Saturday: 4 games as season reaches midway point
Photo: Derek Black
It's a four-game Saturday night in the Elite Ice Hockey League as teams roll into, or just past, the halfway mark of their 2023/24 league fixtures.
Belfast Giants and Nottingham Panthers do it all again 24 hours after meeting on Friday night in Part One of their weekend double-header. The Giants took a 2-1 on Friday and could end tonight in second with Cardiff not in EIHL action. The Panthers remain four points outside a playoff spot.
Click here to watch Giants vs. Panthers.
In Dundee, the Stars and Clan begin the second half of their season from 7pm. Both teams have played exactly 27 of their 54 games, and both are in the playoff places - Dundee sit fifth with a two-point and two-place advantage over their Scottish rivals. Clan took a shootout win when the teams met in Dundee on 3 January. The Stars are one win away from equalling their total number of victories under Jeff Mason last season.
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Manchester Storm head into this clash to end their long stretch without a victory over Sheffield Steelers. The Lancashire side have lost every meeting with their Yorkshire opponents this season - eight straight games. For the Steelers, they still have a perfect road record in the league this season with 17 wins.
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Starting at 7.15pm, basement side Fife Flyers host fourth-placed Guildford Flames. It was the Flames that knocked the Flyers out of the Challenge Cup in late 2023, but the Flyers won the only league meeting between the teams in Kirkcaldy so far this season. Both teams are looking to get back on a winning run after seeing streaks ended in their last games - Fife's two-game winning run was ended by Nottingham, while Guildford were beaten at home by Dundee after four victories on the spin.
