Comparison To Other Leagues
In terms of international quality, the EIHL is one of the lesser European Senior Leagues. The quality is below that of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the SM-liiga, and the Elitserien but is of a higher standard than the Dutch Eredivisie or the French Ligue Magnus. It is on par with the Italian Serie A (ice hockey), Danish AL-Bank Ligaen and Norwegian GET-ligaen
The EIHL champions are invited to play in the Continental Cup, Europe's 2nd level club competition. For the 2009-2010 tournament, the EIHLs entrants are entering the tournament in the penultimate (3rd) group stage.
When compared to North American leagues, the calibre of play is probably equivalent to that of the teams in the ECHL even though the league has attracted the likes of top players from the AHL and even the NHL including number 5 draft pick Ed Courtenay, former Atlanta Thrashers Goaltender Scott Fankhouser and former Calgary Flames star Theo Fleury and many others like Nick Boynton, Eric Cairns, Chris McAllister, Wade Belak, and Rumun Ndur.
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