Great Britain returned to the elite group after long 25 years. Now they have to prove they belong there and they can keep up with the best teams. Can they make it?

We have a new IIHF Continental Cup champion! Arlan Kokshetau won the deciding game against host Belfast Giants 3-2 in the sixth round of the penalty-shot shootout after regulation time and overtime couldn’t determine a winner. Yevgeni Gasnikov scored his team’s two goals in the shootout and the national champion of Kazakhstan became the first team from the country to hoist the Continental Cup’s winners’ trophy.

It will be a winner-takes-it-all game for the IIHF Continental Cup tomorrow at 17:00 (GMT) between host Belfast Giants and Kazakh champion Arlan Kokshetau. Same as Arlan earlier today the Giants also won their second game of the final tournament, 4-2 against GKS Katowice.