2017/18 Fixtures & Statistics

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NOTTINGHAM PANTHERS
ICE HOCKEY CLUB
SEASON 52

Holders of the Continental Cup

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Table Of Contents

01. League Standings
02. Challenge Cup
03. Elite League
04. Play Offs
05. Preseason
06. Champions Hockey League
07. History
08. Titles
09. Officials
10. Other Fixtures
11. Gallery
12. All Time Stats
13. Great Britain
14. Ups and Downs
15. Notes
16. Injuries & Suspensions
17. Fixture Changes

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SECTION ONE

Overall League points/games split into conferences - so not just conference stats, therefore 12 team league position shown on the right.
( Teams placed in order of points,then RW,all Wins,then....GD,GF (though, actual Elite seperation of tied teams will be matches between each other by time of the final league table)

Edhardt Conference Teams

Place	Team	All GP	Reg Win	OT win	PS win	Reg Loss	OT loss	PS loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	Position in league as a whole
**	PO qualified
1	**Cardiff	56	37	3	1	12	1	2	234	149	+85	85	1
2	**Sheffield	56	32	1	1	19	2	1	217	140	+77	71	3
3	**Nottingham	56	25	6	2	18	2	3	203	177	+26	71	4
4	**Belfast	56	30	2	2	20	2	0	227	200	+27	70	5

Gardiner Conference Teams

Place	Team	All GP	Reg Win	OT Win	PS Win	Reg Loss	OT Loss	PS Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	position
1	**Fife	56	27	5	1	21	1	1	218	172	+46	68	7
2	Braehead	56	24	0	0	26	5	1	161	186	-25	54	9
3	Dundee	56	16	2	4	30	3	1	167	233	-66	48	10
4	Edinburgh	56	5	0	0	50	0	1	118	331	-215	11	12

Patton Conference Teams

Place	Team	All GP	Reg Win	OT win	PS Win	Reg Loss	OT Loss	PS Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	position
1	**Manchester	56	28	3	4	16	3	2	216	169	+47	75	2
2	**Guildford	56	27	2	1	17	5	4	215	173	+42	69	6
3	**Coventry	56	22	3	0	26	4	1	189	186	+03	55	8
4	MK	56	16	2	2	34	1	1	180	229	-49	42	11

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SECTION TWO

The Challenge Cup Competition



The Group Stage of the Challenge Cup will remain, with the 12 teams divided in to three groups of four as follows:

Group A – Braehead Clan, Manchester Storm, Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers
Group B – Stena Line Belfast Giants, Dundee Stars, Edinburgh Capitals and Fife Flyers
Group C – Cardiff Devils, Coventry Blaze, Guildford Flames and Milton Keynes Lightning

Each team will play against teams in their own group once at home and once away (total of 6, 3 home games + 3 away games).

The top two in each group will advance to the quarter final stage of the competition, with two wild card teams completing the quarter final line up, drawn from the group stage.

The wild cards will be made up of the two teams with the most points that do not automatically qualify, with a tie breaking format to be used in the event of the teams being tied on points



CUP Fixtures and Tables


Fixtures (Nottinghm)

Sept	10	Sheffield	Away	(5-6) Delago,Farmer,Mokshantsev,Perlini,Sauve
Sept	30	Manchester	Home	(3-2) Mosey, Sauve, Spang
Oct	07	Sheffield	Home	(2-3) Phillips, Shalla
Oct	18	Braehead	Away	(5-3) Mosey, Sauve 2, Shalla
Nov	11	Braehead	Home	(5/1) Derlago, Farmer, Mosey,Spang, Mokshantsev
Nov	25	Manchester	Away	(3-5) Brown, Derlago, Farmer

Q = Qualified for knock Out stage  X = Not Qualified

GROUP A

Place	Team	GP	Reg Win	OT Win	PS Win	Reg Loss	OT Loss	PS Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	games in hand
1	Sheffield Q	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	24	15	+09	12	-
2	Nottingham Q	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	23	20	+03	6	-
3	Manchester X	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	20	23	-03	4	-
4	Braehead X	6	1	0	0	4	1	0	16	25	-09	3	-

GROUP B

Place	Team	GP		Reg Win	OT Win	PS Win	Reg Loss	OT Loss	PS Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	games in hand
1	Belfast Q	6		4	0	0	1	0	1	28	20	+08	9	-
2	Fife Q	6		3	0	0	3	0	0	24	22	+04	6	-
3	Dundee Q	6		1	0	2	3	0	0	20	24	-04	6	-
4	Edinburgh X	6		2	0	0	3	0	1	21	27	-06	5	-

GROUP C

Place	Team	GP	Reg Win	OT Win	PS Win	Reg Loss	OT Loss	PS Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	games in hand
1	MK Q	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	25	16	+09	10	-
2	Cardiff Q	6	3	0	0	2	1	0	23	22	+01	7	-
3	Guildford Q	6	2	1	0	2	0	1	25	27	-02	7	-
4	Coventry X	6	1	0	0	4	1	0	18	29	-11	3	-

Knock out competition over 2 legs follows the round robin to a final...
Challenge Cup Final - Sunday March 4th 2018 at Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff

Quarter final teams are =  Belfast, Cardiff, Dundee, Fife, Guildford, Milton Keynes , Nottingham and Sheffield. Where some silly seeded top 3 (from each group table) can 'pick' their own opponants and get the home tie whenever they want.

Then I believe Q1 winner (seed 1 game ie) Sheffield v opponant chosen) plays Q4 (none seeded quarter match) and Q2 (seed 2 game) v Q3 (seed 3 game)....THUS FAR, till the rules are changed again.


Sheffield Steelers vs Dundee Stars

1st Leg – Wed 13th Dec, 7.30pm (Dundee Ice Arena) 7-2

2nd Leg – Tue 19th Dec, 7.30pm (Fly DSA Arena) 1-6

(Sheffield win 13-3 on aggregate)



MK Lightning vs Nottingham Panthers

1st Leg – Fri 22nd Dec, 7.00pm (Arena MK) 2-1 (Derlago)

2nd Leg – Wed 3rd Jan, 7.30pm (Motorpoint Arena) 6-2 (Brown 2, Clarke, Derlago, Mosey, Phillips,)

(Nottingham win 7-4 on aggregate)



Belfast Giants vs Fife Flyers*

1st Leg – Saturday 16th Dec, 7.15pm (Fife Ice Arena) 3-3

2nd Leg – Tuesday 9th Jan, 7pm (SSE Arena) 7-0

(Belfast win 10-3 on aggregate)


Cardiff Devils vs Guildford Flames

1st Leg – Wed 20th Dec, 7pm (Spectrum) 3-3

2nd Leg – Wed 10th Jan, 7.30pm (Ice Arena Wales) 6-2

(Cardiff win 9-5 on aggregate)



SEMI Finals

1st leg - Wed 31st Nottingham  v Belfast  (Motorpoint Arena) 1-5 (Derlago)

2nd leg - Wed 7th Feb Belfast v Nottingham (SSE Arena) 7-6

(Belfast win 12-7 on aggregate)


1st leg Wed 31st Jan Sheffield v Cardiff   ( IceSheffield ) 6-2

2nd leg Wed 7th Feb Cardiff v Sheffield (Ice Arena Wales) 7-1

(Cardiff win 9-7 on aggregate )




FINAL

Belfast  6 Cardiff  3    @ Cardiff

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SECTION THREE


Elite League

Braehead Clan, Dundee Stars, Edinburgh Capitals and Fife Flyers will come together to form the new Patton Conference.

Newcomers Guildford Flames and Milton Keynes Lightning will join Coventry Blaze and Manchester Storm in the Gardiner Conference.

Belfast Giants, Cardiff Devils, Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers will form the Edhardt Conference.

Each team will play teams in their own conference four times at home and four times away (24 games,12 home games + 12 away games).

Each team will play teams in the other conference over 32 games,twice at home and twice away (16 home games + 16 away games).

This will give each team a total of 28 homes games and 28 away games for a total schedule of 56 games – up four games from last season.

