Saturday: Full league schedule
Photo: Dean Woolley
It's a full schedule today of Viaplay Elite League action this Saturday night with top-of-the-table clashes, rivalries, and derbies.
League-leading Guildford Flames play host to Belfast Giants in the day's earlier start at 6pm. The Giants came out of a double-header in Sheffield with a win last weekend, and remain third on points percentage. Guildford stayed six points clear at the top of the table last weekend thanks to back-to-back wins over Nottingham. The Flames are unbeaten in four games.
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Cardiff Devils host Coventry Blaze at Ice Arena Wales in the league for the first time this season in tonight's game. The teams have met four times in the Viaplay Challenge Cup already this season with each team taking home wins - the Devils won both games 3-2 on their own ice, the second of which was in overtime. Cardiff find themselves four points Coventry ith two games in hand.
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Dundee Stars and Glasgow Clan do it all again less than 24 hours after their last meeting. Clan ran out comfortable 6-1 winners at Braehead Arena on Friday night to extend their winning streak to three games - they now go in search of back-to-back four-point weeks on the road in Dundee, and could leapfrog the Stars with a win. Dundee are looking for their third straight home win, and to keep up their record of not losing at home to Clan since January this year.
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Manchester and Fife are separated by three points in the Viaplay Elite League standings, and the two teams meet tonight at the Storm Shelter hoping to either close the gap or extend it respectively. In the teams' last meeting, the Flyers took a 6-5 win, while Storm were 5-1 winners in Fife in September.
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Rounding off the night, Corey Neilson makes his return as Nottingham Panthers Head Coach by taking his side into rivals Sheffield Steelers. Neilson added fuel to the game earlier this week by commenting on "those dreaded orange jerseys", with the Steelers going on to confirm he'll get a loud reception at the Utilita Arena. The Steelers are looking to bounce back after being beaten by Belfast at home on Sunday.
