 3–5 5–2	align=center bgcolor="#a4dded"	1–5 3–0 1–4 3–1
Cardiff Devils All results by date	3–4 5–1	4–2 3–2	4–1 4–5	4–0 3–1	2–1 2–3	0–4 4–3 3–4 3–5		5–2 1–4 4–3 2–3	2–1 2–3 2–4 3–6	3–4 2–1 1–2 4–5
Coventry Blaze All results by date	5–1 2–0	6–0 4–1	5–2 3–2	4–3 6–3	2–1 3–2	5–4 5–8 0–2 2–4	2–1 3–4 3–6 4–3		5–2 0–8 1–4 2–6	3–4 0–3 5–3 3–8
Nottingham Panthers All results by date	5–4 7–3	5–1 8–1	10–0 1–2	7–1 5–3	6–0 8–4	3–5 3–2 6–1 4–5	4–2 5–0 4–1 4–3	4–2 4–3 1–0 8–3		2–3 3–2 4–2 2–0
Sheffield Steelers All results by date	7–3 7–2	5–4 3–1	1–2 2–3	4–2 3–0	4–0 4–3	5–4 2–1 1–2 2–3	2–4 2–3 5–4 4–3	7–5 3–4 3–2 4–2	1–2 9–4 2–4 5–2

Grid Colours: Blue = league & conference games; Pink = league games.

Result Colours: Black = regulation time result; Green = overtime result; Red = shoot-out result.

League Standings


1	52	42	9	1	85	232	111	35–1–6	9–0–1	9–1–0	W2
2	52	37	10	5	79	191	132	33–1–3	10–2–3	8–2–0	W3
3	52	35	14	3	73	184	133	28–5–2	14–0–3	5–4–1	L1
4	52	24	22	6	54	156	181	18–3–3	22–4–2	5–5–0	L3
5	52	21	23	8	50	160	168	16–4–1	23–2–6	1–8–1	L1
6	52	22	26	4	48	149	184	18–1–3	26–3–1	6–4–0	W2
7	52	23	27	2	48	154	176	17–2–4	27–1–1	5–5–0	W3
8	52	20	26	6	46	163	200	16–0–4	26–6–0	3–5–2	L1
9	52	19	27	6	44	138	194	14–3–2	27–2–4	3–7–0	L3
10	52	17	26	9	43	137	185	15–2–0	26–2–7	5–5–0	W1

Conference standings

Gardiner Conference


1	32	17	12	3	37	109	102	14–0–3	12–3–0	4–5–1	L1
2	32	17	13	2	36	108	95	13–2–2	13–1–1	5–5–0	W3
3	32	17	14	1	35	102	111	12–3–2	14–0–1	3–7–0	L3
4	32	14	11	7	35	97	111	12–2–0	11–1–6	6–3–1	L1
5	32	15	14	3	33	109	106	13–0–2	14–2–1	6–3–1	W2

Erhardt Conference


1	32	21	6	5	47	116	89	18–0–3	6–2–3	8–2–0	W3
2	32	23	8	1	47	119	81	17–0–6	8–0–1	8–2–0	W2
3	32	18	12	2	38	104	89	14–2–2	12–0–2	6–4–0	L1
4	32	9	18	5	23	87	134	7–2–0	18–4–1	3–6–1	L2
5	32	9	18	5	23	83	116	6–3–0	18–1–4	0–9–1	L1

Team Records



52	37	10	5	79	191	132	33–1–3	10–2–3	8–2–0	W3	W7	L2	TL2
26	19	6	1	39	101	66	16–1–2	6–0–1	7–3–0	W1	W4	L2	TL2
26	18	4	4	40	90	66	17–0–1	4–2–2	9–1–0	W2	W8	L1	TL2
32	21	6	5	47	116	89	18–0–3	6–2–3	8–2–0	W3	W5	L2	TL2
16	11	4	1	23	59	41	9–0–2	4–0–1	7–3–0	W1	W4	L1	TL1
16	10	2	4	24	57	48	9–0–1	2–2–2	8–1–1	W7	W7	L1	TL2
20	16	4	0	32	75	43	15–1–0	4–0–0	7–3–0	L1	W7	L1	TL1
10	8	2	0	16	42	25	7–1–0	2–0–0	8–2–0	W2	W5	L1	TL1
10	8	2	0	16	33	18	8–0–0	2–0–0	8–2–0	L1	W4	L1	TL1



