Friday night with 3 pre-season games on the schedule

Photo: William Cherry

It's a busy Friday night of pre-season action across the EIHL, with four teams in action over three games.

Belfast Giants go into their final weekend of exhibition weekend with two college teams guesting at the SSE Arena. Carleton University are Friday night's opponents, coached by former Giant Mark Cavallin who played for the team during the Superleague era, including in the Giants' first ever season. His side will face the University of Alberta on Saturday night, who then face the Giants on Sunday. Former Guildford Flames player, Coach and General Manager is Alberta's GM.

Coventry Blaze fans will get their first look at the Kevin Moore era when his new-look team take on MK Lightning of the NIHL at the Skydome. The teams will then split a weekend against Essen from Germany with the Blaze playing the Oberliga side on Sunday evening.

In Manchester, the Storm meet Nottingham Panthers in both teams' second week of pre-season action. Storm will then start competitive games next weekend, while the Panthers will take an extra week of camp and face Cardiff Devil in exhibition matches. The two teams will also play the DEL2's Lausitzer Füchse over the weekend.