Simple scratch the CC (as its pointless), maybe start the league at the end of August, the league will finish a bit early so we can have a slightly longer PO campaign.
split the league up into seeded groups. so first group will be: 1 , 3, 5, 7 ,9 group 2 of course will be 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. play each other home and away. top 2 from each group go through.
semi final match up best of 3 series.
final being a best of 5 series.
Although it means the EIHL don't get their big show case event at the end of the year, so it will never happen.