How much dough do UK ice hockey players make?
Bridie Hessel
2025-05-13 15:16:12
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For the 2019/20 season, an inside report from Chasing the Puck revealed that the ‘Big Four’ were operating on estimated wages between £17,000-£20,000 per week. Compared to other national sports, the wages seem minute.
Donald Pfannerstill
2025-04-30 11:14:19
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The average player wage in EIHL equates to around £34,000. This suggests that the highest salary for a player in the UK league only amounts to a tiny fraction of the biggest contract in the NHL – the top earners in history may have penned contracts of around £50,000 per year.
Ines Wilkinson
2025-04-30 09:45:50
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For context, the very top players in the UK might earn £50k in the Elite League, but the average is half of that. Below that level no one is full-time just as a player.
These players on below-average UK salaries competed alongside players earning in excess of $10m per year.
Josie Hills
2025-04-30 08:46:05
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Salaries here are understandably lower and EIHL players will bank something in the region of £10–30K yearly.
Cyril Prohaska
2025-04-30 07:24:50
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Average salaries are believed to be in the range of £12,500 to £47,000 for players in the Elite League. On the show, he explained that players in the Elite League earned approximately $17,000 to $65,000. This equates to roughly £12,500 to £47,000 (based on exchange rates and whether he was talking about Canadian or US dollars will make a small difference). In monetary terms, probably somewhere between £12,500 and £47,000.
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