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 was played for over 24 regular season games, each team playing the other three teams eight times (four home and four away). The winner received 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 made up the total of 56 regular season games which decide the overall League Champions of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
Teams
Belfast Giants Belfast SSE Arena 8,300 Cardiff Devils Cardiff Ice Arena Wales 3,088 Nottingham Panthers Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 10,000 Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Utilita Arena 9,300
Former Teams Coventry Blaze Coventry SkyDome Arena 3,000
Winners
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
External links Elite Ice Hockey League Official Site Hockeystats Elite League British Ice Hockey Ice Hockey UK BBC Sport Ice Hockey Hockey Database