Tetlow and Kelsall sign for 17/18 season

[Pies]

I will update the title once announced.

[panthersnation]

i reckon will be brits

[BigLad]

Panthers to fulfill promise on young Brits with today's announcement

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[Rob Scott]

Josh Tetlow

[Rob Scott]

Jordan Kelsall

[Pies]

Tetlow is a big lad at 6"6!

[Kovalchuk17]

May 3, 2017 13:05:33 GMT Pies said:

Tetlow is a big lad at 6"6!

155 pims in the EPIHL last season too!

I think they both look good pickups for us.

[PantherB]

Pleased with the looks of them both.


Kelsall has had a good season down with Swindon, 12pts in 32 games along with appearances for GBu18's and GBu20's. Promising stuff for a 17 year old.


Tetlow is 6'6" and plays D. We've needed to add to our British D for a while, we've always needed, tough stay at home type D men.. We've got a solid prospect in him. Certainly has a mean streak, even fought former Dundee and Cardiff tough guy, Doug Clarkson who is also 6'6". Tetlow lost by TKO but if he's willing to go toe to toe with one of the toughest in the EPL then he's going to be a good guy to have. I feel Corey will do a good job into creating the 'monster' he's described Tetlow as.


Promising stuff.

[Pies]

We've always asked for a big monster stay at home d man. Looks like he's it with some development. Both are solid additions and hopefully can come good for years to come. Let's just hope they get ice time

[Bagheera]

Hopefully a team of 22. These 2 being 13th Forward and 7th D respectively. Good to have them on board to develop. Get shifts at appropriate times. Allow players to rest when possible.

Tetlow looks promising. 155 PIMS last year. Can't see that this coming season.

Kelsall is very small at present but will undoubtadly learn a lot in a squad of better players to what he is used to. Will bring an injection of life when he gets a shift. Quite often seeing the youngsters go out there and put a good shift in can get the fans going too.

[Yotes]

They both appear to have upside so we'll see how it goes, will take plenty of time. Glad to see us getting players in at that end of development if nothing else.

[block8screw]

just wait for the "not good enough" or "not expensive enough" comments to start rolling in. I personally think its good business securing these guys early because they are in short supply, Tetlow could be a hell of a capture if managed right.

[Rob Scott]

Good stuff.

Guessing they will be 13th forward and 7th D, at least to start with. Looking forward to seeing them both play and develop.

[PantherB]

Seen a couple MKL fans saying Tetlow was a solid defenceman when playing against them last season.

[wurzelmk]

Tetlow is a big solid D, played well for a weak Bees team last season, always willing to drop the gloves but needs a bit of work on his pugilistic skills

[mattscold]

“He is going to be a project but he knows that and is committed to working hard and the process we have explained. One of my favourite parts of coaching is developing young defenseman and I am looking forward to see how quickly we can get him playing like a forward.”

Fixed that for Corey.

[Rob Scott]

May 3, 2017 13:39:08 GMT wurzelmk said:

Tetlow is a big solid D, played well for a weak Bees team last season, always willing to drop the gloves but needs a bit of work on his pugilistic skills

The Farminator can teach him!

[Pies]

Corey may not to be everyone's taste but if these kids are willing to learn, then he has a good chance of turning them into pure Elite players. Being a full time member of this team at their ages will only help them and with the EPL gone, I imagine we'll see a few more like this to come through.

[Stargazer]

May 3, 2017 13:52:13 GMT Pies said:

Corey may not to be everyone's taste but if these kids are willing to learn, then he has a good chance of turning them into pure Elite players. Being a full time member of this team at their ages will only help them and with the EPL gone, I imagine we'll see a few more like this to come through.

If Corey can do with Tetlow what he did with Lepine, he will have no complaints from me.

[Deleted]

I saw Jordan Kelsall play for Okanagen Hockey Academy in the Rob Laidler plate finals in Swindon the weekend before last. He's a good puck carrier, battles in the corners and was excellent at bringing his line mates into the game. I think we've got a very good prospect here.

[pantherlee]

May 3, 2017 12:13:20 GMT Pies said:

I will update the title once announced.

Tetley? Do we have a new sponsor too?

[PantherB]

Big British defencemen are hard to come by, especially ones with good skating and actual overall ability. Tetlow is only 19, Bee's fans are gutted, saying he's earned his shot but the Bee's have a massive gap to fill now.

Betteridge wasn't particularly anything special till 2015-16 season when we only saw him get a few shifts, then this season he's been solid and one of the hardest working. Both of these new kids just need to get up to speed and I'm sure they'll settle in just fine. Corey loves developing youngsters. If he gets Tetlow right, he's going to be a massively valuable asset in the future. Kelsall I can't see being as valuable as Tetlow but, he's only 17 so he's got years and years ahead of him to develop into a high end British Forward.

Kelsall's Junior and first year EPL stats are almost a mirror image of Farmers. Only 17 so he'll still be growing for another year or so too.

Both of these guys will likely be spending the summer with our current Brits and Corey. Hopefully an appropriate Strenght & Conditioning coach is also in place so they can be put through their paces to build fitness, muscle and strength too. Clarke obviously being player coach, and more likely to be in Nottingham for longer than Corey will, he'll be able to take on some responsibility with his role and get them prepared for Corey's ways and tactics. They'll be dump and chase pro's come August.

[Yotes]

May 3, 2017 14:07:52 GMT PantherB said:

get them prepared for Corey's ways and tactics

Talk about taking the gloss off

[wurzelmk]

Josh Tetley, signed to ride the pine and make tea!

[Kovalchuk17]

May 3, 2017 14:04:26 GMT Jono Bullard said:

I saw Jordan Kelsall play for Okanagen Hockey Academy in the Rob Laidler plate finals in Swindon the weekend before last. He's a good puck carrier, battles in the corners and was excellent at bringing his line mates into the game. I think we've got a very good prospect here.

Pretty classy first tweet from him too... basically along the lines of 'thank you for a dream come true'.

Looking at his Twitter account, Kelsall is very dedicated and proud of the sport as a whole.