League fixtures (Nottingham)

Date	H/A	Opponents	Final Score	Scorers	Net Minder/s
Sept 09	H	Coventry	4 - 3	Perlini 2, Billingsley, Derlago	Garnett
16	H	Guildford	3 - 2 ot	Farmer, Mokshantsev, Perlini	Garnett
17	A	Cardiff	1 - 4	Farmer	Garnett
23	H	Braehead	3 - 5	Betteridge, Mosey, Shalla	Garnett/Gospel
24	A	Guildford	3 - 2 ps	Derlago, Perlini, Shalla	Garnett
27	H	Belfast	5 - 4	Bussieres,Clarke,Farmer,Lachowicz,Mosey	Garnett

Date	H/A	Opponents	Final Score	Scorers	Net Minder/s
Oct 14	A	Sheffield	4 - 3ps	Billingsley, Derlago, Farmer, Sauve	Garnett
15	H	Belfast	6 - 3	Mosey 2, Billingsley, Derlago, Perlini, Sauve	Galbraith
21	H	Edinburgh	5 - 2	Mokshantsev 2, Billingsley, Lindhagen, Perlini	Galbraith
22	A	Cardiff	6 - 2	Bussieres, Lindhagen	Garnett/Gospel
28	H	MK	4 - 3 ot	Phillips 2, Mokshantsev, Spang	Garnett
29	A	Coventry	3 - 2	Perlini 2, Sauve	Galbraith

Date	H/A	Opponents	Final Score	Scorers	Net Minder/s
Nov 03	H	Guildford	2 - 1 ot	Betteridge, Phillips	Galbraith
04	A	MK	5 - 3	Brisebois, Farmer, Lachowicz, Sauve, Shalla	Garnett
15	A	Belfast	5 - 4 ot	Brisebois, Derlago, Mosey, Mokshantsev, Spang	Garnett
19	H	Cardiff	7 - 4	Derlago, Farmer, Gagnon, Lachowicz, Lindhagen, Perlini, Sauve	Galbraith
26	H	Fife	4 - 5 ot	Clarke, Derlago,Perlini, Shalla	Garnett

Date	H/A	Oponents	Final Score	Scorers	Net Minder/s
Dec 02	H	Sheffield	4 - 1	Bussieres 2, Brown, Perlini	Galbraith
03	A	Braehead	3 - 0	Brown, Lachowicz, Mokshantsev	Galbraith
09	H	Cardiff	1 - 2	Phillips	Galbraith
10	A	Guildford	2 - 5	Farmer, Perlini	Galbraith/Garnett
16	A	Manchester	1 - 2 ot	Farmer	Garnet
17	H	Belfast	2 - 6	Billingsley, Derlago	Garnett
23	H	Manchester	1 - 2 ps	Brisebois	Garnett
26	A	Sheffield	0 - 4	---	Garnett
27	H	Sheffield	0 - 5	---	Garnett
30	A	Coventry	4 - 3	Billngsley,Mokshantsev,Mosey,Phillips	Galbraith

Date	H/A	Opponents	Final Score	Scorers	Net Minder/s
Jan 01	H	Coventry	2-1	Mosey, Perlini	Galbraith
06	H	Manchester	4-3 ot	Billingsley, Brown, Derlago, Sauve	Garnett
07	A	Cardiff	2-5	Betteridge, Brown,	Gabraith/Garnett
12 13	A H	Belfast Belfast	2-5 4-6	Billingsley, Derlago Brown, Derlago, Lee, Lindhagen	Galbraith Garnett
20	H	Cardiff	6-4	Clarke 2, Billingsley, Brown, Bussieres, Farmer.	Galbraith
21	A	Milton Keynes	6-3	Betteridge,Bussieres, Gagnon, Phiilips, Sauve, Spang	Garnett
27	H	Belfast	4-2	Pither 2, Clarke, Mosey	Galbraith
28	A	Fife	2-3	Derlago, Sauve	Galbraith

Date	H/A	Opponents	Final Score	Scorers	Net Minder/s
Feb 04	H	Dundee	3-0	Brown, Mokshantsev, Pither	Galbraith
09	H	Sheffield	0-4	---	Garnett
10	A	Cardiff	3-7	Brown, Phillips, Sauve	Galbraith/Garnett
17	H	Cardiff	7-2	Lachowicz/Phillips 2, Mokshantsev, Perlini, Pither.	Garnett
18	A	Braehead	4-3ot	Clarke, Perlini, Pither, Sauve	Garnett
23	A	Dundee	3-1	Busseries, Lindhagen, Vaskivuo	Galbraith
24	A	Fife	4-5ps	Mosey, Perlini, Spang, Vaskivuo	Garnett
25	A	Edinburgh	10-1	Brown 2,Derlargo, Lachowicz, Lindhagen, Mokshantsev, Mosey, Pither, Tetlow, Vaskivuo	Galbraith/Gospel

04/3 H Dundee 3-4 Brown,Mokshantsev,Phillips....Galbraith
05/3 H MK 5-1 Mosey 2, Mokshantsev, Perlini, Spang...Garnett
10/3 H Sheffield 2-3  Phillips,Vaskivuo....Garnett
11/3 A Belfast  4-6  Billingsley, Derlago, Perlinie, Pither...Galbraith
13/3 H Edinburgh (12/1) Derlago 2, Kelsall 2, Mokshantsev 2,  Gagnon, Lachowicz, Lindhagen, Perlini, Phillips, Vaskivuo....Galbraith/Gospel
17/3 A Sheffield 3-2 Mosey, Phillips, Vaskivuo....Galbraith
18/3 A Manchester 3-4ps Derlago, Mokshantsev, Pither....Garnett
20/3 H Fife 2-1 Mokshantsev, Spang...Galbraith
23/3 A Braehead 6-3 Mokshantsev 2, Mosey, Phillips, Pither, Bussieres ...Galbraith
24/3 A Dundee 4-3 Derlago, Mosey, Pither, Vaskivuo...Galbraith.
25/3 A Edinburgh 4-3 Brown 2, Derlago, Vaskivuo...Garnett

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SECTION FOUR

February 2018....NOTE the following structure mentioned below has been changed mid season. An unprofessional sham of a governing body.If not illegal it's going against what has been put into the public domain and people would venture into purchasing season tickets etc...on THAT information.
Corrupt or bias , call it what you like, the sport is parting with any sort of relation with the supporters who have followed this sport for years.It's all about entertainment and NOT sport.It's a disgrace.
I will not bother to explain the new format...it may change again who knows so as to aid preferencial fixing of game fixtures so that it will reveal 'entertaining' matches that will fill the purses of the leagues coffers.Utter garbage.

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Play off detail - the top eight seeds from the League format (the three seperate conferences) qualify. The teams will play in a home and away quarter final leg before the FINALS weekend whereas the four teams qualifying will play a semi final and final one off match for the title.

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The top eight seeds progress to the two-legged quarter-finals (home and away).

The Elite League champions will be seeded number one for the playoffs, while the second seed will be the next highest ranked Conference winner based on the Elite League standings followed by the third Conference winner.

The remaining five playoff spots will be taken in order from the final Elite League table.

In the event of the league title winner not winning their Conference, the order will be as follows:

The number-one seed will still be the Elite League winners with the Conference winners taking seeds two, three and four (higher rank determined by their league position).

Seeds five to eight will then be determined by the Elite League table.

Quarter-finals will follow the usual match-ups over two legs with seed one facing eight, two against seven, three versus six and four playing five.

Overtime and penalties will be used after the second leg if needed.

Playoff finals weekend takes place at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena, usually in the first weekend of April (dates will be confirmed by the league each season), with the semi-finals taking place on the Saturday and the third v fourth-placed match and Grand Final on the Sunday.

Seedings for the semi-final and final will be determined by the original quarter-final ranking, so the highest-placed team left in the playoffs will be ranked as the highest seed.

The highest seed will play the lowest seed in the first semi-final, with the remaining seeds playing in the second semi-final.

The two losing semi-finalists will meet in the third v fourth-placed match, while the winners will go head to head in the Elite League playoff final.


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Playoff Quarter Finals - Saturday March 30th/ 31st and Sunday April 1st 2018

Cardiff v Coventry
Manchester v Fife
Sheffield v Guildford
Nottingham v Belfast

Playoff Final Weekend 2018 - Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th April 2018 at Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham


FIXTURES

Friday 30th March

Predictorbet Play-Offs 1/4 Finals 1st leg

Belfast Giants 4 Nottingham Panthers 3 ( Clarke 2, Derlago) Galbraith in nets.
Coventry Blaze 2 Cardiff Devils 4

Saturday 31st March

Predictorbet Play-Offs 1/4 Finals 1st leg

Fife Flyers 1 Manchester Storm 4
Sheffield Steelers 5 Guildford Flames 2

Sunday 1st April

Predictorbet Play-Offs 1/4 Finals 2nd leg

Cardiff Devils 4 Coventry Blaze 3...........Cardiff win 8-5 on agg
Guildford Flames 5 Sheffield Steelers 4....Sheffield win 9-7
Manchester Storm 1 Fife Flyers 5 (ot used).............Fife win 6-5 on agg after ot
Nottingham Panthers 5 Belfast Giants 3 (ot used)...(Derlago, Mosey, Perlini, Sauve, Spang) Galbraith in nets.......Nottingham win 8-7 on agg after ot



 FINALS WEEKEND
 Semi Finals

 Cardiff 4 Fife 0

 Sheffield 5 Nottingham 4 OT (Pither 2, Brown, Mokshantsev) Galbraith in nets.

**If your interested - Betteridge/Phillips 2, Brown,Clarke, Derlago, Pither scored in Panther 8-2 3rd/4th place PO v Fife.(Garnett/Gospel in nets).



