Panthers and Blaze prepare for first meeting of season
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Nottingham Panthers and Coventry Blaze meet at the Motorpoint Arena on Saturday night in the only Challenge Cup game of the day.
Coventry currently sit third in the group on four points from four games, while Nottingham find themselves one point behind them, but last in the group, having also played four games.
The Panthers have three points from their opening four Challenge Cup games. They began their campaign with a 4-3 shootout win over Manchester Storm before taking a point from an overtime defeat in Sheffield. A home defeat to Guildford and a 5-3 loss in Cardiff followed.
Coventry have four points from their opening four Cup games. Blaze began with a 6-0 defeat in Sheffield before beating Cardiff 3-2 at home and Manchester 5-3 at the Skydome. They were beaten 4-2 at home by Sheffield in their most recent Challenge Cup outing, and have yet to pick up Cup points on the road.
Tonight's game sees the first meeting between the teams this season.
