Cup Quarter-Finals headline Week 18

Photo: Derek Black

After a six-day hockey week in Week 17 of the Premier Sports Elite League, Week 18 seems somewhat calmer on the surface - but promises to be by no means less dramatic.

Action starts on Wednesday with four games including three crucial Premier Sports Challenge Cup fixtures. Dundee, Nottingham and Sheffield all take first-leg leads into their respective Quarter-Final second legs, while in league action Glasgow host Belfast. 

The stars head into Cardiff up by two in their Quarter-Final series  which will be played behind closed doors but shown live on Premier Sports!

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Nottingham meanwhile travel to Guildford also up by two, while Sheffield ave the most comfortable lead of the group as they go to Fife 5-1 ahead from the first leg. With Belfast already confirmed in the semis. by the end of Wednesday night we'll have the full Semi-Final lineup set.

Saturday is our first five-game, 10-team lineup since before Christmas! It's also a big one with Cardiff and Belfast facing each other just eight days after the Giants beat the Devils 1-0 in Belfast. Sheffield and Nottingham contest their first rivalry game of the league season, while Manchester head back up to Glasgow. Dundee and Coventry meet on Tayside with Guildford making the long trip up to Fife to round off the day's action.

Sunday is a three-game affair, starting with Sheffield's trip to Dundee at 5pm. Coventry return home to face Fife half an hour later, while Belfast travel to Guildford t round out the week.