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Due to the fact that most ice hockey eyes were on the 02 arena, some may have missed these games.

ELITE LEAGUE
Basingstoke 6-3 Sheffield
Cardiff 3-6 Coventry
Hull 1-4 Newcastle

ELITE LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP
Manchester 3-0 Edinburgh

Performance of the night has to go to Basingstoke. Six goals against Sheffield, including a hat-trick from man of the match Derek Campbell. Newcastle got back on track. Anyone who has watched Sky sports recently will know that Hull are a tough nut to crack. Winning 4-1 at Hull is an impressive result. Manchester had a straight forward cup win against Edinburgh who, suprisingly, failed to score. Coventry continue to impress beating Cardiff comfortably. They are unbeaten in the league, in regular time this season. Only Sheffield, who beat them in O.T, have stopped them.

Sunday's Results
by 23 September 2007
Coventry Blaze 6
Basingstoke Bison 2
Result
Manchester Phoenix 2
Nottingham Panthers 1
Result
Hull Stingrays 1
CUP
Sheffield Steelers 4
Result
Edinburgh Capitals 3
Cardiff Devils 2
Result

Edinburgh complete a 100% weekend against Cardiff. Panthers trouble on the road continues. Coventry score 6 more to add to the 7 last night to complete a 13 goal, 4 pointer weekend. Sheffield win comfortably in the Cup at Hull.

Saturday's Results
by 23 September 2007
Basingstoke Bison 1 Manchester Phoenix 2
Edinburgh Capitals 4 Cardiff Devils 2
Newcastle Vipers 1 Coventry Blaze 7
Nottingham Panthers 6 Belfast Giants 4
Sheffield Steelers 3 Hull Stingrays 1

Coventry had a fantastic night in Newcastle. Adam Calder, deservedly won the man of the match award after scoring 4 goals. It had, on paper, seemed like a close match but penalty trouble put pay to Newcastle's ambition.
Edinburgh continue to impress and was never threatened by Cardiff.
Nottingham Panthers raced into a four goal lead against Belfast only to be pegged back in the second period. Man of the match Johan Molin finally made it safe with his third and Panthers sixth late in the third period. Panthers, yet to win away this season, travel to Manchester without the injured Mark Richardson and Jim Shepherd, who was given a match penalty late in the game for spearing. That could be extended after Elite league chiefs have viewed the video from the game.
Veteran Tony Hand scored the opening goal for Manchester only to see Basingstoke level. A low scoring game was finally settled by KC Timmons who scored with only 34 second remaining on the clock.
Sheffield Steelers had fairly comfortable win against Hull. The Steelers was three goals up early in the second period and despite a Jeff Glowa goal, Hull never really looked like getting back into the game.

Belfast 1 Newcastle 2

Belfast Giants Newcastle Vipers
39:12 Pavel Gomenyuk
Unassisted
49:47 Scott Cameron
Assist : Todd Kelman
53:42 Mark Gouett
Assists : Derek Campbell, Todd Jackson

Newcastle are top of the league, Belfast are bottom

Friday 21st September
Belfast Giants Newcastle Vipers

Saturday 22nd September
Edinburgh Capitals Cardiff Devils
Newcastle Vipers Coventry Blaze
Nottingham Panthers Belfast Giants
Sheffield Steelers Hull Stingrays
Basingstoke Bison Manchester Phoenix

Sunday 23rd September
Manchester Phoenix Nottingham Panthers
Edinburgh Capitals Cardiff Devils

Pick of the weekend's fixtures has to be Newcastle against Coventry. Newcastle have started the season well and will be difficult to beat at home. Coventry have hit the ground running and will be no push overs.

The home teams all won tonight and it's still very difficult to predict any result this season. Coventry made it a pointless weekend for Belfast. Manchester, who couldn't buy a goal last Saturday, gained four points beating the league leaders Newcastle 5-2. If they carry this form on, it may not be too long before some of the old Storm fans realise that Manchester still have a top flight hockey team. Hull produced the result of the night, thumping a tired Panthers 5-1. Hull fans - set your Sky+ box. Panthers have appointed Cory Neilson as a fitness director this season. If this is a reflection of his ability - Oh dear! Cardiff, after one of the longest weeks in their history, must be delighted to have been on the ice and winning. In the cup, Edinburgh provided their fans with something to cheer about with a win against the previously impressive Sheffield Steelers.

Coventry Blaze 6
Belfast Giants 2

Manchester Phoenix 5
Newcastle Vipers 2

Hull stingrays 5
Nottingham Panthers 1

Edinburgh Capitals 2
Sheffield Steelers 1 (Cup Game)

Cardiff Devils 2
Basingstoke Bison 0

Saturday's Results
by 15 September 2007
Newcastle 2 Edinburgh 0
Pavel Gomenyuk
Assists : # 10, Derek Campbell 18:32
Jeff Hutchins
Assists : David Longstaff, Ben Storey 59:59

Nottingham 3 Cardiff 2
A spirited fightback in the third period by Cardiff proved to be in vain as P.C.Druin fired a powerplay goal from the blue line to give the Panthers a 3-2 win.

