The Patton Conference was one of three conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and comprised four teams. Its counterparts are the Erhardt Conference and the Gardiner Conference. It is named after IIHF and British Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Major Bethune Minet “Peter” Patton and was introduced for the 2017–18 EIHL season. The Patton 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 Patton 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
Coventry Blaze Coventry SkyDome Arena 3,000 Guildford Flames Guildford Guildford Spectrum 2,200 Manchester Storm Altrincham Silverblades Ice Rink Altrincham 2,400 Milton Keynes Lightning Milton Keynes Planet Ice Milton Keynes 2,800
Winners
2017-18 Manchester Storm Guildford Flames 2018-19 Guildford Flames Coventry Blaze
References
External links Elite Ice Hockey League Official Site Hockeystats Elite League British Ice Hockey Ice Hockey UK BBC Sport Ice Hockey Hockey Database