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CONTINENTAL CUP: DAY ONE REACTION

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It was an entertaining and action-packed day one of the IIHF Continental Cup at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.

Herning of Denmark beat Angers of France 4-1 in the Red Group and in the Blue Group Panthers secured a 4-0 victory over Latvian club Mogo.

It's been a feast of European hockey so far with two days of group games to come and Saturday's medal matches.

Today's (Thursday) action sees Herning face HC Torpedo of Kazakhstan in the Red Group (14:30) and Katowice of Poland play Mogo (19:00).

Panthers are now back in action on Friday against Katowice (19:00) and victory will secure our place in Saturday's Gold-Medal Game final.

Wednesday 14th January
Red Group: Angers 1-4 Herning Blue Fox
​Blue Group: HK Mogo 0-4 Panthers

Thursday 15th January
Red Group 14:30 Herning Blue Fox v HC Torpedo
Blue Group 19:00 GKS Katowice v HK Mogo

Friday 16th January
Red Group 14:30 HC Torpedo v Angers
Blue Group 19:00 Panthers v GKS Katowice

Saturday 17th January
11:00 Third Place Blue Group v Third Place Red Group
15:00 Bronze Medal Game: Runner-Up Blue Group v Runner-Up Red Group
19:00 Gold Medal Game: Winner Blue Group v Winner Red Group

For full tournament standings and stats click here.

Check out all the post-match reaction from day one below...