The 2011–12 Elite Ice Hockey League season featured 10 teams.
The Fife Flyers replaced the Newcastle Vipers.
[1] GP=Games Played W=Win, L=Lose, OTW=Over Time Wins, OTL=Over Time Loses, Pts=Points, After the two legged quarter finals the end of season playoffs were held at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham during the weekend of 7 and 8 April 2012.
Regular season league winners Belfast Giants lost in the semi-finals to Cardiff Devils.
The title was won by the Nottingham Panthers after defeating Cardiff Devils 2–0, the second successive time that Nottingham had beaten Cardiff in the final.