Live commentary from the Hive will be available online via the BBC Sport website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/ice_hockey/7594653.stm). Coverage starts with a season preview at 1745 BST ahead of face-off 15 minutes later.

BBC Sport's Ollie Williams will also be blogging regularly on all things EPL this season (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olliewilliams/), while you can sign up as a fan of "Ice hockey from the BBC" on Facebook for updates, photos, highlights, interviews and more (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ice-Hockey-from-the-BBC/19271300002)