Final
CARDIFF 3 SHEFFIELD 1




Champions

CARDIFF

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SECTION FIVE

Pre domestic season

Nottingham

August	12	Cardiff	H	Aladdin Cup	1 - 3	Farmer
August	13	Cardiff	A	Challenge	2 - 3 ps	Farmer, Lindhagen
August	19	Krefeld	H	Challenge	3 - 2 ot	Mosey, Sauve
August	20	Braehead	H	Aladdin Cup	4 - 2	Derlago,Farmer,Lindhagen,Perlini

Other teams games -

12/8 Sheffield  4 Sodertalje sk (Sweden) 2

13/8 Sheffield 1 Sodertalje sk 3

19/8 Cardiff 5 Braehead 0 - (Aladdin Cup)
19/8 Sheffield 2 Nuremberg -thomas sabo- Ice Tigers (Germany) 4

20/8 Cardiff 6 Krefeld Pinguine (Germany)  2
20/8 Sheffield 3 Nuremberg -thomas sabo- Ice Tigers 4

23/8 Coventry 4 Manchester 3 (after OT)

26/8 Belfast 4 Manitoba Bisons (Canada) 6
26/8 Braehead 5 Lowen Frankfurt (Germany) 4
26/8 Fife 4 E C Kassel Huskies (Germany) 3 (after OT)
26/8 Milton Keynes 4 Coventry 3
26/8 Sheffield 5 Manchester 4

27/8 Belfast 7 Manitoa Bisons 6 (after OT)
27/8 Braehead 1 Lowen Frankfurt 4
27/8 Coventry 5 Milton Keynes 4
27/8 Fife 1 Kassel Huskies 2 (after OT)
27/8 Manchester 4 Sheffield 2

29/8 Edinburgh 1 Manitoba Bisons 2

30/8 Manchester 8 Coventry 7 (after OT)

31/8 Braehead 1 Manitoba Bisons 7

02/9 Fife Flyers 3 Herlev Eagles (Denmark) 1
02/9 Milton Keynes 3 Guildford 1
02/9 Sheffield 2 Coventry 1

03/9 Coventry 8 Sheffield 2
03/9 Edinburgh 3 Dundee 2 (after PS)
03/9 Fife Flyers 1 Herlev Eagles 4
03/9 Guildford 1 Milton Keynes 3

05/9 Milton Keynes 3 Gothiques d'Amiens (France) 4

06/9 Coventry 5 Gothiques d'Amiens 4 (after OT)
06/9 Dundee Stars 3 Edinburgh Capitals 2

09/9 Scottish Elite Cup semi's
        Dundee 2 Fife 6
        Edinburgh 2 Baehead 4

10/9 Scottish Elite Cup 3rd/4th
        Dundee 0 Edinburgh 3

        and Final
        Braehead 3 Fife 1

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SECTION SIX

Champions Hockey League (CHL), NOTTINGHAM'S entry is as winners of the Continental Cup last season.

All the detail

Founding Leagues (team allocation according to CHL league ranking)
Sweden (5 teams): Brynas Gavle, HV71 Jönköping, Frolunda Gothenburg, Malmo Redhawks, Vaxjo Lakers.
Finland (5): IFK Helsinki, Jyp Jyvaskyla, KalPa Kuopio, Tappara Tampere, TPS Turku.
Switzerland (4): EV Zug, HC Davos, SC Bern, ZSC Lions Zurich.
Czech Republic (4): Bili Tigry Liberec, Ocelari Trinec, Kometa Brno, Mountfield Hradec Kralove.
Germany (3): Adler Mannheim, Grizzlys Wolfsburg, Red Bull Munich.
Austria/EBEL (3): KAC Klagenfurt, Red Bull Salzburg, Vienna Capitals.

Criteria within each league: 1. CHL Champion, 2. National League Champion (eg.Play Offs), 3. Regular season winners,(eg.League) 4. Regular season runner-up, 5. Losing playoff-finalist, 6. Higher regular season ranked losing semi-finalist, 7. Lower regular season ranked losing semi-finalist, 8. Third placed team in regular season

In addition, the following champions from “challenge leagues” are qualified for the CHL:
Slovakia: Banska Bystrica
Norway: Stavanger Oilers
Belarus: Neman Grodno
Denmark: Esbjerg Energy
Great Britain: Cardiff Devils
France: Gap Rapaces
Poland: Cracovia Krakow
IIHF Continental Cup winner: Nottingham Panthers, Great Britain

**Cardiff Devils and Nottingham Panthers have been seeded 29th and 32nd respectively for the 2017/18 Champions Hockey League, placing both teams in Pot 4 for the Group Stage Draw that was held on May 17th.

Pot 1: Teams ranked 1-8 | Pot 2: Teams ranked 9-16 | Pot 3: Teams ranked 17-24 | Pot 4: Teams ranked 25-32; the CHL ranking tool was applied.
The Draw provided 8 groups of four teams each.
Clubs from the same league could not be drawn into the same group
Software helped detect any potential conflict. So any conflict occurence was then dealt the next possible group available. The club in question would then be placed into that available group.

Reigning CHL champions Frölunda Göteborg were seeded first overall for the tournament ahead of the draw at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.

It will be Cardiff’s first appearance in the CHL, following their 2016/17 Elite League success, whilst Continental Cup winners Nottingham will be featuring in the competition for the second time, having appeared in the inaugural tournament in 2014/15.


2017/18 Playing format

The Group Stage starts on 24 August and finishes on 11 October. The total of 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four and thus each team plays six games – one home and one away against the other three teams in its group. The first and second placed teams in each group then advance to the Playoff Stage.

With 16 teams in the playoffs, four rounds are required to determine the European club champions. The first three rounds are all two-game, home and away, total goal series, similar to the previous seasons. The playoffs start on 31 October and finish with an ultimate one game final on 6 February 2018.
 
Nottingham are in GROUP F

Date	opponents	H/A	Score	scorers	net minders
24/8/17	SC Bern	A	2 - 5	Shalla 2	Garnett 60mins for 5GA from 41 shots (36 saves)
26/8/17	Mountfield HK	A	4 - 2	Shalla 2, Mokshantev, Spang	Garnett 60mins for 2GA from 39 shots (37 saves)
31/08/17	Mountfield HK	H	4-3ot	Shauve 2, Clarke, Mosey	Garnett 60mins for 3 GA from 28 shots (25 saves)
02/09/17	SC Bern	H	4 - 2	Mokshantev 2, Brown, Lachowicz	Garnett 60 mins for 2GA from 29 shots (27 saves)
03/10/17	TPS Turku	H	2 - 0	Mokshantsev, Shalla	Garnett 60 mins for nil goals from 38 shots (38 saves)
10/10/17	TPS Turku	A	2 - 5	Betteridge, Lachowicz	Galbraith 60mins for 5 goals from 33 shots (28 saves)

Knock Out stage (last 16 ) - round two.

31/10/17 Away leg....ZCS Lions ZURICH 3 Nottingham 1

07/11/17 Home leg....Nottingham 0 ZCS Lions ZURICH 3

(Zurich win 6-1 on aggregate and go through to the quarter finals)

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SECTION SEVEN

History -  

Club

www.panthers.co.uk/onice/club-history     - OS states


General

www.icehockeyannual.co.uk/history_of_british_ice_hockey.php - Ice Hockey Annuals account

www.ihjuk.co.uk/history.html    - The Journalists version

internationalhockeywiki.com/ihw/index.php?title=Main_Page   - Wiki

www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/     - IIHF notes 

www.internationalhockey.net/forums/    - International forum

www.sihrhockey.org/main.cfm     - Int.Hockey Research


MINE

Club Historical section
When it 'really' all began ......in 1939

At the Nottingham Ice Stadium, Lower Parliament Street Nottingham, England NG1 1LA
Built by Messrs Sims, Sons & Cooke Ltd
Sold to The Nottingham Corporation in the summer of 1957

Opened 10/4/39 Ice 185ft x 85ft (56m x 26m)
Re-opened 31/8/46 spectator capacity 2,950
Closed 27/3/00 (originally 3,000)
Seating 2,850

First game - Challenge 12/4/39 7.30pm
(2/-, 3/-& 4/- prices inc.tax & skating)
Harringay Greyhounds 10 Harringay Racers 6

Second Era…… The Sheffield Lancers re-located to the City of Nottingham playing two games behind closed doors. This was the rebirth of the “Panthers” after a twenty year absence of Ice Hockey
Playing on the 20/9/80, a Challenge versus Solihull in front of 850 spectators, winning 7-4

The ice pad was replaced in 1983

In May 2000 Robinsons disused fruit and veg. cold store on Handle Street NG3 1JE… 100ft x 80ft (30m x 24m) enclosed mainly by walls was used as a temporary training pad. This facility closed in June 2001.



NATIONAL ICE ARENA INFO NG1 1LU
Opened 1/4/00 with a second pad by 7/4/01 197ft x 98ft (60m x 30m)
Seating 6,500 with 48 VIP boxes
Designed by owners Nottingham City Council (Design & Property Services)
Construction by Laing at 40 million pounds of which 22.5 Million pounds funded by Sports Council Lottery, 11.1 m by Charitable Trust and one million from English Partnerships.



Nottingham’s debut game 15/11/39
Versus R.A.F (Grantham)
Attendance approx: 1500
Lost 4-7

TEAM
H.Block, J.Block,R.Brown,Jones,Max Keller,Lee,Raines,Rivett,Spencer,Torgalson,White.

