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Saturday 29th November: Excel Hull Stingrays (10th) v Manchester Phoenix (5th) @ Hull Arena, 6pm
Sunday 30th November: Excel Hull Stingrays (10th) v Belfast Giants (3rd) @ Hull Arena, 5.30pm
Form
Stingrays- L L L L L
Manchester- L L W W W
Belfast- L W W W W
Last 3 Meetings
v Manchester
06/09/08 3-4 L H
26/10/08 4-6 L A
22/11/08 0-5 L A
v Belfast
31/01/08 1-3 L A
14/09/08 1-4 L H
01/11/08 6-3 W A
Players to Watch
Stingrays- Jeff Glowa- Continued his great start to the season with a goal and two assists against Nottingham in the Stingrays shootout loss taking his goalscoring total to 11 goals in ten games, before which he had recorded a seven game point streak.
Manchester- David Beauregard- With 24 goals in 23 games, Beauregard, who is playing on a line with play maker Tony Hand, has established himself as the leagues clear leader in goals, five ahead of his nearest rival.
Belfast- Paul Deniset- Deniset sits second in the league goalscoring charts behind the phenomenal Beauregard. He has only failed to record a point in one game this season whilst in his last four games has recorded a hat trick over Manchester and a rare four assist night over Nottingham.
Absentees
Stingrays- Slava Koulikov (doubtful; broken collarbone), Stuart Kerr (doubtful; knee), Troy Neumeier (torn ligament)
Manchester- Full strength
Belfast- Paul Deniset (doubtful), Bobby Robins (doubtful), Andrew Martin (doubtful)
Other stuff
- 40 year old player coach of the Manchester Phoenix and all time British hockey legend, Tony Hand, requires just one point to reach 4000 career points, a category he already leads by some margin.
- Jeff Glowa requires just two goals to equal his season high in goals during an Elite League season. Glowas 18 last season bettered his 06/07 total by 2 however this season an on form Glowa has hit 16 goals in just 22 games for the Stingrays adding a further 11 assists.
- Slava Koulikov looks set to make his return to action following a broken collarbone that he received after a hit from Coventry's Mattias Soderstrom. It had initially been feared that British born Russian forward Koulikov would be out until Christmas, however he has reacted well to physio and so will return this weekend against Manchester.
- Already without Troy Neumeier, there had been fears that the Stingrays may have just two fit defenceman going into the weekend. Stuart Kerr suffered a knee injury against Nottingham last weekend whilst Paul Moran blocked a shot with his knee in the same game. However it has been revealed that Kerr now faces a last minute fitness test before Saturdays 6pm face off, whilst Moran has confirmed that he will ice this weekend. Canadian forward Steve Slonina had been helping out on defence but with a fit back line of Paul Moran, Pavel Gomenyuk, Aaron Wilson and possibly Stuart Kerr, he may revert back to forward.
- Belfast may be without all of their three first line forwards. All three, Bobby Robins, Paul Deniset and Andrew Martin, are doubts will niggling injuries with Belfast also playing Coventry tonight (Friday).
- Belfast have not lost a game (four games) since their 6-3 loss to the Stingrays in Belfast on the 1st November, the game marked the Stingrays first ever victory at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast after a previous win against the Giants in Dundalk.
Predictions
Stingrays 3-4 Manchester
Stingrays 2-4 Belfast
Stingrays- L L L L L
Manchester- L L W W W
Belfast- L W W W W
Last 3 Meetings
v Manchester
06/09/08 3-4 L H
26/10/08 4-6 L A
22/11/08 0-5 L A
v Belfast
31/01/08 1-3 L A
14/09/08 1-4 L H
01/11/08 6-3 W A
Players to Watch
Stingrays- Jeff Glowa- Continued his great start to the season with a goal and two assists against Nottingham in the Stingrays shootout loss taking his goalscoring total to 11 goals in ten games, before which he had recorded a seven game point streak.
Manchester- David Beauregard- With 24 goals in 23 games, Beauregard, who is playing on a line with play maker Tony Hand, has established himself as the leagues clear leader in goals, five ahead of his nearest rival.
Belfast- Paul Deniset- Deniset sits second in the league goalscoring charts behind the phenomenal Beauregard. He has only failed to record a point in one game this season whilst in his last four games has recorded a hat trick over Manchester and a rare four assist night over Nottingham.
Absentees
Stingrays- Slava Koulikov (doubtful; broken collarbone), Stuart Kerr (doubtful; knee), Troy Neumeier (torn ligament)
Manchester- Full strength
Belfast- Paul Deniset (doubtful), Bobby Robins (doubtful), Andrew Martin (doubtful)
Other stuff
- 40 year old player coach of the Manchester Phoenix and all time British hockey legend, Tony Hand, requires just one point to reach 4000 career points, a category he already leads by some margin.
- Jeff Glowa requires just two goals to equal his season high in goals during an Elite League season. Glowas 18 last season bettered his 06/07 total by 2 however this season an on form Glowa has hit 16 goals in just 22 games for the Stingrays adding a further 11 assists.
- Slava Koulikov looks set to make his return to action following a broken collarbone that he received after a hit from Coventry's Mattias Soderstrom. It had initially been feared that British born Russian forward Koulikov would be out until Christmas, however he has reacted well to physio and so will return this weekend against Manchester.
- Already without Troy Neumeier, there had been fears that the Stingrays may have just two fit defenceman going into the weekend. Stuart Kerr suffered a knee injury against Nottingham last weekend whilst Paul Moran blocked a shot with his knee in the same game. However it has been revealed that Kerr now faces a last minute fitness test before Saturdays 6pm face off, whilst Moran has confirmed that he will ice this weekend. Canadian forward Steve Slonina had been helping out on defence but with a fit back line of Paul Moran, Pavel Gomenyuk, Aaron Wilson and possibly Stuart Kerr, he may revert back to forward.
- Belfast may be without all of their three first line forwards. All three, Bobby Robins, Paul Deniset and Andrew Martin, are doubts will niggling injuries with Belfast also playing Coventry tonight (Friday).
- Belfast have not lost a game (four games) since their 6-3 loss to the Stingrays in Belfast on the 1st November, the game marked the Stingrays first ever victory at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast after a previous win against the Giants in Dundalk.
Predictions
Stingrays 3-4 Manchester
Stingrays 2-4 Belfast
