Teams from the English Premier League and National Ice Hockey League will face each other next season in a revamped English Challenge Cup competition.
A series of matches, to be drawn from regional groups, will see clubs play sides in their own league, as well as those from another division. Chosen teams from the top of their respective Conferences from both the North and the South of the NIHL will compete at full strength against a North and South Conference made up of all the EPIHL clubs.
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