The team are mentioned in Phil Dracketts book “Flashing Blades” and were unquestionably recruited from Canadians serving over here in the RAF.
Another source for information being the Ice Hockey World publication 1939/40
Further to the original team, Jo-Jo Grabosky is mentioned as a player within the Ice Hockey Annual 02/03 by Stewart Roberts.
Hockey historian Martin Harris a member of The Society for Hockey Research notes that Jo-Jo who lived in Kingstown, Ontario came to Nottingham to play for the Panthers but returned to Canada at the outbreak of World War II without playing any games.

Further games played were....
2/12/39 Panthers 8 RAF (Canadian section) 7
3/2/40 Panthers/RAF Canadians 12 Cambridge Canadians 1

22/11/46 was the first domestic game in The English National League winning 3 – 2.
Players were: - Warwick, Lyons, Westman, Howard, Herriott, Stevens, Burke, McLachlan, Strongman, Mollard, Young,
Coyston

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HISTORY of competition

1) The LEAGUE

ENGLISH CLUB CHAMPIONS
1898 NIAGARA
1899 PRINCES
1900 PRINCES
1901 PRINCES
1902 CAMBRIDGE


1903-04 League
Teams - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY at knightsbridge rink
PRINCES PLAYING AT 'PRINCES' KNIGHTSBRIDGE
ARGYLL HENGLERS 'NATIONAL SKATING CLUB' RINK -
AMATEUR SKATING CLUB (HENGLERS) at Henglers rink
London Canadians at knightsbridge

Continuation of English Club Champions
1905 PRINCES
1906 PRINCES
1907 OXFORD CANADIANS
1908 PRINCES
1909 PRINCES
1910 OXFORD CANADIANS
1911 OXFORD CANADIANS
1912 PRINCES
1913 OXFORD CANADIANS
1914 PRINCES
1928 UNITED SERVICES
1929 UNITED SERVICES



1929-30 English (Southern) League

GP W D L GF GA Pts
Cambridge University 6 3 2 1 12 10 10
United Services 4 2 1 1 12 11 5
Princes 4 1 1 2 8 9 3
Oxford University 3 1 0 2 6 7 2
*London Lions 3 0 2 1 5 6 2

Schedule was not completed as only 10 games were played. Varsity match was played at St.Moritz for 4 pts.
*After this London Lions actually beat Princes in the ‘Southern Championship’ moving on to meet Glasgow Mohawks (Northern Championship winners having beaten Manchester) for the first British Championship Play-Offs at Golders Green.


1929 Scottish League

SIHA formed members Achtungs, Bearsden, (Champions) Bridge of Wear, Dennistoun, Doonside, Glasgow Canadians, Glasgow Skating Club, Kelvingrove, Queens, Scottish Corrinthians.

Then – Serious hockey was played, each team playing four games and placed to first and second divisions.



1929-30 Scottish League

Out –Canadians and Corinthians
In – Glasgow Uni and Mohawks
1st Div Champs – Mohawks in a 5 team league
2nd Div Champs - Kelvingrove

Scottish seeding method into 2 leagues from this original division

Bearsden 4 8pts
Achtungs 4 7
Queens 4 7
Mohawks 4 4
Bridge of Wear 4 4
Kelvingrove 4 4
Glasgow Skating Club 4 2
Doonside 4 2
Glasgow University 4 1
Dennistoun 4 1


1931 London Lions - leading English club side.


1931 Scottish League

Kelvingrove 8 13pts
Bridge of Weir 8 12
Queens (Glasgow) 8 10
Glasgow Mohawks 7 9
Glasgow University 8 7
Achtungs 7 6
Glasgow Skating Club 8 5
Bearsden 8 5
Dennistoun 8 3
The one result never published cannot be calculated here


1931-32 English League (from 12 games played

Oxford University 24pts
London Lions-Hammersmith 18
Princes and Queens-Bayswater 15
Grosvenor House Canadians-Hotel 15
Manchester 7
Sussex-Hove 5
Cambridge University-Streatham 0

Scottish winners were Glasgow Mohawks



1932-33 English League (from 10 games)

Oxford University 20 pts
Grosvenor House Canadians 16
London Lions 9
Princes and Queens 8
Cambridge University 7
Manchester 0

Scottish winners - Bridge of Wear


1933-34 English League (from 12 games)

Grosvenor House Canadians 22 pts
Queens 20
Oxford University 15
Streatham 15
Warwickshire (Birmingham) 8
Manchester 4
Cambridge University 0

Scottish winners - Kelvingrove


1934-35 English League (from 14 games)

Streatham 25 Pts
Wembley Canadians 23
Wembley Lions 21
Richmond Hawks 17
Queens 13
Oxford University 7
Warwickshire 4
Manchester 2

Scottish Winners - Bridge of wear


1935-36 English League

Wembley Lions
Richmond Hawks
Streatham
Wembley Canadians
Earls Court Rangers
Brighton Tigers
Kensington Corinthians Playing at Earls Court

Scottish Winners - Glasgow Mohawks


1936-37 English League (from 40 games)

Wembley Lions 62 Pts
Harringay Racers 59
Harringay Greyhounds 55
Earls Court Rangers 51
Wembley Monarchs 42
Brighton Tigers 37
Streatham 34
Southampton Vikings* 28
Earls Court Royals 27
Manchester Rapids** 26
Richmond Hawks 19


*Originally Francais Volantes from France
** Originally Paris Rapids from Franc

Scottish Winners - Glasgow Mohawks


1937-38 English League

* HARRINGAY RACERS
2ND WEMBLEY MONARCHS
WEMBLEY LIONS
EARLS COURT RANGERS EMPRESS HALL' EARLS COURT
BRIGHTON TIGERS
HARRINGAY GREYHOUNDS
LAST STREATHAM


Scottish Winners - Perth Panthers


1938-39 English League

* HARRINGAY GREYHOUNDS
2ND WEMBLEY LIONS
BRIGHTON TIGERS
EARLS COURT RANGERS
HARRINGAY RACERS
STREATHAM
WEMBLEY MONARCHS

Scottish Winners - Dundee Tigers


39-40 English League

* HARRINGAY GREYHOUNDS
2ND HARRINGAY RACERS
3RD WEMBLEY MONARCHS
4TH WEMBLEY LIONS
5TH STREATHAM


Scottish Winners - Dundee Tigers


1946-47 English League (from 36 games)

Brighton Tigers 53 Pts
Harringay Racers 45
Wembley Lions 41
Harringay Greyhounds 33
Streatham 33
Wembley Monarchs 29
Nottingham Panthers 18



1946/47 - Scottish League (from 24 games)

PERTH PANTHERS 32 Pts
DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS 29
FIFE FLYERS 26
PAISLEY PIRATES 25
DUNDEE TIGERS 22
AYR RAIDERS 21
FALKIRK LIONS 13

FINAL PLAY-OFFS
VIKINGS BEAT PIRATES
FLYERS BEAT PANTHERS
VIKINGS BEAT FLYERS


WINNERS : DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS


1947-48 English League (from 36 ganes)

Brighton Tigers 49 Pts
Harringay Racers 42
Streatham 38
Wembley Monarchs 33
Wembley Lions 33
Nottingham Panthers 29
Harringay Greyhounds 28

Wembley and Greyhounds played one game for 4 points


1947/48 - Scottish (from 28 games)

EASTERN SECTION
DUNDEE TIGERS 42 Pts
DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS 31
FIFE FLYERS 24
PERTH PANTHERS 12

WESTERN SECTION
PAISLEY PIRATES 34 Pts
AYR RAIDERS 33
FALKIRK LIONS 27
GLASGOW BRUINS 21

(FOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ANDERSON TROPHY)
DUNDEE TIGERS 4 AYR RAIDERS 1
AYR RAIDERS 1 DUNDEE TIGERS 6

DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS 8 PAISLEY PIRATES 0
PAISLEY PIRATES 7 DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS 2

DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS 0 DUNDEE TIGERS 1
DUNDEE TIGERS 7 DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS



1948-49 English League (from 28 games)

Harringay Racers 43 Pts
Streatham 32
Harringay Greyhounds 32
Nottingham Panthers 27
Wembley Monarchs 26
Brighton Tigers 22
Earls Court Rangers 21
Wembley Lions 21


1948/49 - Scottish League (from 24 games)

FIFE FLYERS 35 Pts
FALKIRK LIONS 34
DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS 31
PAISLEY PIRATES 23
DUNDEE TIGERS 18
PERTH PANTHERS 18
AYR RAIDERS 09


1949-50 English League (over 30 games)

Nottingham Panthers 39 Pts
Brighton Tigers 38
Wembley Lions 27
Streatham 27
Harringay Racers 25
Earls Court Rangers 24


Scottish League (from 24 games)

FIFE FLYERS 32 Pts
DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS 30
PAISLEY PIRATES 28
FALKIRK LIONS 27
AYR RAIDERS 21
DUNDEE TIGERS 17
PERTH PANTHERS 13


1950-51 English League

Streatham 30 Pts
Wembley Monarchs 28
Harringay Racers 27
Wembley Lions 24
Brighton Tigers 22
Nottingham Panthers 19
Earls Court Rangers 18


