This is a list of seasons completed by the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team, presently of the British Elite League. This list documents the season-by-season records of the Cardiff Devils from their foundation in 1986 to the present day. Beginning in Division Two Midlands, the Devils rose quickly through the ranks of British ice hockey, winning the league title and British Championship in only their fourth season of existence. Since then the club has won a further three league titles and three playoff championships as well as one Autumn Cup and one Challenge Cup.
Since winning promotion to the Premier League in 1989, Cardiff have played all but two seasons at British ice hockey's highest level. Of the ten current members of the Elite League, only the Nottingham Panthers have played more seasons in top flight ice hockey.
| Season | League | Level | Autumn Cup | Regular Season | Post Season | Challenge Cup | ||||||||||
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| Finish | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | ||||||||
| 1986–87 | Division Two Midlands | 3 | 1st | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | - | 304 | 16 | 27 | Won Promotion Playoff Semi Final, 10-4 (Grimsby) Lost Promotion Playoff Final, 9-10 (Aviemore) |
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| 1987–88 | Division One (South) | 2 | 3rd | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | - | 219 | 196 | 34 | |||||
| 1988–89 | Division One | 2 | 1st | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | - | 300 | 110 | 44 | Won Promotion Playoff, 21-6 (Streatham) | ||||
| 1989–90 | Premier League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in English Final, 14-18 (Durham) |
1st | 32 | 28 | 3 | 1 | - | 304 | 146 | 57 | Finished first in qualifying group Won in Semi Final, 5-1 (Fife) Won British Championship, 7-6 (Murrayfield) |
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| 1990–91 | Premier League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 8-15 (Durham) |
2nd | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | - | 274 | 237 | 44 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 4-7 (Peterborough) |
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| 1991–92 | Premier League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 10-13 (Nottingham) |
3rd | 36 | 20 | 13 | 3 | - | 235 | 204 | 43 | Finished third in qualifying group | |||
| 1992–93 | Premier League | 1 | Finished second in qualifying group Won in Quarter Final, 14-8 (Peterborough) Won in Semi Final, 9-4 (Nottingham) Won Autumn Cup, 10-4 (Whitley) |
1st | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | - | 319 | 187 | 58 | Finished first in qualifying group Won in Semi Final, 9-0 (Murrayfield) Won British Championship, 7-4 (Humberside) |
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| 1993–94 | Premier League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Won in Quarter Final, 14-12 (Slough) Won in Semi Final, 11-9 (Nottingham) Lost in Final, 2-6 (Murrayfield) |
1st | 44 | 35 | 9 | 0 | - | 422 | 220 | 78 | Finished first in qualifying group Won in Semi Final, 9-5 (Fife) Won British Championship, 12-1 (Sheffield) |
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| 1994–95 | Premier League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Won in Quarter Final, 19-5 (Durham) Won in Semi Final, 12-8 (Sheffield) Lost in Final, 2-7 (Nottingham) |
2nd | 44 | 32 | 8 | 4 | - | 366 | 217 | 68 | Finished second in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 4-5 (Sheffield) |
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| 1995–96 | Premier League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in Quarter Final, 7-9 (Sheffield) |
2nd | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | - | 271 | 140 | 55 | Finished third in qualifying group | |||
| 1996–97 | Super League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in Quarter Final, 4-5 (Nottingham) |
1st | 42 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 208 | 130 | 64 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 2-5 (Sheffield) |
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| 1997–98 | Super League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Won in Quarter Final, 8-4 (Sheffield) Won in Semi Final, 8-5 (Newcastle) Lost in Final, 1-2 (Ayr) |
3rd | 28 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 79 | 34 | Finished first in qualifying group Won in Semi Final, 2-0 (Sheffield) Lost in Final, 2-3 (Ayr) |
Finished sixth in qualifying group | ||
| 1998–99 | Super League | 1 | Finished third in qualifying group Won in Second Round, 22-0 (Fife) Lost in Quarter Final, 4-8 (London) |
2nd | 42 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 144 | 102 | 59 | Finished second in qualifying group Won in Semi Final, 5-0 (Manchester) Won British Championship, 2-1 (Nottingham) |
Finished third in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 5-6 (Nottingham) |
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| 1999–00 | Super League | 1 | Finished first in qualifying group Won in Quarter Final, 13-2 (Nottingham) Lost in Semi Final, 0-4 (Manchester) |
7th | 42 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 136 | 149 | 40 | Finished third in qualifying group | Finished seventh in qualifying group | ||
| 2000–01 | Super League | 1 | Finished third in qualifying group | 2nd | 48 | 29 | 16 | - | 3 | 167 | 130 | 85 | Finished third in qualifying group | Finished seventh in qualifying group | ||
| 2001–02 | British League | 2 | 12th | 44 | 5 | 38 | 1 | - | 90 | 312 | 11 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2002–03 | British League | 2 | 5th | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | - | 133 | 104 | 41 | Finished second in qualifying group Won in Semi Final, 2-1 (Dundee) Lost in Final, 0-2 (Coventry) |
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| 2003–04 | Elite League | 1 | 5th | 56 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 155 | 162 | 55 | Finished second in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 0-2 (Sheffield) |
Finished third in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 2-4 (Sheffield) |
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| 2004–05 | Elite League | 1 | 3rd | 50 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 152 | 121 | 65 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 1-3 (Nottingham) |
Finished first in qualifying group Won in Semi Final, 5-3 (Sheffield) Lost in Final, 5-11 (Coventry) |
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| 2005–06 | Elite League | 1 | 5th | 42 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 110 | 122 | 43 | Finished first in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 1-2 (Sheffield) |
Finished first in qualifying group Won in Semi Final, 3-2 (Newcastle) Won Challenge Cup, 5-4 (Coventry) |
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| 2006–07 | Elite League | 1 | 3rd | 54 | 32 | 17 | - | 5 | 175 | 152 | 69 | Won in Quarter Final, 4-3 (Manchester) Won in Semi Final, 3-2 (Coventry) Lost in Final, 1-2 (Nottingham) |
Finished second in qualifying group | |||
| 2007–08 | Elite League | 1 | 6th | 54 | 26 | 25 | - | 3 | 164 | 174 | 55 | Won in Quarter Final, 7-6 (Nottingham) Lost in Semi Final, 1-2 (Sheffield) |
Finished second in qualifying group Lost in Semi Final, 4-6 (Sheffield) |
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| Regular season totals | 2nd | 868 | 513 | 284 | 45 | 26 | 4747 | 3411 | 1130 | 4 Regular season titles | ||||||
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