Dundee Stars head into Week 2 as the only team with a perfect record, having won both of their opening-weekend games in regulation. They host the Fife Flyers on Tuesday night before visiting Glasgow Clan at the weekend and finishing with Belfast Giants visiting Tayside on Sunday.
The Flyers face the same opposition but in reverse – starting in Dundee, then travelling to Belfast before returning home to meet Glasgow. Those fixtures complete all the Group B Challenge Cup games for the week.
The season’s first League fixture comes on Wednesday night, when Glasgow Clan host the Manchester Storm at Braehead Arena. Whoever wins will stay top of the league table for at least a week.
Friday night brings the first double-header of the season: the Cardiff Devils welcome the Guildford Flames, while the Manchester Storm entertain the Nottingham Panthers.
That sets up a four-game Saturday night. Alongside the Group B matchups already mentioned, the headline game sees the Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers renew their fierce rivalry – the first time in years the Panthers are defending a trophy while the Steelers are not. In Group A, Guildford face Coventry Blaze in the day’s early start.
Sunday’s Group A action wraps up the week with the Sheffield Steelers welcoming the Storm from across the Pennines, while Coventry return home to face Cardiff Devils.
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