Basingstoke 3 Hull 1
0-1 5:51 Rob Rankin
Assist : Bryce Thoma
1-1 Greg Owen
Assists : Greg Chambers, Kyle Peto 22:46
2-1 Peter Campbell
Assist : Gregg Wood 30:46
3-1 Peter Campbell
Assists : Kyle Peto, Steve Thornton 32:06

Belfast 3 Manchester 6
1-0 Ryan Smith
Assists : Ed Courtenay, Mark Dutiaume 4:43
1-1 16:28 Joe Tallari
Assist : Tony Hand
1-2 22:40 Joe Tallari
Assists : Tony Hand, Brian Passmore
1-3 33:07 Sean Starke
Assists : Scott Basiuk, Tony Hand
1-4 40:38 Brian Passmore
Assist : Joe Tallari
1-5 42:01 Tony Hand
Assists : Brian Passmore, Joe Tallari
2-5 Mark Morrison
Assist : Paul Moran 43:37
3-5 Ed Courtenay
Assists : Ryan Smith, Trevor Johnson 47:45
3-6 59:59 Brett Clouthier
Unassisted

Sheffield 2 Coventry 2
Steelers win in O.T
1-0 Ashley Tait
Assist : Ryan Finnerty 12:25
2-0 Joe Talbot
Assists : Ashley Tait, Ian Manzano 28:39
2-1 33:24 Dan Carlson
Assists : Adam Calder, Russ Cowley
2-2 56:43 Sylvain Cloutier
Assists : Adam Calder, Curtis Huppe
Overtime
3-2 Ian Manzano
Assists : Ashley Tait, Doug Sheppard 60:45

The fiercest rivalry in U.K ice hockey and it's first blood to the steelers. Panthers took the lead through Myers but after that it was all Sheffield as far as the scoreboard was concerned. Ryan Finnerty made it 1-1 and then Panthers old boy and man of the match Ashley Tait scored twice to give the Steelers a 3-1 lead. Joe Talbot put the icing on the cake with under 5 minutes left. Corey Neilson got one back late for the Panthers but it was the Steelers fans who went home happy. For the second game running Nottingham have out shot the opposition, this time 46 to 27, and ended up losing. Surely, their luck must change.
According to Radio Sheffield, for all you fight fans, there was a classic brawl between Shymr and Cornish. Hopefully, this will be shown on Sky Sports tomorrow.

Newcastle Vipers 4 Nottingham Panthers 2
As predicted earlier, Newcastle was able to play the powerplays better in a penalty packed first two periods and always led. Panthers players Sean Mcaslan and Ryan Shymr both recieved 10 mnute misconduct penalties.

Coventry Blaze 6 Sheffield Steelers 2
Coventry made it two wins from two games with a controlled win over Sheffield. The game included a Dan Carlson hat-trick and a knocked-out referee! Isn't it great that hockey is back!

Manchester Phoenix 4 Basingstoke Bison 7
Manchester finally opened their scoring account but found it hard going against a well-organised Basingstoke. Man of the match Peter Campbell scored and was involved in alot of the Bison's good play.

Edinburgh Capitals 6 Hull Vipers 3
Edinburgh recorded their first win of the season. Despite a second period fightback by Hull, Edinburgh was good value for their win and comfortably sealed the win with two goals in the final period. I have a feeling that Edinburgh may surprise a few people this season.

Cup Game
Cardiff Devils 7 Belfast Giants 1
Cardiff fans went home loud and happy. Apparently, locals have complained about the noise coming from the Ice Rink! If Cardiff have more results like this - They will be forced to move! Big, bad Brad Voth was Cardiff's main man with a hat-trick.

Next Weeks Games
12/09 Sheffield Nottingham
15/09 Basingstoke Hull
" Nottingham Cardiff
" Newcastle Edinburgh
" Belfast Manchester
" Sheffield Coventry
16/09 Coventry Belfast
" Manchester Newcastle
" Edinburgh Sheffield Cha Cup B
" Hull Nottingham
" Cardiff Basingstoke

Sunday fixtures
ELITE LEAGUE
Manchester v Basingstoke 1730
Newcastle v Nottingham 1730
Coventry v Sheffield 1800
Edinburgh v Hull 1800

Four more games for us tonight. Nottingham Panthers face a Newcastle Vipers team. A lot will depend on discipline and I think the team that can use their powerplay opportunities well, should win. Manchester, who played well in defeat against Nottingham will be looking for a win against Basingstoke who lost at home to Coventry. Coach Tony Hand will be hoping for goals after the team suffered a blank last night, despite having 28 shots on target. Edinburgh's fans will be looking forward to seeing some live hockey for the first time this season. They went down in Belfast last night although reports suggest that they are a stronger outfit this season. However, game of the day has to be Coventry v Sheffield. Last season's league champions Coventry carried on from last season with a comfortable away win at Basingstoke. Sheffield should be a tougher nut to crack. They will be full of confidence after last night 5-1 demolition of Cardiff.

ELITE LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP
Group A
Cardiff v Belfast 1800

Cardiff, still smarting after last night's mauling by Sheffield, will be hoping for better against the Giants from Belfast. This is a challenge cup game. It is from group A which also features Coventry, Nottingham and Basingstoke.