The Gardiner Conference was one of three conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and comprised Three teams. Its counterparts are the Erhardt Conference and the newly formed, for the 2017-18 season, Patton Conference. It is named after former Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Charlie Gardiner and was introduced for the 2012–13 EIHL season. The Gardiner Conference Championship was played for over 24 regular season games, each team playing the other two teams eight times (four home and four away). The winner received the Gardiner 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.
Clubs
Gardiner clubs Club Established City Stadium Capacity* Glasgow Clan 2010 Glasgow Braehead Arena 3,750 Dundee Stars 2001 Dundee Dundee Ice Arena 2,400 Fife Flyers 1938 Kirkcaldy Fife Ice Arena 2,414
Former Teams Former Gardiner clubs Club Years City Stadium Capacity* Hull Stingrays 2003-2015 Hull Hull Arena 3,150 Edinburgh Capitals 1998-2018 Edinburgh Murrayfield Ice Arena 3,800 Manchester Storm1995-2002 Altrincham Silver Blades Ice Rink Altrincham 2,100
Winners 2012-13 Braehead Clan Fife Flyers 2013-14 Dundee Stars Hull Stingrays 2014-15 Braehead Clan Fife Flyers 2015-16 Braehead Clan Fife Flyers 2016-17 Braehead Clan Dundee Stars 2017-18 Fife Flyers Braehead Clan 2018-19 Glasgow Clan Dundee Stars
Results ClubWinsRunners upWinning years1 Glasgow Clan512012-13, 2015-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-192 Fife Flyers132017-183 Dundee Stars122013-144 Hull Stingrays01N/A
References
External links Elite Ice Hockey League Official Site Hockeystats Elite League British Ice Hockey Ice Hockey UK BBC Sport Ice Hockey Hockey Database