The Devils' new home venue, Ice Arena Wales, has been chosen as the host venue for the 2017 Elite League Challenge Cup Final, with the game scheduled to take place on Sunday March 5th.

The decision to stage one of the league's marquee events in Cardiff was made at the recent board meeting, with Devils managing director Todd Kelman explaining why the league decided to make the change.



"We proposed to the league some time ago that rather than hosting the game in Sheffield every year, why not allow teams to bid for it." he said.

"I made a pitch to host it at the recent EIHL board meeting and it was voted unanimously to hold this season's Challenge Cup final in Cardiff."

"We have a fantastic new arena here in Cardiff and we will make sure we make the Challenge Cup Final a great event, regardless of which teams make the final."



The Sheffield Arena hosted the event in 2015 and 2016, following the decision to change the Final to a one game, winner takes all show down at a fixed venue.



The face-off time and details of how to book tickets will be confirmed by the Elite League at a later date.



Todd Kelman explains why Cardiff wanted to host the Challenge Cup final at IAW:

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