52	20	26	6	46	163	200	16–0–4	26–6–0	3–5–2	L1	W3	L4	TL7
26	12	10	4	28	89	93	11–0–1	10–4–0	4–4–2	W3	W3	L3	TL5
26	8	16	2	18	74	107	5–0–3	16–2–0	3–7–0	L6	W3	L6	TL6
32	17	12	3	37	109	102	14–0–3	12–3–0	4–5–1	L1	W5	L3	TL3
16	11	2	3	25	62	42	10–0–1	2–3–0	5–2–3	W3	W6	L1	TL3
16	6	10	0	12	47	60	4–0–2	10–0–0	4–6–0	L4	W3	L4	TL4
20	3	14	3	9	54	98	2–0–1	14–3–0	1–7–2	L2	W1	L4	TL7
10	1	8	1	3	27	51	1–0–0	8–1–0	1–8–1	L2	W1	L4	TL7
10	2	6	2	6	27	47	1–0–1	6–2–0	2–6–2	L2	W1	L2	TL6



52	21	23	8	50	160	168	16–4–1	23–2–6	1–8–1	L1	W3	L6	TL6
26	12	9	5	29	75	74	8–3–1	9–1–4	2–6–2	L4	W7	L4	TL4
26	9	14	3	21	85	94	8–1–0	14–1–2	1–7–2	T1	W2	L4	TL7
32	9	18	5	23	83	116	6–3–0	18–1–4	0–9–1	L1	W2	L8	TL11
16	5	8	3	13	41	54	3–2–0	8–0–3	1–7–2	L5	W4	L5	TL6
16	4	10	2	10	42	62	3–1–0	10–1–1	2–7–1	T1	W1	L6	TL7
20	12	5	3	27	77	52	10–1–1	5–1–2	5–3–2	W2	W3	L2	TL3
10	7	1	2	16	34	20	5–1–1	1–1–1	7–1–2	W1	W5	L1	TL1
10	5	4	1	11	43	32	5–0–0	4–0–1	5–4–1	W1	W1	L1	TL2



52	24	22	6	54	156	181	18–3–3	22–4–2	5–5–0	L3	W3	L3	TL5
26	15	9	2	32	83	85	12–2–1	9–2–0	5–5–0	L2	W6	L2	TL2
26	9	13	4	22	73	96	6–1–2	13–2–2	4–5–1	L1	W2	L2	TL6
32	9	18	5	23	87	134	7–2–0	18–4–1	3–6–1	L2	W2	L4	TL8
16	5	9	2	12	43	70	3–2–0	9–2–0	3–7–0	L2	W1	L3	TL3
16	4	9	3	11	44	64	4–0–0	9–2–1	3–4–3	W1	W1	L4	TL6
20	15	4	1	31	69	47	11–1–3	4–0–1	7–3–0	L1	W10	L2	TL2
10	10	0	0	20	40	15	9–0–1	0-0-0	10–0–0	W10	W10	–	–
10	5	4	1	11	29	32	2–1–2	4–0–1	5–4–1	L3	W3	L3	TL3



52	19	27	6	44	138	194	14–3–2	27–2–4	3–7–0	L3	W5	L4	TL7
26	14	8	4	32	80	82	10–2–2	8–1–3	5–5–0	L1	W4	L3	TL4
26	5	19	2	12	58	112	4–1–0	19–1–1	0–9–1	L5	W3	L5	TL10
32	17	14	1	35	102	111	12–3–2	14–0–1	3–7–0	L3	W4	L3	TL3
16	13	2	1	27	62	41	9–2–2	2–0–1	7–2–1	L1	W6	L1	TL1
16	4	12	0	8	40	70	3–1–0	12–0–0	2–8–0	L8	W2	L8	TL8
20	2	13	5	9	36	83	2–0–0	13–2–3	2–7–1	L4	W2	L4	TL13
10	1	6	3	5	18	41	1–0–0	6–1–2	1–6–3	L3	W1	L3	TL6
10	1	7	2	4	18	42	1–0–0	7–1–1	1–7–2	L1	W1	L3	TL7



