{"id":59291,"date":"2022-01-18T14:04:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=59291"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:04:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:04:48","slug":"cardiff-devils-v-dundee-stars-challenge-cup-quarter-final-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/01\/18\/cardiff-devils-v-dundee-stars-challenge-cup-quarter-final-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Devils v Dundee Stars: Challenge Cup quarter final preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The team will have to do it without fans, who are not due back till end of January&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>CARDIFF Devils face Dundee Stars in Wednesday\u2019s Challenge Cup quarter final second leg without fans, as they look to overturn the 4-2 deficit from December\u2019s match.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high-flyers sit second in the in the British Elite Ice Hockey League and will hope their class can shine through in the cup competition against a Dundee Stars side whose league form has been poor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cardiff side are the third most successful team\u00a0in the cup\u2019s 25-year history, having won it three times, and twice since 2015, while the Dundee Stars have never made a final.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans are waiting for the glory days to return since previous head coach, and serial winner, Andrew Lord, left the set-up in 2020. 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