05:14	|	away	|		|	0-1	|	Didrik Henbrant (Matthew Alfaro)
16:19	|	away	|		|	0-2	|	Otto Nieminen (Hugo Roy, Reid Stefanson)
19:50	|	away	|		|	0-3	|	Reid Stefanson (Davis Bunz, Kristoff Kontos)
29:14	|	home	|	PPG	|	1-3	|	Zach Vinnell (Brandon Alderson, Michael Regush)
30:13	|	home	|	PPG	|	2-3	|	Zachary Heintz (Michael Regush)
31:15	|	home	|	PPG	|	3-3	|	Brandon Alderson (Zach Vinnell)
37:31	|	away	|		|	3-4	|	Reid Stefanson (Hugo Roy)
41:43	|	away	|		|	3-5	|	Didrik Henbrant
45:46	|	away	|		|	3-6	|	Otto Nieminen (Hugo Roy, Reid Stefanson)
48:31	|	home	|	PPG	|	4-6	|	Terrance Amorosa (Jackson Cressey)

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Brandon Alderson	|	1	|	1	|	2	|	-1
Terrance Amorosa	|	1	|		|		|	-2
Brynley Capps	|		|		|		|
David Clements	|		|		|		|	-2
Grayson Constable	|		|		|		|	-2
Jackson Cressey	|		|	1	|		|	-3
Chase Gresock	|		|		|		|
Archie Hazeldine	|		|		|		|
Zachary Heintz	|	1	|		|		|	-2
Jack Hopkins	|		|		|		|	-1
Morten Arantez Jürgens	|		|		|		|
Mike Kennedy	|		|		|	7	|	-2
Alessio Luciani	|		|		|		|	-1
Brady Pouteau	|		|		|		|
Michael Regush	|		|	2	|		|	-2
Nicholas Seitz	|		|		|	2	|	-2
Kim Tallberg	|		|		|	2	|	-1
Zach Vinnell	|	1	|	1	|		|	-3

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Matthew Alfaro	|		|	1	|	2	|	2
Oliver Betteridge	|		|		|		|
Davis Bunz	|		|	1	|		|	2
Tim Doherty	|		|		|	4	|	2
Mitch Fossier	|		|		|		|	1
Zsombor Garat Peter	|		|		|	5	|	1
Didrik Henbrant	|	2	|		|		|	2
Sam Herr	|		|		|		|
Jordan Kelsall	|		|		|		|
Kristoff Kontos	|		|	1	|	2	|	1
Logan Neilson	|		|		|		|
Otto Nieminen	|	2	|		|		|
Jaakko Niskala	|		|		|		|	3
Hugo Roy	|		|	3	|		|	3
Matthew Spencer	|		|		|		|	1
Reid Stefanson	|	2	|	2	|		|	4
Joshua Tetlow	|		|		|		|	1
Quinn Wichers	|		|		|		|	4

 

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
William Bray	|		|		|		|
Mathew Robson	|	21	|	6	|	60:00	|	71.43

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Jason Grande	|	38	|	4	|	60:00	|	89.47
Luca Sheldon	|		|		|		|

 

A thoroughly entertaining game at the Skydome saw Nottingham Panthers leave with a 6-4 win over Coventry Blaze in front of 2,851 fans.

The game was played in memory of Dayle ‘Keeno’ Keen who passed away a year ago, and was marked by his son preforming the ceremonial puck drop, and the playing of Flower of Scotland before faceoff.

"Every game is so important in this league, and we did a good job to get the win," said Reid Stefanson who had two goals nd a pair of assists in the game. "I think we did well to bounce back after the last few games this weekend."

The opening period was back and forth but saw the Panthers lead it by three. Didrik Henbant beat Mat Robson with 5:14 played to put the Panthers ahead, while Otto Nieminen finished some nice Panthers passing at 16:19 to make it 2-0. Having just killed off a penalty the Panthers saw Reid Stefanson then score on the rush 30 seconds later to lead 3-0 with 10 seconds left in the first period.

Period two was pure chaos, with hits, a fight, and four goals.

Mike Kennedy and Didrik Henbrant dropped the gloves after a disagreement and both took fighting majors. Panthers' Matt Alvaro was then penalised for a check to the head, leading to the Blaze getting on the board just 59 seconds later - assistant coach Zach Vinnell wristing through a screen to make it 1-3. After another penalty, this time for a face-off violation, Zach Heintz got his stick on the end of a Mike Regush throw to the net to make it a one-goal game at 30:13. Danny Stewart called his timeout to calm his team down after the goal, but some 50 seconds later Zsombor Garát was given a standalone major for a hit on Alessio Luciani. The Blaze's powerplay went to work again and tied the game off an excellent Brandon Alderson one-timer at 31:15.

"Sometimes it’s challenging if you’re not getting the shifts you normally would because of special teams, so it was a good move by our coach to call a timeout and reset and re-focus us" added Stefanson.

The Panthers did well to survive the rest of the penalty kill as they were hemmed in their zone by the Blaze. With the game barely back to 5-on-5 a strange play around the Blaze net allowed Stefanson to poke into an empty net and put the Panthers back ahead 2:29 before a much-needed break for everyone.

The Panthers went back two ahead 1:43 into period three. Mike Kennedy couldn’t control a pass to his wrong side along the boards, and Henbrant raced past his and sniped high past Robson to make it 5-3. Nieminen scored his second of the game at 45:46 to put the Panthers back three ahead, although Terrance Amorosa scored another powerplay goal for the Blaze with 9:29 to play to make it a two-goal game again.

Robson was pulled with 4:29 to play as the Blaze chased two goals, and having had a lot of success with an extra skater. Their cause was hurt, however, by Nick Seitz’s roughing minor with 2:54 to play, and the Panthers held on for the two-goal win.

Concluded Stefanson: "Our goal at the beginning of the year was to be in the league title race, and we’ve done a pretty good job so far of striving towards that that. The job isn’t finished, it might come down to the very last games. We’ve put ourselves in a good position and will keep pushing for that."