52	22	26	4	48	149	184	18–1–3	26–3–1	6–4–0	W2	W4	L6	TL6
26	14	10	2	30	97	81	13–0–1	10–2–0	7–2–1	W1	W4	L2	TL3
26	8	16	2	18	52	103	5–1–2	16–1–1	5–4–1	W1	W2	L8	TL11
32	15	14	3	33	109	106	13–0–2	14–2–1	6–3–1	W2	W4	L3	TL3
16	11	4	1	23	75	47	10–0–1	4–1–0	7–2–1	W1	W4	L1	TL2
16	4	10	2	10	34	59	3–0–1	10–1–1	4–5–1	W1	W1	L6	TL8
20	7	12	1	15	40	78	5–1–1	12–1–0	5–4–1	W1	W2	L4	TL4
10	3	6	1	7	22	34	3–0–0	6–1–0	3–6–1	W1	W1	L3	TL4
10	4	6	0	8	18	44	2–1–1	6–0–0	4–6–0	W1	W3	L4	TL4



52	23	27	2	48	154	176	17–2–4	27–1–1	5–5–0	W3	W3	L5	TL5
26	19	6	1	39	95	65	16–0–3	6–0–1	9–1–0	W2	W7	L2	TL3
26	4	21	1	9	59	111	1–2–1	21–1–0	1–8–1	W1	W3	L11	TL11
32	17	13	2	36	108	95	13–2–2	13–1–1	5–5–0	W3	W3	L3	TL3
16	13	2	1	27	63	28	12–0–1	2–0–1	8–1–1	W7	W7	L1	TL2
16	4	11	1	9	45	67	1–2–1	11–1–0	3–6–1	W1	W3	L6	TL7
20	6	14	0	12	46	81	4–0–2	14–0–0	3–7–0	L1	W1	L4	TL4
10	6	4	0	12	32	37	4–0–2	4–0–0	6–4–0	L1	W2	L1	TL1
10	0	10	0	0	14	44	0-0-0	10–0–0	0–10–0	L10	–	L10	TL10



52	17	26	9	43	137	185	15–2–0	26–2–7	5–5–0	W1	W4	L6	TL7
26	14	10	2	30	77	79	13–1–0	10–0–2	7–3–0	W1	W5	L3	TL3
26	3	16	7	13	60	106	2–1–0	16–2–5	1–8–1	L2	W1	L3	TL9
32	14	11	7	35	97	111	12–2–0	11–1–6	6–3–1	L1	W4	L3	TL4
16	12	2	2	26	59	46	11–1–0	2–0–2	8–1–1	W6	W6	L1	TL2
16	2	9	5	9	38	65	1–1–0	9–1–4	1–7–2	L1	W1	L2	TL9
20	3	15	2	8	40	74	3–0–0	15–1–1	2–7–1	W1	W1	L7	TL9
10	2	8	0	4	18	33	2–0–0	8–0–0	2–8–0	W1	W1	L6	TL6
10	1	7	2	4	22	41	1–0–0	7–1–1	1–7–2	L3	W1	L3	TL5



52	42	9	1	85	232	111	35–1–6	9–0–1	9–1–0	W2	W10	L1	TL1
26	22	4	0	44	123	53	18–1–3	4–0–0	9–1–0	W6	W8	L1	TL1
26	20	5	1	41	109	58	17–0–3	5–0–1	8–2–0	W1	W6	L1	TL2
32	23	8	1	47	119	81	17–0–6	8–0–1	8–2–0	W2	W7	L2	TL3
16	13	3	0	26	61	34	10–0–3	3–0–0	9–1–0	W4	W8	L1	TL1
16	10	5	1	21	58	47	7–0–3	5–0–1	7–3–0	W1	W4	L2	TL3
20	19	1	0	38	113	30	18–1–0	1–0–0	10–0–0	W10	W10	L1	TL1
10	9	1	0	18	62	19	8–1–0	1–0–0	9–1–0	W4	W5	L1	TL1
10	10	0	0	20	51	11	10–0–0	0-0-0	10–0–0	W10	W10	–	–



52	35	14	3	73	184	133	28–5–2	14–0–3	5–4–1	L1	W7	L2	TL3
26	17	7	2	36	97	69	14–2–1	7–0–2	7–2–1	L1	W4	L2	TL2
26	18	7	1	37	87	64	14–3–1	7–0–1	7–3–0	W2	W6	L2	TL2
32	18	12	2	38	104	89	14–2–2	12–0–2	6–4–0	L1	W5	L3	TL4
16	9	6	1	19	57	49	7–1–1	6–0–1	6–4–0	L1	W3	L2	TL2
16	9	6	1	19	47	40	7–1–1	6–0–1	4–5–1	W2	W3	L3	TL3
20	17	2	1	35	80	44	14–3–0	2–0–1	9–0–1	W1	W10	L1	TL1
10	8	1	1	17	40	20	7–1–0	1–0–1	8–1–1	W1	W4	L1	TL1
10	9	1	0	18	40	24	7–2–0	1–0–0	9–1–0	W9	W9	L1	TL1

Play-Offs

The quarter-finals were played over two legs, home and away. The semi-finals and Final were played over a single leg at a neutral venue, the National Ice Centre, in the 'Play-Off Finals Weekend'.

