WEEKEND ADVERTISE: WEEK 9.

In the ninth week of the 2023–24 Elite Ice Hockey League season, the Flyers will play the Coventry Blaze twice.

On Saturday, they will travel south to the Skydome, and on Sunday, they will host a home game at the Auld Barn.

WEEKEND PREVIEW – WEEK 9

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

WEEK 9 of the 2023/24 Elite Ice Hockey League season and the Flyers have a double header against the Coventry Blaze, travelling south to the Skydome on Saturday before returning to the Auld Barn for a home meeting on Sunday.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18TH V COVENTRY BLAZE @ SKYDOME ARENA – FACE OFF 7.00PM

RECENT FORM GUIDE

The Blaze will make their first trip to the Auld Barn this season but the night before the Flyers will play their second game at the Skydome where they will be looking to gain back to back wins on Blaze ice having won there at the start of October. The Blaze come into the weekend having lost their last two matches and are sitting at the foot of the table with the Flyers just one place above them but having played two more games. The Blaze opened their league campaign with an overtime loss in Sheffield before losing at home to the Flyers. They picked up their first win in Glasgow with a shootout decision before falling at home to the Steelers the next night. Their troubles on home ice continued as they went winless in their opening four league games at the Skydome with further defeats to the Belfast Giants and Dundee Stars before their only regulation win when they turned the tables on the Stars 24 hours later on Tayside. Last weekend they suffered their second overtime loss to the Steelers in Sheffield. In Challenge Cup action the Blaze have one more game to play when they host the Cardiff Devils next midweek. Unlike their league form at home, Coventry have picked up five points in their three home games but have lost all four games on the road in their group which also includes the Guildford Flames.

THE FINAL LEAGUE TRIP TO BLAZE

ELITE LEAGUE AWAY RECORD OVERALL VS BLAZE P 27 W 8 L 19 F 65 A 111 DIVIDEND

This season, the Flyers hope to build on their previous success at the Skydome; their last winning streak on Blaze ice dates back to the 2018–19 campaign.

The Flyers had suffered losses on their previous seven visits to the Midlands until their victory in October.

Kyle Osterberg set a team record in October’s game by scoring a season-high five points and dishing out a season-high four assists.

Before the weekend, Kyle Osterberg and Troy Lajeunesse each had four-game winning streaks.

Only the Flyers and Manchester have surrendered more shots than Coventry this season, who have the lowest shots per game ratio of any team.