The Basingstoke Bison are set to be at full strength for the first time this season tomorrow (6.30pm), as they face the visiting Bracknell Bees for the second time in three days.

This will be the case if the Herd came through their fixture in Berkshire last night with no injury worries.

The Bison will have Canadian defenceman Duncan Dalmao making his home debut after he flew in this week.

British utility player Dominic Hopkins is also expected back in the line-up after suffering whiplash in the season's opening weekend.

Games between local rivals Basingstoke and Bracknell are always hotly contested and tomorrow's meeting should be no different.

On the Bees' last visit in the opening game of the season, the sides shared a 2-2 tie, with all the goals coming in the final 10 minutes.

Adding extra spice to the game is the fact that the visitors have four former Bison players in their line-up in Peter Campbell, Mike Ellis, Ryan Aldridge and Danny Meyers.

Basingstoke head coach Mark Bernard is a former Bracknell player.

After last week's miserable results when the Herd were beaten at London and then lost at home to Guildford, the Bison boss is keen for his side to get back to winning ways.

Bernard said: "We will look to have a good week of training and put the effort in this weekend, which should earn us the results we want."

The Bison boss earmarked Bees netminder Stevie Lyle as a key player to the visitors' success.

He said: "We have to take every opportunity to get bodies in front of him to make his life as difficult as possible."

Bracknell have had a good start to the season, only being beaten once in six league and cup games.