The Play-Off seeds were (1) Nottingham Panthers, (2) Belfast Giants, (3) Braehead Clan, (4) Sheffield Steelers, (5) Coventry Blaze, (6) Cardiff Devils, (7) Edinburgh Capitals and (8) Fife Flyers (in order of League Champions, best Conference Champions, second best Conference Champions, final League Championship positions respectively).^[4]

Semi-finals


			6–3
			5–1

3rd Place Play-Off

Final

Challenge Cup

The First Round comprised two groups of five teams, each team playing teams in their own group twice (once home and once away), totalling eight games.

In the First Round group games, teams were awarded two points for a win (in regulation time, overtime or shoot-out), one point for a tie (in regulation time but loss in overtime or shoot-out) and no points for a loss (in regulation time). Teams level on points were separated by (1) total number of games won in regulation time, (2) total number of all games won, (3) results between teams or (4) fewest losses.^[3]

The top four teams from each First Round group qualified for the quarter-finals. The quarter-final ties were decided by final group positions (A1-B4, B1-A4, A2-B3, B2-A3). The quarter-finals, semi-finals and Final were all played over two legs, home and away.

Due to scheduling constraints, some League Championship games doubled up as Challenge Cup games.

First round

Group A

(All Group Game results by date)


	3–2	2–1	9–1	5–1
3–2		5–2	6–3	4–3
2–5	2–1		3–2	1–0
1–4	4–3	3–5		2–4
1–3	5–1	5–2	2–0

Result Colours: Black = regulation time result; Green = overtime result; Red = shoot-out result.


1	8	7	1	0	14	33	12	7–0–0	1–0–0	4–0–0	W7
2	8	4	3	1	9	25	24	4–0–0	3–1–0	3–1–0	W3
3	8	4	4	0	8	21	18	4–0–0	4–0–0	0–4–0	L4
4	8	4	4	0	8	18	23	4–0–0	4–0–0	2–2–0	L1
5	8	1	7	0	2	16	36	0–1–0	7–0–0	0–4–0	L6



8	7	1	0	14	33	12	7–0–0	1–0–0	4–0–0	W7	W7	L1	TL1
4	4	0	0	8	19	5	4–0–0	0-0-0	4–0–0	W4	W4	–	–
4	3	1	0	6	14	7	3–0–0	1–0–0	3–1–0	W3	W3	L1	TL1
8	4	3	1	9	25	24	4–0–0	3–1–0	3–1–0	W3	W3	L3	TL4
4	4	0	0	8	18	10	4–0–0	0-0-0	4–0–0	W4	W4	–	–
4	0	3	1	1	7	14	0-0-0	3–1–0	0–3–1	L3	T1	L3	TL4
8	4	4	0	8	18	23	4–0–0	4–0–0	2–2–0	L1	W2	L2	TL2
4	3	1	0	6	8	8	3–0–0	1–0–0	3–1–0	L1	W3	L1	TL1
4	1	3	0	2	10	15	1–0–0	3–0–0	1–3–0	L1	W1	L2	TL2
8	1	7	0	2	16	36	0–1–0	7–0–0	0–4–0	L6	W1	L6	TL6
4	1	3	0	2	10	16	0–1–0	3–0–0	1–3–0	L3	W1	L3	TL3
4	0	4	0	0	6	20	0-0-0	4–0–0	0–4–0	L4	–	L4	TL4
8	4	4	0	8	21	18	4–0–0	4–0–0	0–4–0	L4	W4	L4	TL4
4	3	1	0	6	13	6	3–0–0	1–0–0	3–1–0	L1	W3	L1	TL1
4	1	3	0	2	8	12	1–0–0	3–0–0	1–3–0	L3	W1	L3	TL3

Group B

(All Group Game results by date)


	2–3	3–4	6–5	7–6
2–1		6–5	3–1	1–2
7–5	4–2		2–4	3–6
4–2	4–3	6–0		3–2
4–3	7–2	4–2	4–3

Result Colours: Black = regulation time result; Green = overtime result; Red = shoot-out result.


