The 2006–07 Elite Ice Hockey League season commenced on September 9, 2006 and concluded on April 8, 2007.
There was a reduction of one in the number of foreign trained players ('imports') a club was allowed to have signed at one time, with a limit of ten per team.
The number of players requiring a work permit (non-British and European Union citizens) was increased from five to nine.
Previously, EIHL teams were only able to sign players who had played in the NHL, AHL and ECHL, something which essentially limited EIHL clubs to a small pool of ECHL players and inflated wage demands.
The Nottingham Panthers represented the United Kingdom in the 2006–07 Continental Cup because the 2005–06 champions Belfast Giants and runner-up Newcastle Vipers declined to take part in the tournament.