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ICE HOCKEY - Coventry Blaze to start season with Challenge Cup games before Elite League opener at Dundee Stars as 2026/27 fixtures revealed

Aaron Sutcliffe 9 hours ago Updated: 6 hours ago   0

COVENTRY Blaze will begin the 2026/27 season with three Challenge Cup games before travelling to Dundee Stars in the club’s Elite League opener.

Blaze saw their fixtures revealed for the upcoming 2026/27 campaign with Coventry to travel to Sheffield Steelers on September 12 in the Challenge Cup to begin their season.

Coventry then play Cardiff Devils on September 13 and Manchester Storm on September 19 in back-to-back Challenge Cup home games at the Skydome Arena.

After hosting Manchester, Blaze head to Scotland to face Dundee in the club’s first Elite League fixture of the season on September 20.

Cup games against the Steelers (September 27) and Nottingham Panthers (October 3) follow before a run of four league games begins.

Blaze host the Storm (October 4) in the club’s first home league game of the campaign which is followed by a trip to Fife Flyers (October 7) and home games against Belfast Giants (October 10) and Dundee (October 11).




Coventry return to Challenge Cup action for the rest of the month in a four-game block to the complete the group stage of the competition.

Blaze play 11 Elite League games in November including back-to-back fixtures against the Panthers (November 7 and 8), the Steelers (November 15 and 21) and Fife Flyers (November 28 and 29).


In the last weekend before Christmas, Blaze travel to Sheffield (December 19) and then host Glasgow Clan (December 20).

And the Cardiff Devils visit the Skydome on Boxing Day (December 26) before Blaze head to Cardiff’s Vindico Arena (December 27).

Coventry close out 2026 with a trip to Nottingham on New Year’s Eve (December 31) and then host the Panthers in their first league game of 2027 at the Skydome on New Year’s Day (January 1).

Blaze play seven games in February and nine in March which includes a road double-header against Belfast (March 20 and 21).

Coventry finish the regular season with a final weekend trip to Sheffield (April 3) followed by a home game against Belfast (April 4) at the Skydome.

The Elite League play-offs begin the following week with the play-off finals weekend to take place in Nottingham from Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31.

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