Last night, the second day of playoff action was another good one as all 8 teams fought for their finals weekend ticket to Nottingham. However, the hosts Nottingham Panthers were the first team to be eliminated as a 9-1 aggregate loss (4-0 on Thursday and 5-1 Saturday) makes the defending champions out. For every loser though, comes a winner and that was Braehead Clan who became the first Scottish team to ever reach EIHL playoff weekend!
Dundee Stars and Fife Flyers fought for the second Scottish spot and Flyers got the upper hand winning 4-3 in front of a huge crowd!
Hull Stingrays, who are looking for a repeat of 2012, when they reached finals weekend for their only time in franchise history, had a bad start to their playoff campaign losing 4-1 to league champions and Challenge cup runners up, Belfast Giants! They have a mountain to climb but can they do it? Its all to play for!
Jeff Legue picked up an injury in Sheffield Steelers game vs Coventry Blaze in which Steelers edged 3-2 taking that advantage into their final home game on Tuesday!
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | PP | S |
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| BEL: | C. Shields (00:34 2nd), C. Higgins (01:10 2nd),J. Szwez (04:17 2nd), K. Saurette (17:10 3rd) |
| HUL: | O. Pacha (09:21 1st) |
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   Hull Arena |
 Belfast | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1/3 | 39 |
 Hull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/6 | 34 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | PP | S |
|---|
| NOT: | M. Francis (03:21 1st) |
| BRA: | A. Goldie (10:58 1st), K. Bergin (04:35 3rd),M. Towe (10:01 3rd), A. Goldie (13:15 3rd),J. Champagne (17:52 3rd) |
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| Braehead Arena |
 Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 24 |
 Braehead | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3/10 | 36 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | PP | S |
|---|
| SHE: | J. Hewitt (19:22 1st), M. Lacroix (05:14 2nd),S. Goertzen (12:08 2nd) |
| COV: | R. Cowley (09:28 1st), G. Giudice (10:51 2nd) |
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| SkyDome Arena |
 Sheffield | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0/3 | 46 |
 Coventry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1/3 | 29 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | PP | S |
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| DUN: | N. Kashirsky (19:51 2nd), R. Rawlyk (05:12 3rd),N. Kashirsky (15:37 3rd) |
| FIF: | B. Chaumont (08:22 1st), J. Fulton (11:13 1st),D. Roehl (16:35 1st), B. Chaumont (12:28 2nd) |
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| Fife Ice Arena |
 Dundee | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2/9 | 29 |
 Fife | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2/6 | 38 |
Theres only two games tonight, but both will decide the next two to reach finals weekend. Hull Stingrays will aim for a comeback and Dundee Stars have Fife Flyers in town to battle for playoff spot number three!
| 4:00 PM GMT |
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| Odyssey Arena |
| Hull |
| Belfast |
| 6:30 PM GMT |
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| Dundee Ice Arena |
| Fife |
| Dundee |
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