Scottish League

PAISLEY PIRATES 49 Pts (from 36 games)
PERTH PANTHERS 44
DUNFERMLINE VIKINGS 43
FALKIRK LIONS 37
AYR RAIDERS 35
FIFE FLYERS 27
DUNDEE TIGERS 17


1951-52 English League (from 30 games)

Wembley Lions 38 Pts
Earls Cour Rangers 35
Streatham 32
Harringay Racers 29
Brighton Tigers 27
Nottingham Panthers 19


Scottish League (from 36 games)

AYR 51 Pts
DUNDEE 44
FALKIRK 41
PERTH 35
DUNFERMLINE 33
PAISLEY 25
FIFE 23



1952-53 English League (from 30 games)

Streatham 45 Pts
Harringay Racers 40
Nottingham Panthers 33
Earls Court Rangers 30
Brighton Tigers 17
Wembley Lions 15



Scottish League (from 28 games)

AYR 33 Pts
DUNFERMLINE 33
PERTH 32
FALKIRK 31
PAISLEY 27
EDINBURGH 26
FIFE 21
DUNDEE 21


1953-54 English League (from 24 games)

Nottingham Panthers 34 Pts
Streatham 33
Harringay Racers 19
Wembley Lions 18
Brighton Tigers 16


Scottish League (from 36 games)

PAISLEY 58 Pts
FALKIRK 44
PERTH 43
EDINBURGH 37
AYR 33
DUNDEE 24
FIFE 13


1954-55 British League (from 40 games)

Harringay Racers 62 Pts
Nottingham Panthers 55
Paisley Pirates 52
Falkirk Lions 49
Wembley Lions 38
Edinburgh Royals 34
Brighton Tigers 32
Perth Panthers 32
Kirkcaldy (Fife Flyers) 29
Dundee Tigers 29
Ayr Raiders 28


1955-56 Britiah League (from 32 games)

Nottingham Panthers 35 Pts
Wembley Lions 35
Paisley Pirates 33
Brighton Tigers 30
Harringay Racers 27


1956-57 British League (from 32 games)

Wembley Lions 41 Pts
Harringay Racers 36
Brighton Tigers 33
Paisley Pirates 26
Nottingham Panthers 24


1957-58 British League (from 32 games)

Brighton Tigers 45 Pts
Nottingham Panthers 35
Harringay Racers 29
Wembley Lions 28
Paisley Pirates 23


1958-59 British League (from 30 games)

Paisley Pirates 36 Pts
Wembley Lions 33
Brighton Tigers 28
Nottingham Panthers 23


1959-60 Britrish League (from 32 games)

Streatham 39
Nottingham Panthers 34
Brighton Tigers 31
Paisley Pirates 31
Wembley Lions 25



Winners of leagues post 1960 were.........

1963 Ayr Rangers (Scottish)- 2 league basis
1964 Fife bt Paisley in PO from two leagues (Scottish)
1965 Paisley bt Fife in PO from two league Scottish format again
1966 Unconfirmed completion of Scots/English leagues
1967 Paisley Mohawks top of a NORTHERN league uncompleted
1968 Paisley Mohawks win NORTHERN league
1969 Paisley Mohawks win NORTHERN league
1970 Murrayfiels Racers (Northern League)
1971 Murrayfield Racers (Northern League)
Sussex senators (Southern League)
1972 Murrayfield Racers (Northern)
Sussex Senators (Southern)
1973 Dundee Rockets (Northern)
Altrincham Aces (Southern)
1974 Whitley Warriors (Northern)
Streatham (Southern)
1975 Whitley Warriors (Northern)
Streatham (Southern)
1976 Murrayfield Racers (Northern)
Altrincham Aces (Midland)
Streatham (Southern)
1977 Fife Flyers (Northern)
Altrincham (Midland)
Streathan (Southern)
1978 Fife Flyers(Northern)
Blackpool Seagulls (Midland)
Solihull Barons (Southern)
1979 Murrayfield Racers (Northern)
Sheffield Lancers (Midland)
Streatham (Inter City League/English league South)
1980 Murrayfield Racers (Northern)
Liverpool Leopards (Midland)
London Pheonix Flyers (ICL/ELS)


1981 Murrayfield Racers (Northern)
Blackpool Seagulls (Midland)
Streatham Redskins (ICL/ELS)

1982 Streatham Erdskins (English League)
Dundee Rockets (Scottish League)

1983 Dundee Rockets/Durham Wasps/Altrincham Aces from British tri-league before Play-Offs

1984 Dundee Rockets - British League Era cont...
1985 Durham Wasps
1986 Durham Wasps
1987 Murrayfield Racers
1988 Murrayfield Racers
1989 Durham Wasps
1990 Cardiff Devils
1991 Durham Wasps
1992 Durham Wasps
1993 Cardiff Devils
1994 Cardiff Devils
1995 Sheffield Steelers
1996 Sheffield Steelers
1997 Cardiff Devils - Super league Era
1998 Ayr Scottish Eagle
1999 Manchester Storm
2000 Bracknell Bees
2001 Sheffield Steelers
2002 Belfast Giants
2003 Sheffield Steelers
2004 Sheffield Steelers - Elite League Era
2005 Coventry Blaze
2006 Belfast Giants
2007 Coventry Blaze
2008 Coventry Blaze
2009 Sheffield Steelers
2010 Coventry Blaze
2011 Sheffield Steelers
2012 Belfast Giants
2013 Nottingham Panthers
2014 Belfast Giants
2015 Sheffield Steelers
2016 Sheffield Steelers
2017 Cardiff Devils



HISTORY OF COMPETITION

2) The PLAY OFFS

1929-30

The English (Southern) League ‘London Lions’ beat Princes Club and the Scottish Leagues ‘Glasgow Mohawks’ beat Manchester and met in a PLAY-OFF Final

1946-47 one English PO was played yet 1939-40 and 1946-47 through to 1953-54 a Scottish competition was played for.

The Icy-Smith Cup competition played by Northern League teams from 1965-66 through to 1980-81 were later denoted as the BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFFS and since that date, after domestic league play, (English/Scottish or British) a PLAY-OFFS competition have continued
as we know of it today.

From 1968 to 1982 regional leagues played a PO competition to denote an extra event after the league.But the Icy Smith was the actual national Play-Offs.

In the last British season before WW1 Nottingham lost out in a one off British event.

1929-30 London Lions beat Glasgow Mohawks

1939-40 Kirkcaldy Flyers (Scottish Champions)

1946-47 Harringay Greyhounds (English Champs)
Dunfirmline Vikings (Scotland)

1947-48 Dundee Tigers - Scottish
1948-49 Falkirk Lions
1949-50 Falkirk Lions
1950-51 Paisley Pirates
1951-52 Falkirk Lions
1952-53 Ayr Raiders
1953-54 Falkirk Lions

1959-60 Brighton Tigers

75-76 Ayr Bruins
76-77 Fife Flyers
77-78 Fife Flyers
78-79 Murrayfield Racers
79-80 Murrayfield Racers
80-81 Murrayfield Racers
81-82 Dundee Rockets


82-83 Dundee Rockets
83-84 Dundee Rockets
84-85 Fife Flyers
85-86 Murrayfield Racers
86-87 Durham Wasps
87-88 Durham Wasps
88-89 Nottingham Panthers
89-90 Cardiff Devils
90-91 Durham Wasps
91-92 Durham Wasps
92-93 Cardiff Devils
93-94 Cardiff Devils
94-95 Sheffield Steelers
95-96 Sheffield Steelers

96-97 Sheffield Steelers - Superleague
97-98 Ayre Scottiah Eagles
98-99 Cardiff Devils
99-00 London Knights
00-01 Sheffield Steelers
01-02 Sheffield Steelers
02-03 Belfast Giants

03-04 Sheffield Steelers - Elite
04-05 Coventry Blaze
05-06 Newcastle Vipers
06-07 Nottingham Panthers
07-08 Sheffield Steelers
08-09 Sheffield Steelers
09-10 Belfast Giants
10-11 Nottingam Panthers
11-12 Nottingham Panthers
12-13 Nottingham Panthers
13-14 Sheffield Stelers
14-15 Coventry Blaze
15-16 Nottingham Panthers
16-17 Sheffield Steelers


HISTORY OF COMPETITION

3) The CUP
In short - The Winners

1936-37 English Knock Out Cup - Earls Court Rangers
(plus several other cups played in 30's + 40's in Scotland)

1939-40 Scottish Cup - Dunfermline Vikings


English Autumn Cup/Scottish Autumn Cup
1946-47 Brighton Tigers
.............(Tournament Winners - Brighton Tigers)
1947-48 Harringay Racers/Paisley Pirates
.............(Tournament Winners - Streatham)
1948-49 Wembley Monarchs/Fife Flyers
.............(Tournament Winners - Wembley Monarchs)
1949-50 Harringay Racers/Dundee Tigers
.............(Tournament Winners - Streatham)
1950-51 Brighton/Fife Flyers
1951-52 Streatham/Ayr Raiders
1952-53 Harringay/ no comp.
1953-54 Streatham/Paisley Pirates

