Saturday: Four games across the night
Photo: Drek Black
Four games are coming your way on Saturday night in Week 24 of the 2024/25 Elite Ice Hockey League season.
The day's early game, starting at 6pm, sees Guildford Flames hosting Sheffield Steelers. After letting a two-goal aggregate lead slip to exit the Cup on Wednesday night, the Steelers have a big weekend with the trip to Surrey and then a home game against league leaders Belfast Giants. The Flames were worthy winners when the sides met at the end of January, but are on a three-game loss streak after narrow defeats to the Giants and Cardiff Devils last weekend. With a defeat last Sunday, the Steelers have now lost their last two games.
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Cardiff Devils, who eliminated the Steelers midweek in the Challenge Cup, are back on home ice with the visit of playoff-chasing Manchester Storm to the Vindico Arena. Having lost five in a row, the Devils have now won their last two games - Storm faced Dundee Stars on Friday night in a crucial battle for the playoffs and lost 4-3 despite having led twice. They have a 10-point gap to make up on the playoff places in their final 14 games of the regular season.
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Tied on 35 points each, Dundee Stars and Glasgow Clan meet at Dundee Ice Arena as the two teams try to pull further away from Manchester Storm chasing them below the playoffs qualification line. Clan have won four in a row after a perfect week last time out and beating Guildford on Friday night; while Dundee had won four of their last six ahead of Friday night's clash in Manchester which saw them come back from two down to beat the Storm. Whoever wins this game will end the weekend in seventh.
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It's a sell-out at the Motorpoint Arena for Nottingham Panthers' home game against Coventry Blaze. The teams head into the weekend third and fifth respectively, separated by just three points. The Panthers have played two games fewer than the Blaze, and head into the game with two defeats in their last two games after previously going some eight unbeaten. The Blaze have won three straight including wins over Cardiff and Sheffield last weekend.
