The Excel Hull Stingrays full 09/10 fixture list has been revealed and the season will see a new look, new attitude Rays play each of their eight Elite Leauge rivals, twice home and twice away, in a 56 game schedule.
The Rays begin their campaign on Sunday September 6 with a home fixture against Belfast before another home fixture six days later against a revamped Newcastle Vipers side.
They will begin their fight for the Challenge Cup with an away fixture in Cardiff the following day and will go on to face Cardiff at home as well as Nottingham and Coventry, home and away.
However a special Elite League rule, announced last week, which allows teams to double up Elite League fixtures and Challenge Cup games to prevent fixture congestion, will see one of the Rays Elite League games in Nottingham doubled up as a cup game.
A favourable run in sees the Rays ice four times on home ice in the final five fixtures of the season, whilst they end the 09/10 Elite League season, their fourth in the top flight, with a replica of last seasons final weekend with games against Cardiff and Edinburgh, home and away respectively.
The Elite League also announced that the long awaited Oktoberfest will take place on Saturday October 4 with a full set of fixtures at Sheffield Arena, much like rugby league's Millennium Magic Weekend.
Check www.hullstingrays.co.uk for official confirmation
SEPTEMBER
06th v Belfast
12th v Newcastle
13th @ Cardiff (Challenge Cup)
19th v Edinburgh
20th @ Coventry (Challenge Cup)
26th @ Cardiff
27th v Nottingham (Challenge Cup)
OCTOBER
3rd v Edinburgh
4th OKTOBERFEST
10th @ Nottingham
11th v Sheffield
17th @ Coventry
18th v Belfast
24th v Coventry (Challenge Cup)
25th @ Edinburgh
31st v Cardiff (Challenge Cup)
NOVEMBER
01st @ Newcastle
07th v Edinburgh
08th @ Coventry
14th v Nottingham
15th v Coventry
21st @ Sheffield
22nd @ Cardiff
29th v Belfast
DECEMBER
03rd @ Belfast
05th v Sheffield
06th @ Edinburgh
13th @ Nottingham
16th v Coventry
19th @ Cardiff
20th v Nottingham
26th @ Edinburgh
27th v Edinburgh
JANUARY 2010
02nd @ Nottingham
03rd v Newcastle
09th @ Newcastle
10th v Nottingham
16th v Coventry
17th @ Coventry
23rd v Belfast
24th @ Sheffield
30th v Cardiff
31st @ Coventry
FEBRUARY
04th @ Belfast
06th v Nottingham
07th v Newcastle
13th v Cardiff
14th @ Cardiff
20th @ Newcastle
21st v Nottingham
27th v Coventry
28th @ Sheffield
MARCH
04th @ Belfast
06th @ Newcastle
07th v Sheffield
13th v Cardiff
14th v Sheffield
20th v Cardiff
21st @ Edinburgh
GAMES TO BE ANNOUNCED
@ Belfast
@ Sheffield
v Newcastle
