There remains the odd sticking point over dates, principally because at least one pop promoter is holding three key dates in reserve.
But club spokesman Dave Simms said: "We are getting there now; hopefully we and the rest of the teams will be able to release the league fixtures soon."
*Coventry Blaze has been stunned by the news that captain Sylvain Cloutier has retired from playing hockey with "immediate
effect."
Coach Paul Thompson "I'm still very surprised to be honest. I spoke to him over the weekend and he told me then that he was going to retire to take up a full time, Head Coach position in the Central League with Corpus Christi Ice Rays.
"I've been speaking to him a lot over the summer while I've been building the team for the new season and we'd even got to the point where we had reached a deal to extend his own playing contract by another season. So this news definitely came out of the blue."