1	8	6	1	1	13	35	24	4–1–1	1–0–1	2–1–1	W1
2	8	5	1	2	12	30	22	5–0–0	1–2–0	2–1–1	W2
3	8	4	4	0	8	22	26	3–0–1	4–0–0	0–4–0	L4
4	8	3	4	1	7	27	36	3–0–0	4–0–1	2–2–0	W2
5	8	2	5	1	5	29	35	0–1–1	5–0–1	1–3–0	W1



8	2	5	1	5	29	35	0–1–1	5–0–1	1–3–0	W1	W1	L3	TL5
4	2	2	0	4	18	18	0–1–1	2–0–0	2–2–0	W1	W1	L2	TL2
4	0	3	1	1	11	17	0-0-0	3–0–1	0–3–1	L1	T1	L2	TL4
8	4	4	0	8	22	26	3–0–1	4–0–0	0–4–0	L4	W4	L4	TL4
4	3	1	0	6	12	9	2–0–1	1–0–0	3–1–0	L1	W3	L1	TL1
4	1	3	0	2	10	17	1–0–0	3–0–0	1–3–0	L3	W1	L3	TL3
8	3	4	1	7	27	36	3–0–0	4–0–1	2–2–0	W2	W2	L2	TL4
4	2	2	0	4	16	17	2–0–0	2–0–0	2–2–0	W1	W1	L1	TL1
4	1	2	1	3	11	19	1–0–0	2–0–1	1–2–1	W1	W1	L2	TL3
8	5	1	2	12	30	22	5–0–0	1–2–0	2–1–1	W2	W2	L1	TL2
4	4	0	0	8	17	7	4–0–0	0-0-0	4–0–0	W4	W4	–	–
4	1	1	2	4	13	15	1–0–0	1–2–0	1–1–2	T1	W1	L1	TL3
8	6	1	1	13	35	24	4–1–1	1–0–1	2–1–1	W1	W5	L1	TL2
4	4	0	0	8	19	10	2–1–1	0-0-0	4–0–0	W4	W4	–	–
4	2	1	1	5	16	14	2–0–0	1–0–1	2–1–1	W1	W1	L1	TL2

Final

Player statistics

Regular season

Points

	57	35	60	95
	56	29	65	94
Ash Goldie	56	34	46	80
Bobby Chaumont¹	55	30	50	80
	57	35	43	78
	59	21	54	75
	60	34	39	73
Stuart MacRae	59	27	45	72
	56	31	40	71
Jereme Tendler	58	43	27	70
	56	37	31	68
	45	35	30	65
	45	24	40	64
Kris Hogg	55	29	32	61
	54	21	40	61
	57	21	40	61
	53	23	37	60
	57	22	37	59
Jason Pitton	50	24	34	58
	58	21	37	58
¹Season statistics (club statistics: Braehead Clan 18–9–7–16, Fife Flyers 37–21–43–64).

Goaltenders

	54	42	11	1	108	7	.918	2.07
	40	26	11	3	96	3	.914	2.42
	55	36	14	4	136	3	.911	2.47
	40	19	16	4	112	1	.909	2.81
Bryan Pitton	52	24	26	1	147	2	.907	2.89
	59	28	28	2	184	2	.914	3.15
	51	22	29	0	166	0	.901	3.27
	56	23	29	3	184	3	.915	3.33
	54	18	28	8	180	1	.905	3.35
Garrett Zemlak¹	45	24	19	0	148	4	.896	3.38
¹Season statistics (club statistics: Braehead Clan 30-12-17-0-116-0-.883–3.95, Belfast Giants 15-12-2-0-32-4-.926-2.22)

Goals

Jereme Tendler	58	43
	56	37
	45	35
	57	35
	57	35
Ash Goldie	56	34
	60	34
	56	31
Bobby Chaumont¹	55	30
Kris Hogg	55	29
	56	29
Stuart MacRae	59	27
Dominic Osman	59	25
	45	24
Jason Pitton	50	24
	57	24
	59	24
	51	23
	53	23
	54	23
¹Season statistics (club statistics: Braehead Clan 18–9, Fife Flyers 37–21)

