Blaze enter preseason on Wednesday night

Photo: Scott Wiggins

Coventry Blaze take to the ice for the first time this season as one of two exhibition games on Wednesday night.

Danny Stewart's men face Nottingham Panthers at the Skydome at 19:30, their visitors having started their own pre-season last weekend with losses to Sheffield.

Slightly further north, the Steelers head to Manchester in a trans-Pennine 'friendly'. Storm have yet to pick up a victory this pre-season with two losses to Cardiff over the weekend, while Sheffield had wins over Nottingham to kick their preparation off.