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Andrew Lord will announce his first four signings for the 2018-19 season directly to Cardiff Devils fans.
The man who has made Devils the number one team in Britain will reveal the names during a fans question and answer session on Monday, April 30.
Lord’s Q&A is ticket only – although they are free – and he will talk about his plans for a third successive Elite League title in 2018-19.
Devils’ head coach will be on stage at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay from 7.30pm on an evening for club supporters.
There are 300 tickets and they can be downloaded free via DOWNLOADED HERE
The agenda for Monday is: 4pm Equipment and merchandise sale; 6pm Trophies on display for photos;7.30pm Andrew Lord Q&A.
Tickets are not needed for admission for the merchandise sale and trophy photographs, but are a must when Lord starts his section.
Four Devils players – Ben Bowns, Thomas Murdy, Mark Richardson and Mathew Myers – are in Budapest with Great Britain.
Head coach Peter Russell and his GB team won their opening World Championship group match against top seeds Slovenia 3-1 and now face Kazakhstan this afternoon (3pm UK time).
Nottingham Panthers forward Perlini, who is from Ontario, scored his first goal for GB during their win against Slovenia and added an assist on Ben O’Connor’s goal.
Perlini says scoring his first goal for Britain against Slovenia was a special moment.
The 27-year-old made his GB World Championship debut and said: “It was great to score my first goal and I was glad to play a part in a good victory.
“The most important thing was that the team won, but it was special to get on the scoresheet.
“We put in a very decent performance against one of the higher-ranking nations in the world.
“Kazakhstan will be quick and we have to be aware of that danger on Tuesday.. There is no doubt about that.
“But we can take confidence from our win against Slovenia and build from there.”
World Championship matches for Britain in Budapest:
Sunday 22 Great Britain 3 Slovenia 1
Tuesday 24 Kazakhstan v Great Britain
Wednesday 25 Great Britain v Poland
Friday 27 Italy v Great Britain
Saturday 28 Hungary v Great Britain
GB’s 23-man squad:
Netminders: Ben Bowns (Cardiff Devils), Jackson Whistle (Belfast Giants), Thomas Murdy (Cardiff Devils, reserve).
Defence: Dallas Ehrhardt (Manchester Storm), Steve Lee (Nottingham Panthers), Ben O’Connor (Sheffield Steelers), David Phillips (Sheffield Steelers), Mark Richardson (Cardiff Devils), Zach Sullivan (Braehead Clan), Paul Swindlehurst (Manchester Storm).
Forwards: Ollie Betteridge (Nottingham Panthers), Brendan Brooks (Braehead Clan), Ben Davies (Guildford Flames), Robert Dowd (Sheffield Steelers), Robert Farmer (Nottingham Panthers), Luke Ferrara (Coventry Blaze), Mike Hammond (Manchester Storm), Liam Kirk (Sheffield Steelers), Robert Lachowicz (Nottingham Panthers), Matthew Myers (Cardiff Devils), Jonathan Phillips (Sheffield Steelers), Brett Perlini (Nottingham Panthers), Colin Shields (Belfast Giants).
Group results so far: Great Britain 3, Slovenia 1; Hungary 0, Kazakhstan 3; Poland 1, Italy 3; Slovenia 2, Poland 4; Italy 2, Hungary 3.
More than 7,000 spectators were at the Laszlo Papp Sportarena to watch host national Hungary win 3-2 against Italy.
The Italians looked the better team for two periods, but Hungary hit back and Balazs Sebok netted their third period winner.
Hungary had lost 3-0 against Kazakhstan in their opening match and Sebok said: “We didn’t have the best start and we didn’t score for four periods.
“That’s hard for confidence, but after the first goal momentum just changed.
“It’s amazing to play home and we want to give something back to the fans. Three more games and we want to get the most out of them.”
