Elite League: Giants to face Flyers instead of Blaze
The Belfast Giants will now face Fife Flyers on Friday at the SSE Arena in Belfast.
Their original opponents, Coventry Blaze, are continuing with covid-19 protocols and, therefore, unavailable.
Adam Keefe's side picked up their 8th Elite League win on the bounce yesterday when they thrashed the Nottingham Panthers 7-2.
The Giants and Flyers meet again on Saturday night as scheduled, making this an unexpected double header with both home and away fixtures.
Commenting on the announcement, Steve Thornton, Head of Hockey, Belfast Giants said: “We would like to thank everyone at the Fife Flyers for their quick efforts to help fulfil this fixture at such short notice. We look forward to seeing them in Belfast this Friday for what will now be the start of a double header weekend.”
The Blaze are scheduled to exit COVID-19 protocol, pending medical clearance, in time to face Manchester on Sunday. There are no expected changes to the remaining Belfast Giants v Coventry Blaze fixtures scheduled to take place in January.
Announcements regarding the rescheduling of all postponed games will be made in due course.