Ice Hockey Superleague 2000-01

	P	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	Pts
*Sheffield Steelers	48	30	5	4	9	162	115	104
*Cardiff Devils	48	24	5	3	16	167	130	85
*Bracknell Bees	48	19	6	6	17	173	161	75
*London Knights	48	18	7	6	17	143	130	74
*Ayr Scottish Eagles	48	21	4	1	22	161	158	72
*Belfast Giants	48	17	6	9	16	158	159	72
*Manchester Storm	48	15	6	3	24	148	186	60
*Nottingham Panthers	48	10	8	7	23	126	167	53
Newcastle Jesters	48	12	3	11	22	126	158	53

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	P	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Group A
*London Knights	6	4	0	0	2	17	11	12
*Sheffield Steelers	6	4	0	0	2	16	18	12
Belfast Giants	6	3	0	0	3	17	17	9
Nottingham Panthers	6	1	0	0	5	13	17	3
Group B
*Bracknell Bees	6	3	1	0	2	20	17	11
*Ayr Scottish Eagles	6	2	1	1	2	23	19	9
Cardiff Devils	6	2	1	1	2	23	24	9
Manchester Storm	6	1	1	2	2	20	26	7

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	London Knights	4	Ayr Scottish Eagles	3
	Sheffield Steelers	4	Bracknell Bees	2
	Final
	Sheffield Steelers	2	London Knights	1

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Ice Hockey Superleague 2001-02

	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
Belfast Giants	48	31	9	8	177	119	70
Ayr Scottish Eagles	48	20	19	9	136	130	49
Sheffield Steelers	48	18	18	12	138	144	48
Nottingham Panthers	48	19	20	9	140	141	47
Bracknell Bees	48	15	20	13	140	158	43
London Knights	48	14	21	13	130	145	41
Manchester Storm	48	13	23	12	117	141	38

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	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
*Ayr Scottish Eagles	6	5	0	1	22	13	11
*Sheffield Steelers	6	4	1	1	15	8	9
*London Knights	6	4	2	0	17	15	8
*Manchester Storm	6	2	3	1	24	21	5
Belfast Giants	6	2	3	1	21	19	5
Nottingham Panthers	6	1	3	2	13	20	4
Bracknell Bees	6	0	6	0	10	26	0

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Ayr Scottish Eagles	1	Manchester Storm	2
	Sheffield Steelers	3	London Knights	2
	Final
	Sheffield Steelers	3 (4p)	Manchester Storm	3 (3p)

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Ice Hockey Superleague 2002-03

	P	W	L	OL	D	GF	GA	Pts
*Sheffield Steelers	32	18	8	1	5	86	57	42
*Belfast Giants	32	17	8	1	6	111	78	41
*Nottingham Panthers	32	15	13	0	4	92	92	34
*London Knights	32	11	12	1	8	87	90	31
*Bracknell Bees	32	5	20	2	5	71	130	17

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	P	W	L	OL	D	GF	GA	Pts
*Belfast Giants	16	12	2	1	1	65	36	26
*London Knights	16	10	4	0	2	54	41	22
*Nottingham Panthers	16	10	5	0	1	55	42	21
*Sheffield Steelers	16	2	10	3	1	28	52	8
Bracknell Bees	16	3	12	0	1	41	72	7

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Belfast Giants	1	Sheffield Steelers	0 so
	London Knights	4	Nottingham Panthers	3
	Final
	Belfast Giants	5	London Knights	3

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Report

The Ice Hockey Superleague was the top level Ice Hockey League in Britain and Ireland prior to the formation of the Elite Ice Hockey League in 2003.

The Belfast Giants were created in 2000 as part of the peace process with aid of American money and played in the 5000-seat Oddyssey Arena.

In their first season they finished sixth, but failed to qualify out of their playoff group. In 2001-02 they won the League on 70 Points, 21 ahead of their nearest challengers Ayr Scottish Eagles, but again failed to qualify out of the Playoff Group. They finished second in the League in 2002-03, one point behind Sheffield Steelers, but won the Playoff Group before going on to win the Final 5-3 against the London Knights.

Bibliography

[1] Robert, Stewart (2002). The Ice Hockey Annual 2001-02. pp. 127-133. Brighton.

[2] Robert, Stewart (2003). The Ice Hockey Annual 2002-03. pp. 118-124. Brighton.

[3] Robert, Stewart (2004). The Ice Hockey Annual 2003-04. pp. 122-127. Brighton.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Lenka Mulligan.

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 19 December 2018

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