It is scary to think that the Elite League is going into its 7th season in a few weeks time. It only seems like a few years ago that the ISL was wrapping up, were were panicking about the future of our team and then we were getting used to the fact that British born players would be all over the ice, including boys from Belfast. It has been quite a run for the EIHL which has turned out to be much more successful overall than the ISL was and it has created many memories and historic moments for many teams. To celebrate some of the leagues history the EIHL yesterday released some of its all-time stats including points, goals, assists and penalty minutes. It makes for good reading but none of the names that make the list are a big shock. Here is a look at the top man in each category and then a further, more in depth look, at the goal scoring category.

Appearances: Jody Lehman 383
Goals: Adam Calder 192
Assists: Tony Hand 288
Points: Adam Calder 416
Penalty Minutes: Andre Payette 1754

The scoring category is always a fun one to look at and having looked at the top ten scorers with more than 100 goals as given by the Elite League, here is them in order of goals per game. It shuffles the pack quite a bit but still keeps Adam Calder at the top of the pack proving that he might well be the greatest Elite League player of all time to date.

1. Adam Calder: 0.65 (goals per game)

2. Curtis Huppe: 0.60

3. Jeff Hutchins: 0.51

4. David Clarke: 0.49

5. George Awada: 0.45

6. Doug Sheppard: 0.45

7. Mark Dutiaume: 0.45

8. Greg Chambers: 0.44

9. Dan Carlson: 0.43

10. Ashley Tait: 0.42

Tony Hand: 0.34

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