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EDINBURGH Capitals could be meeting Coventry Blaze at just the right time when the pair clash at Murrayfield on Sunday 20 November 2016 (6pm).

The Scots have a week off while Coventry visit Dundee Stars tonight (Friday, 18 November at 7.30pm) and Fife Flyers tomorrow (Saturday, 19 November at 7.15pm).

And Michal Dobron’s men can take heart from the last time the club’s met in the Capital.

Edinburgh triumphed 4-1 in the only meeting between them so far this season on Sunday, October 16.

Currently, Edinburgh, who have lost their last four league games, prop up the ten-strong Elite League with nine points from 12 games the Challenge Cup, quarter-final, first-leg, against second-placed Sheffield Steelers at Murrayfield on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 (face-off 7pm).

The second-leg is on Saturday, 26 November 2016, at Ice Sheffield (7pm) and the winner will play either Nottingham Panthers or Braehead Clan in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, ice hockey fans have been warned about the closure of Riversdale Crescent Road at its junction with Corstorphine Road for the installation of the flood gates on Riversdale Crescent bridges.

Riversdale Crescent, from Murrayfield Ice Rink vehicle bridge towards Corstorphine Road, will close from Monday 21 November to April 2017.

Local access will be provided from the west side of Riversdale Crescent for the Chinese Consulate and the apartments at 14b. This will be an access only with no drop off/waiting facility.

Pedestrian access will remain with a diversion in place to Murrayfield Medical Centre, Riversdale Crescent and Corstorphine Road.

The work will be carried out in 2 phases. Phase 1 will be to install the flood gates on the pedestrian bridge and the wall between both bridges.

Phase 2 of the works will require a full closure of the Ice Rink vehicle bridge. At this point alternative access to Murrayfield Ice Rink/Murrayfield Curling Rink car parks will be via Saughtonhall Avenue Bridge. It is anticipated that these works will commence in January 2017.

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