GDT: Lukko 6:2 Panthers (CHL, 5/9/14)

[Yotes]

Game Notes 4-0, 1-1, 1-1. Mosey and Benedict for Panthers. Gagnon, Vahalahti, Niskala, Piitulainen, Ahtola and Koivisto for Lukko. Panthers missing Clarke, Higgins and Mark Lee, and the departed Martin Podlesak. Wild makes debut.

CHL Game Center

[Yotes]

CHL vid of Rauma, via Panthers twitter:

[spik]

Ooh THE CANAL but not as 'world' famous as the NIC I bet.

[Titan]

Could have sworn I saw a canal running through an ice pad somewhere nearer home more recently...

[Rob Scott]

4-2 Panthers

[kievthegreat]

Sept 4, 2014 20:08:33 GMT Rob Scott said:

4-2 Panthers

I don't know what you're on, but can you spare some for me?

5-1 to Lukko, grinding battling performance again.

[BigLad]

We're gonna park the bus and leave Robbo on his own up front to hit them on the break.

1-0 Panthers.

Seriously though, I expect a slightly more physical game this time around too. Am gonna go 5-2 Luuko.

[fishman]

Panthers should be sharper and have a better understanding as a team after the 3 games in Amiens, they did play some decent hockey in the 1st game against Lukko ( 2nd period) to pull back from 2 goals down to go in at 2-2. and I do think Panthers have an outside chance but they must be at the top of their game and not sitting in the penalty box 5 on 4
or even 5 on 3.

I do hope they can get Mark Lee into the game at some point I'm still not sure what his injury is and are all the other players fit and dressed for this game (excluding Clarke and Higgins) there is not much info on the website.

[Yotes]

No Mark Lee or Dave Clarke still, and of course Martin Podlesak has gone home. Cody Wild will debut.

panthers.co.uk/content/training-lukko-goes-well-ahead-big-game-tonight

[Rob Scott]

Sept 5, 2014 10:04:01 GMT Yotes said:

No Mark Lee or Dave Clarke still, and of course Martin Podlesak has gone home. Cody Wild will debut.

panthers.co.uk/content/training-lukko-goes-well-ahead-big-game-tonight

Im sure he would rather of played but the signing of Lee has been a complete waste of time and money so far.

[Yotes]

Yes, it's been very unfortunate. Not a lot you can do about injuries though. Hopefully we at least see him in a few domestic fixtures, and the Hamburg games.

[Spoonerdudes]

Good luck for this one guys

[psychodad]

Getting excited here. I expect Lukko to be a lot better than they were in the previous game against Panthers, the last showing was not at all what they are capable of and there's only a week to go before the Finnish league starts so you should see some development.

[Daddio]

Am I counting correct but do we only have 9 fit forwards plus the 2 youngsters betteridge and his mate whose name escapes me? Plenty of D men so maybe Mosey go to forward where he played when younger

[pingchowchi]

Have Betteridge and Hook made the journey?

[calv]

No they haven't. Link to lineups: www.championshockeyleague.net/page/gamecenter/IHM400K61/

[Shorty]

Looks like being a long weekend....4-0 and still in the first. Still, its fantastic experience for them.

[Yotes]

4-0 down after the first

[Yotes]

Did many/any of our fans make the trip btw?

[Shorty]

It said three on the commentary.

[Yotes]

Good on em.

[psychodad]

Yeah I just saw those three on TV as well. Looks like they are having fun

[Yotes]

Goal! Mosey.

[spik]

live.drakulastream.eu/static/freepopups/23750905652420.html


LOOK...NOW

[kgw]

Spotted this on the Gamecenter feed:

It must be nice to travel all the way from Nottingham to a half-empty arena and lose big. That is life, tweets a Finnish fan.

WTF?