Assists

	56	65
	57	60
	59	54
Bobby Chaumont¹	55	50
Ash Goldie	56	46
	57	46
Stuart MacRae	59	45
	53	44
	57	43
	45	40
	54	40
	56	40
	57	40
	48	39
Matt Davies	59	39
	59	39
	60	39
	53	37
Derek Keller	56	37
	57	37
¹Season statistics (club statistics: Braehead Clan 18–7, Fife Flyers 37–43)

Penalty Minutes

	53	392
	54	266
	54	235
Jason Pitton	50	187
	50	182
Kurtis Dulle	56	180
	25	169
	58	166
	56	164
	56	163
Guillaume Lépine	50	148
	57	144
	59	139
	59	137
Pat Bowen	54	133
Jeff Caister	55	132
Dominic Osman	59	122
	57	112
	54	109
	55	105

Play-Offs

Points

	4	7	8	15
	4	6	4	10
Stuart MacRae	4	0	10	10
	4	4	3	7
	4	3	4	7
	4	3	4	7
Craig Peacock	4	3	4	7
	4	3	3	6
	4	3	3	6
	4	2	4	6
Ash Goldie	2	4	1	5
	4	2	3	5
	4	1	4	5
	4	1	4	5
	4	0	5	5
	4	3	1	4
	4	2	2	4
	4	2	2	4
	2	0	4	4
	2	0	4	4

Goaltenders

	4	3	1	0	8	0	.924	1.94
Bryan Pitton	2	1	1	0	5	0	.935	2.52
	4	1	2	0	13	0	.911	3.86
Chris Whitley	4	1	2	0	19	0	.826	5.73
	2	1	1	0	12	0	.854	6.00

Goals

	4	7
	4	6
Ash Goldie	2	4
	4	4
	4	3
	4	3
	4	3
	4	3
	4	3
Craig Peacock	4	3
	4	3
	2	2
	2	2
	2	2
	4	2
	4	2
	4	2
	4	2
Daymen Rycroft	4	2
	4	2

Assists

Stuart MacRae	4	10
	4	8
	4	5
	2	4
	2	4
	4	4
	4	4
	4	4
	4	4
	4	4
Craig Peacock	4	4
	4	4
	4	3
	4	3
	4	3
	4	3
	4	3
	4	3
Steve Birnstill	2	2
	2	2

Penalty Minutes

	2	14
	4	14
	3	12
	2	10
	4	10
	4	10
Derek Keller	2	8
	4	8
	4	8
	4	8
Darryl Lloyd	4	8
	2	6
Kris Hogg	2	6
	4	6
	4	6
	4	6
Guillaume Lépine	4	6
	4	6
	4	6
Daymen Rycroft	4	6

Season Awards

Individual awards

AWARD	WINNER	TEAM
Player of the Year		Nottingham Panthers
Coach of the Year		Nottingham Panthers
Fans Player of the Year		Nottingham Panthers
British Player of the Year		Nottingham Panthers
Netminder of the Year		Nottingham Panthers
Defenceman of the Year		Coventry Blaze
Forward of the Year		Nottingham Panthers
Top Goalscorer	Jereme Tendler	Hull Stingrays
Top Points Scorer		Nottingham Panthers

All-Star Teams

FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM		SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM
PLAYER	TEAM	PLAYER	TEAM
			Dundee Stars
		Derek Keller	Fife Flyers
			Nottingham Panthers
		Ash Goldie	Braehead Clan
			Nottingham Panthers
Jereme Tendler			Dundee Stars

External links

Notes and References

Web site: ELITE Ice Hockey League ◊ Official Website . 1 September 2012 . https://archive.today/20130420170306/http://www.eliteleague.co.uk/stats/schedule.php?view=season&division_id=&team_id=-1&season_id=9&home_away= . 20 April 2013 . dead .
Web site: ELITE Ice Hockey League ◊ Official Website Previous Winners | ELITE Ice Hockey League . 2012-08-12 . dead . https://archive.today/20130420082633/http://www.eliteleague.co.uk/the-elite-league-s12353 . 20 April 2013 .
Web site: ELITE Ice Hockey League ◊ Official Website | ELITE Ice Hockey League . 22 February 2013 . https://archive.today/20130420201305/http://www.eliteleague.co.uk/cup-and-league-criteria-s12539 . 20 April 2013 . dead .
Web site: EIHL Playoff Finals 2013 announced | British Ice Hockey . 11 February 2013 . https://archive.today/20130419210949/http://www.britishicehockey.co.uk/news/eihl-playoff-finals-2013-announced-6150.html . 19 April 2013 . dead .