British Autumn Cup
1954-55 Harringay Racers
1955-56 Nottingham Panthers
1956-57 Brighton Tigers
1957-58 Wembley Lions
1958-59 Brighton Tigers
1959-60 Streatham

Northern League Autumn Cup
1967-68 Paisley
1968-69 Murrayfield
1969-70 Murrayfield
1970-71 no comp
1971-72 Whitley
1972-73 Fife
1973-74 no comp
1974-75 Murrayfield
1975-76 Fife
1976-77 Fife
1977-78 Murrayfield
1979-79 Fife
1979-80 Murrayfield


Southern Cup
1981 Streatham Redskins
1982 Streatham Redskins

British Autumn Cup
84 Dundee Rockets
85 Durham wasps
86 Murrayfield Racers
87 Nottingham Panthers
88 Durham Wasps
89 Tayside Tigers
90 Murrayfield Racers
91 Durham wasps
92 Nottingham Panthers
93 Cardiff Devils
94 Murrayfield Racers
95 Nottingham Panthers
96 Sheffield Steelers
97 Nottingham Panthers

98 Ayr Scottish Eagles
Challenge Cup - Ayr Scottish eagles

99 Nottingham Panthers
Challenge Cup - Sheffield Steelers

00 Manchester Storm
Challenge Cup - Sheffield Steelers

01 Sheffield Steelers
Challenge Cup - Sheffield Steelers

02 Challenge Cup - Ayr Scottish Eagles
03 Challenge Cup - Sheffield Steelers
04 Challenge Cup - Nottingham Panthers
05 Challenge Cup - Coventry Blaze

06 Challenge Cup - Cardiff Devils
Knock-Out Cup - Sheffield Steelers

07 Challenge Cup - Coventry Blaze
Knock Out Cup - Cardiff devils

08 Challenge Cup - Nottingham Panthers
Knock Out Cup - Coventry blaze

09 Challenge Cup - Belfast Giants
Knock Out Cup - Belfast Giants

10 Challenge Cup - Nottingham Panthers
11 Challenge Cup - Nottingham Panthers
12 Challenge Cup - Nottingham Panthers
13 Challenge Cup - Nottingham Panthers
14 Challenge Cup - Nottingham Panthers
15 Challenge Cup - Cardiff Devils
16 Challenge Cup - Nottingham Panthers
17 Challenge Cup - Cardiff Devils

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A short history…. The League

Most of the season is dedicated to the lengthy league programme. But the history is chequered since
1898 when Niagara were the first “nominated” English club champions.
It appears sides were “seen as” and thus more likely “elected” champions from the culmination of the
entire regular period of play. This continued up until the year 1929.
Thereafter, clubs sides from England, and a separate Scotland, made up competitive schedules,
although this was pitted by faults.
1929-30 had London Lions (Wembley) top of an incomplete league and again denoted the “leading
club” side in the year 1931 prior to a full season of play in 31-32. Leagues continued until 1935-36
when Birmingham Maple Leafs transpired a title in our records before a more professional set up was
to commence.
By 1935-36 the story became a little clearer. National Leagues embarked on a healthy period both
north and south of the border and is remembered more for its ice hockey history in what is known as
the “Golden Years”. Later our own Nottingham Panthers picking up English trophies in 1951 and
1954. As the two countries then amalgamated to a British League by 1954-55, Panthers had silverware
in the cabinet again for 1956.
The tale again folds by 1960 as the League becomes defunct.
1966-67 saw a regional “Northern Association” return with both Scottish and North Eastern English
teams. This continued until 1982.
A more Southerly based section held out a similar League from 1970. This later was joined by another
regional division. The newer (1979) Inter-City League (English League South) and Southern
Association “Midland League” (English League North) however finished competition by 1982.
During this final season a strange situation had an English (and Scottish) National League run
alongside these smaller set ups and ice hockey then felt confident enough by the following season to
promote a return to British League play, which has existed to the present day.
The professional scene highlighting the names Super and Elite in preference to the term British (UK)
League.


The Play Offs
The culmination to the Season.
Both Cup and League have been won but the highlight of the Ice Hockey action seems to have been
saved till last.
Teams have to qualify (most seasons) by League placing. Presently teams are 'drawn' to quarter final knock out places.These home and away quarter-final ties then bring about the 'Finals weekend' when the semi's and Final are played at one venue.
1929-30 saw the first playoffs which the London Lions engraved into history.
Scottish National play then took on board Play-Offs from 1939-40 when the Kirkcaldy Fliers became
the first of nine champions of Scotland. England testing the Play-Off water for just one season in 46-
47 as Harringay Greyhounds lifted the Trophy.
By the end of this first “golden” era of hockey. Brighton Tigers took the honour of British Play-Off
Champions. Play-Off hockey would now disappear until the late 1960’s.
Leagues held out Play-Offs from the now regional hockey that Britain played.
The Northern Association comprising of the two countries teams held a competition in 1968 through
to 1979 whereas all the winners happened to be Scottish. The Southern and Inter-City Association
teams in 1976, 77, 78,80,81,82 saw its own title holders. Streatham Redskins being the bookies bet for
winners.
But, a long established tournament from 1966 called The Icy-Smith Cup (it was played for from 1966-
81) “became” the British Championships and the 1976 winners and subsequent winners to 1981 were
denoted as the Championship winners….. i.e. our Play-Offs.


A short history….the Cup.
The Ice-Hockey programme is well known for its cup, league then play-off schedule.The Cup a separate entity to the league come play-off schedule....
In 1936-37 Earls Court Rangers were Knock-Out CUP Champions in England.

(some other cups played for in Scotland over the 30's and 40's)

By 1939-40 Dunfermline Vikings picked up the tournament prize denoted as the Scottish Cup.

From 1946-47 both countries played out regular Autumn Cup competitions of their own through to the
1953-54 season. Thereafter the cup campaign took on its British mantle as both associations merged.
At this time 1946-47 to 1949-50 a brief National Tournament was held on a similar basis having
foreign teams participate in its third season. Likewise a Midlands Cup from 1980-81 to 1982-83 and
again in 1989-90 had a short shelf life.
Due to constant change in our sports history the 1960’s brought about regional contest. The Northern
League had cup winners from 1968 until 1982. The other associations down south, the Inter-
City/English South League and the Midland/English North brought forth competition from 1980.
From this the Southern Cup combined leagues teams but lasted only two seasons due to the fact that there was a return to a British National schedule with interest to a singular countrywide Autumn Cup once again.
This was the format from 1983. But the Autumn Cup ceased in 2000-2001 as two competitions
( Autumn and Challenge) which had overlapped between 1998 and 2001 had the Challenge Cup
become the major choice of all till today. (Who knows why?)

NB) the Icy-Smith Knock-Out Cup played 1966-75 nationally, turned into what is now the British
Championship Play-offs. It was also another minor competition of its own once again, played
separately years later, Nottingham playing in 1989/90.

Other than these domestic affairs Panthers have represented Britain as a team in the Ahearne Cup in
1955, 2002, 2003 and 2006 and in the European Continental Cup by merit in years 1999, 2005, 2006 and recently in 2017 becoming winners..as well as honouring the league in representation to the highest European competion: The Champions Hockey League in 2015 and 2017.

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Titles -



Cup Winners

55/56 British Autumn Cup
86/87 British Autumn Cup
91/92 British Autumn Cup
94/95 British Autumn Cup
96/97 British Autumn Cup
98/99 British Autumn Cup
03/04 Elite Challenge Cup
07/08 Elite Challenge Cup
09/10 Elite Challenge Cup
10/11 Elite Challenge Cup
11/12 Elite Challenge Cup
12/13 Elite Challenge Cup
13/14 Elite Challenge Cup
15/16 Elite Challenge Cup





League Champions

50/51 English league
53/54 English League
55/56 British League
12/13 Elite League



Play-Off Championships

88/89 British Championship
06/07 Elite Championship
10/11 Elite Championship
11/12 Elite Championship
12/13 Elite Championship
15/16 Elite Championship



The Continental Cup (Europes second Elite Competition)

2016-17

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Officials

Owner - Neil Black of Aladdin management
General Manger - Gary Moran
Coach - Corey Nielson
Team Captain - Stephen Lee
Physio. - Phil Rippon
Equipment - Adam Goodrich
Office Sec. - Sarah Longdon
Supporters Travel - Bill Northridge
Match Announcer - David Litchfield
Time Keeper - Fran Wiles
Scorers - Dee Shaw
Mascot - Ross Bashton
Goal Judges - Andrew Howarth/Fraser Shaw
Penalty Officials - Carol Howarth/Zander Wiles
Photography - Karl Genham (panthersimages)





Players

Name	Nationality**	Seasons*	Age***					Number	Position
David Clarke	British	14	35					5	F
Robert Lachowicz	British	12	27					7	F
Jordan Kelsall	British	1	17					14	F
Jeff Brown	Canadian	2	27					16	F
Evan Mosey	American	3	28					17	F
Robert Farmer	British	5	26					19	F
Mark Derlago	Canadian	1	21					23	F
Josh Tetlow	British	1	19					25	D
Erik Lindhagen	Swedish	2	29					29	F
Sam Gospel	British	4	23					31	n/m
Dan Spang	American	2	33					33	D
Mike Garnett	Canadian	1	34					34	n/m
Josh Shalla - released	Canadian	1	26					44	F
Steven Lee	British	9	26					45	D
Zack Phillips	Canadian	1	24					51	F
Tim Billingsley	Canadian	1	27					54	D
Mathieu Brisebois	Canadian	1	25					57	D
Alexander Mokshantsev	Russian	1	22					71	F
Ollie Betteridge	British	7	21					74	F
Mathieu Gagnon	Canadian	1	24					75	D
Raphael Busieres	Canadian	1	23					91	F
Luke Pither	Canadian	1	28					81	C
Mike Vaskivuo	American/Finn	1	31					55	F

*     inc this season, having played in previous
**   birth place
*** start of season
code/1/2/3 - to follow

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Other fixtures link....all games for the season (copy and use the link below).

www.eliteleague.co.uk/view/eliteicehockey   OFFICIAL ELITE

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 Big shout out to my two nephews who followed the Panthers.Not with us anymore but remembered.

