Ice hockey – Pacha set for Capitals challenge

Dmitri Khristich takes his Edinburgh Capitals to Dundee on Wednesday.

Omar Pacha looks to Wednesday’s challenge clash with Edinburgh Capitals at Dundee Ice Arena as another chance for his young squad to develop as a unit.

The former Manchester Storm playcaller will still be short of three key players – Chris Lawrence, Patrick Lee and Marc-Olivier Mimar – because of visa hold-ups.

But he liked what he saw in Saturday penalty shot success over Belfast Giants and the penalty shots defeat at Edinburgh Capitals.

Pacha said: “On Wednesday, we’re looking make further progress.”

Dmitri Khristich, Capitals coach, said Sunday was a good win against a tough Dundee team and the players held it together to come out on the right side. The face-off on Tayside is at 7.30pm.

A reminder that Scotland’s four Elite League teams take part in the inaugural Scottish Elite Cup this weekend at Murrayfield.

Edinburgh play Braehead Clan in one semi-final while Dundee Stars face Fife Flyers in the other on Saturday with the action starting at 2pm.

The third and fourth place play-off is followed by the final on Sunday. The action starts at 3pm.