Patton Conference


The Patton Conference is one of three conferences in the Elite Ice Hockey League and comprises 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 is played for over 24 regular season games, each team playing the other three teams eight times. The winner receives the Patton Trophy and is seeded in the top three for the end-of-season Elite League Play-Offs. These 24 games also make up the total of 56 regular season games which decide the overall League Champions of the Elite Ice Hockey League.

Teams

Coventry Blaze CoventrySkyDome Arena3,000
Guildford Flames GuildfordGuildford Spectrum2,200
Manchester Storm AltrinchamSilverblades Ice Rink Altrincham2,400
Milton Keynes Lightning Milton KeynesPlanet Ice Milton Keynes2,800

Winners

2017-18Manchester StormGuildford Flames
2018-19Guildford FlamesTBD