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All time (LIVE)...here I will add to the existing all-time stats (from  end of last season) ...

Elite stats are different to mine in that I have included ALL major competitions eg) major European competition for the club.So the figures you see ARE all games that these players have played for the team PANTHERS bar challenge games.

These players highlighted are from the first era 46/47 to 59/60. 

Place	Player	Appearances
1	Randall Weber	843
2	David Clarke	775
3	Robert Lachowicz	627
4	Chick Zamick	613
5	Paul Adey	581
6	Matt Myers	547
7	Simon Hunt	495
8	Les Strongman	495
9	Ken Westman	485
10	John Bremner	482

Place	Player	Goals
1	Paul Adey	780
2	Chick Zamick	769
3	Les Strongman	385
4	David Clarke	378
5	Randall Weber	317
6	Terry Kutenbach	279
7	Simon Hunt	241
8	Nigel Rhodes	234
9	Gavin Fraser	210

10        Dwayne Keyward  198

Place	Player	Assists
1	Paul Adey	737
2	Chick Zamick	634
3	Randall Weber	507
4	Terry Kurtenbach	422
5	David Clarke	369
6	Les Strongman	323
7	Corey Neilson	289
8	Nigel Rhodes	268
9	Ashley Tait	264
10	Ken Westman	235

Place	Player	Points
1	Paul Adey	1517
2	Chick Zamick	1403
3	Randall Weber	824
4	David Clarke	747
5	Les Strongman	709
6	Terry Kurtenbach	701
7	Nigel Rhodes	502
8	Ashley Tait	429
9	Gavin Fraser	420
10	Ken Westman	404

Place	Player	Pims
1	Simon Hunt	1249
2	Graham Waghorn	1035
3	David Clarke	886
4	Corey Neilson	813
5	Barry Nieckar	797
6	Ashley Tait	714
7	Paul Adey	689
8	John Bremner	680
9	Matt Myers	679
10	Guillaume Lepine	601

Place	Player	Minutes	SOG	GA	GAA	GA %	SAVE %	Points	Shut Outs
1	Cruikshank	6255	2902	212	2.03	7.31	92.69
2	Pietia	2588	1366	105	2.44	7.69	92.31
3	Robinson	2181	1107	86	2.37	7.81	92.21
4	Askey	2050	950	77	2.25	8.21	91.91
5	Kowalski	14656	6926	568	2.33	8.21	91.81
6	Robins	7638	4160	343	2.69	8.25	91.75
7	Sundberg	3761	1783	154	2.46	8.64	91.36
8	Lorenz	3031	1509	137	23.71	9.08	90.92
9	Wiikman	5394	2612	239	2.66	9.15	90.85

 10       St.Pierre    3940      2033  189   2.88   9.31    90.71

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GREAT BRITAIN National squad information - 2018 World Division One (second tier)



World Championships Warm Up Game - Team GB vs Lithuania - Saturday 14th April 2018 at Planet Ice Milton Keynes

World Championships Warm Up Game - Team GB vs Lithuania - Sunday 15th April 2018 at The Skydome, Coventry

IIHF World Championships (Division 1A) - 22nd to 28th April 2018 in Budapest, Hungary - 6 teams


Group A , Budapest Hungary.

Slovenia 15th place in the Elite divison last year and relegated.........GB win 3-1 (Dowd, O'Connor, Perlini)
Italy      16th place in the Elite division last year and relegated
Kazachstan 3rd in last years 1A pool........2nd game due Tuesday
Poland 4th place in last years 1A pool
Hungary Host and 5th place in last years 1A pool last year
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Great Britain 1st in third tier Division 1B and promoted

Placing rules will be first the most points from the round robin of games.
then head to head points, head to head goal difference,head to head goals scored, result against closest best ranked team outside tied teams,then same against second best team outside tied teams, .....seeding before tournament. (?)

Results.....

Table

Place	Team	GP	Won	OT won	PS won	lost	OT loss	PS loss	GF/GA/GD and PTS
1
2
3
4
5
6

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Up's and Downs.
Bullet points of the season

1) Are we ready? With the Elite website holding last seasons information still and not replying to emails thus far? Similar with UK IH site and the lack of GB information. You have to go to WiKi to fnd detail. Basic same format for our OS too.Keeping old material, out of date. (improved upon in August)

2) Elite still in operation and though I don't like the format two more teams join the league for further cometition.

3) MY new book comes out 'Ice Cold Murder'. but Stewart Roberts fine Ice Hockey Annual will NOT be published any more as he retires from this venture after 42 volumes.

4) The club threaten their own fans with court action. When the fans try to engage into good dialog to improve fan/club relationship by forming a fan run Trust.

5) The club advise in advance the last accepting day for the old coinage (£1) which with all things consdering is good that fans have been pre warned.

6) The TEAM seem to be on the up as regards commitment, desire and effort as far as supporters are concerned. Just what the fans ordered in. CHL history to book.

7) By Sept 23rd a 'dip' in team form noticed already after good CHL start.

8) Good production of 'Panthers TV' clips and euro adventure screenings coming through.

9) The club favour to ban a fan of the Trust citing the chairman at a Q+A session.


10) Better news on our playing front, as the team show well but Cardiff have our number so far.

11) Nottingham bow out of the CHL but leave their mark in the last 16.Great moment.

12) Oh no, Christmas is coming and Panthers falter at this time.

13) Club not keen to get new players in , one 'Shalla' released.

14) Finally new players 'Pither' and 'Vaskivuo' in squad and now results improve

15) Continued embarassment, hockey supporter fans threatening not to return/buy ST. Not in so small part to a 'poor' game between 'Europes' supposed best clash being a wet squid yet the club define the moment as..."The biggest of rivals clashed in a league game as if a trophy was on the line."......Obviously not written for knowledgable long standing fans who seem not to be needed in the crowd anymore over the 'beer swilling, entertainment lusting walk ups out for a night out'.

16) Finished 4th in the league, showing how much better we could have done if the mindset was to play and win rather than have the 'entertain' tag in the sport on such a high priority.So much lost from the season.

17) Unfortunately the last game of the season (3rd/4th PO game is not a contest) was a summary of the season.End of season, Good.

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notes

a) Biglad's section on game clips will be penned to it's own thread in this 17-18 season.

b) The 'Fixtures and Statistics 2017-18 Thread' supports the new Supporters Trust - go to www.pantherstrust.co.uk/

c) I'd like to know if anyone assisted on Lindhagen's goal (teams second) in the challenge game away in Cardiff on 13th August and what Penalties the players got for my statistics please.

d) Any details/stats from the 1999 Continental Cup appreciated as I want Nottingham's game stats.

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Injuries and Suspensions 2017/18

To track the various absences throughout the season.

Player	Type	Last Available	Returned	Missed	Information
Mathieu Brisebois		Pre-Season	30/9 v Manchester	11	Rumoured back/neck injury.
Mark Derlago		29/10 v Coventry	11/11 v Braehead	4	Leave for family illness. [1]
Josh Shalla		7/11 v Zurich	15/11 v Belfast	1	Unspecified injury. [1]
Mathieu Brisebois		19/11 v Cardiff	2/12 v Sheffield	2	Unspecified injury. [1]
Evan Mosey		2/12 v Sheffield	30/12 v Coventry	9	Arm injury. [1]
Raphael Bussieres		3/12 v Braehead	10/12 v Guildford	1	1 game suspension. [1]
Patrick Galbraith		10/12 v Guildford	30/12 v Coventry	6	Unspecified injury. [1]
Mathieu Gagnon		27/12 v Sheffield	3/1 v MK	2	2 game suspension. [1]
Jordan Kelsall		13/1 v Belfast	13/3 v Edinburgh	19	Lower body injury. [1] [2]
Dan Spang		28/1 v Fife	23/2 v Fife	8	Upper body injury. [1]
Evan Mosey		31/1 v Belfast	17/2 v Cardiff	5	Unspecified injury. [1]
Steve Lee		10/1 v Sheffield	18/2 v Braehead	2	2 game suspension. [1]
Mike Vaskivuo		17/2 v Cardiff	23/2 v Fife	1	Suspected knee injury (?).
Rob Farmer		18/2 v Braehead	6/3 v Dundee	3	Unspecified injury. [1]
Yann Sauve		24/2 v Fife	7/3 v MK	2	2 game suspension. [1]
Raphael Bussieres		6/3 v Dundee	20/3 v Fife	6	Unspecified injury. [1]
Rob Farmer		7/3 v MK	23/3 v Braehead	6	Unspecified injury. [1]
David Clarke		18/3 v Manchester	30/3 v Belfast	4	Unspecified injury. [1]
Mike Vaskivuo		1/4 v Belfast	Off Season	2	Unspecified injury. [1]

Key
Injury or Illness
Suspension
Compassionate Leave
International Duty

The Iginla Chart
To track how many of each type of player we iced per game.

Games in italic are pre-season.

Roster [Total: 25]
Imports: Garnett, Sauve, Spang, Billingsley, Brisebois (27/1), Gagnon, Brown, Mosey, Derlago, Lindhagen, Shalla (29/12), Phillips, Mokshantsev, Bussieres, Galbraith (7/10), Pither (22/1), Vaskivuo (3/2) [Total: 15]
Snr Brits: Lee, Clarke, Lachowicz, Perlini, Farmer [Total: 5]
U23 Brits (born on or after 1 January 1994): Gospel, Hazeldine, Tetlow, Kelsall, Betteridge [Total: 5]

Date	Opponent	Competition	Imports Missing	Total (max. 14)	Snr Brits Missing	U23 Brits Missing	Total	Total Roster (max. 22)
12/8	v Cardiff	Aladdin Cup	Derlago, Zakharchenko, Mokshantsev, Bussieres, Sauve	10	Perlini	None	8	18
13/8	@ Cardiff	Exhibition	Derlago, Zakharchenko, Mokshantsev, Bussieres, Sauve, Gagnon, Brisebois	8	Perlini	None	8	16
19/8	v Krefeld	Exhibition	Zakharchenko, Spang	13	None	Hazeldine	9	22
20/8	v Braehead	Aladdin Cup	Zakharchenko, Billingsley, Brisebois	12	Clarke	None	9	21
24/8	@ Bern	CHL	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Tetlow, Kelsall	7	20
26/8	@ Mountfield	CHL	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Tetlow, Kelsall	7	20
31/8	v Mountfield	CHL	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine	9	22
2/9	v Bern	CHL	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Tetlow, Kelsall	7	20
9/9	v Coventry	League	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Tetlow, Kelsall	7	20
10/9	@ Sheffield	CC	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	21
16/9	v Guildford	League	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Tetlow	8	21
17/9	@ Cardiff	League	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	20
23/9	v Braehead	League	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	21
24/9	@ Guildford	League	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	20
27/9	v Belfast	League	Brisebois	13	None	Hazeldine	9	22
30/9	v Manchester	CC	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
3/10	v Turku	CHL	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	22
7/10	v Sheffield	CC	Galbraith	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
10/10	@ Turku	CHL	Garnett	14	Clarke	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	6	20
14/10	@ Sheffield	League	Galbraith	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	22
15/10	v Belfast	League	Garnett	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
18/10	@ Braehead	CC	Galbraith	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	22
21/10	v Edinburgh	League	Garnett	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
22/10	@ Cardiff	League	Galbraith	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
28/10	v MK	League	Galbraith	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
29/10	@ Coventry	League	Garnett	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
31/10	@ Zurich	CHL	Derlago	14	None	Hazeldine, Gospel	8	22
3/11	v Guildford	League	Derlago	14	None	Hazeldine, Gospel	8	22
4/11	@ MK	League	Derlago	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
7/11	v Zurich	CHL	Derlago	14	None	Hazeldine, Gospel	8	22
11/11	v Braehead	CC	Shalla	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
15/11	@ Belfast	League	Galbraith	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
19/11	v Cardiff	League	Garnett	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
25/11	@ Manchester	CC	Garnett, Sauve, Brisebois	12	Clarke, Perlini	None	8	20
26/11	v Fife	League	Brisebois	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
2/12	v Sheffield	League	Garnett	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	22
3/12	@ Braehead	League	Mosey	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
9/12	v Cardiff	League	Mosey, Bussieres	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	19
10/12	@ Guildford	League	Mosey	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
16/12	@ Manchester	League	Mosey, Galbraith	13	None	Kelsall, Tetlow	8	21
17/12	v Belfast	League	Mosey, Galbraith	13	None	Hazeldine	9	22
22/12	@ MK	CC	Mosey, Galbraith	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	21
23/12	v Manchester	League	Mosey, Galbraith	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	20
26/12	@ Sheffield	League	Mosey, Galbraith	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	20
27/12	v Sheffield	League	Mosey, Galbraith	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	21
30/12	v Coventry	League	Gagnon	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	7	20
1/1	@ Coventry	League	Gagnon	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	19
3/1	v MK	CC	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Gospel	8	22
6/1	v Manchester	League	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	7	21
7/1	@ Cardiff	League	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
12/1	@ Belfast	League	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	7	21
13/1	@ Belfast	League	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	7	21
20/1	v Cardiff	League	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
21/1	@ MK	League	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
27/1	v Belfast	League	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	7	21
28/1	@ Fife	League	None	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	20
31/1	v Belfast	CC	Spang	13	None	Kelsall, Gospel	8	21
3/2	@ Sheffield	League	Spang, Mosey	12	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	7	19
4/2	v Dundee	League	Spang, Mosey	12	None	Kelsall, Gospel	8	20
7/2	@ Belfast	CC	Spang, Mosey	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	19
10/2	v Sheffield	League	Spang, Mosey	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	6	19
11/2	@ Cardiff	League	Spang, Mosey	13	Lee	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	6	19
17/2	v Cardiff	League	Spang	14	Lee	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	6	20
18/2	v Braehead	League	Spang, Vaskivuo	13	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	7	20
23/2	@ Dundee	League	Garnett	14	Farmer	Hazeldine, Kelsall	7	21
24/2	@ Fife	League	Galbraith	14	Farmer	Hazeldine, Kelsall	7	21
25/2	@ Edinburgh	League	Garnett, Sauve	13	Farmer	Hazeldine, Kelsall	7	20
6/3	v Dundee	League	Garnett, Sauve	13	None	Kelsall	9	22
7/3	v MK	League	Galbraith, Bussieres	13	None	Kelsall	9	22
10/3	v Sheffield	League	Bussieres	14	Farmer	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	6	20
11/3	@ Belfast	League	Bussieres	14	Farmer	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Gospel	6	20
13/3	v Edinburgh	League	Bussieres, Garnett	13	Farmer	None	9	22
17/3	@ Sheffield	League	Bussieres	14	Farmer	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow, Gospel	5	19
18/3	@ Manchester	League	Bussieres, Galbraith	13	Farmer	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	6	19
20/3	v Fife	League	Garnett	14	Farmer, Clarke	None	8	22
23/3	@ Braehead	League	Garnett	14	Clarke	Hazeldine, Kelsall	7	21
24/3	@ Dundee	League	Garnett	14	Clarke	Hazeldine, Kelsall	7	21
25/3	@ Edinburgh	League	Galbraith	14	Clarke	Hazeldine, Kelsall	7	21
30/3	@ Belfast	Playoffs	Garnett	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall, Tetlow	7	21
1/4	v Belfast	Playoffs	Garnett	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	22
7/4	@ Sheffield	Playoffs	Vaskivuo	14	None	Hazeldine, Kelsall	8	22
8/4	v Fife	Playoffs	Vaskivuo, Galbraith	13	None	Hazeldine	9	22

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Nottingham Panthers Fixture Changes/Additions 2017/18

Changes

vs Dundee Stars (HOME)
FROM: Saturday 3rd March 2018
TO: Friday 2nd March 2018
SOURCE: EIHL Twitter

vs Edinburgh Capitals (HOME)
FROM: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
TO: Tuesday 13th March 2018
SOURCE: Panthers OS

vs Dundee Stars (HOME)
FROM: Friday 2nd March 2018
TO: Tuesday 6th March 2018
SOURCE: Panthers Twitter


Additions

vs ZSC Lions - CHL 2nd Round 1st Leg (AWAY)
DATE: Tuesday 31st October 2017
SOURCE: Panthers OS

vs ZSC Lions - CHL 2nd Round 2nd Leg (HOME)
DATE: Tuesday 7th November 2017
SOURCE: Panthers OS

vs Milton Keynes Lightning - Challenge Cup Quarter-Finals 1st Leg (AWAY)
DATE: Friday 22nd December 2017
SOURCE: Panthers OS

vs Milton Keynes Lightning - Challenge Cup Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg (HOME)
DATE: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
SOURCE: Panthers OS

vs Belfast Giants - Challenge Cup Semi-Finals 1st Leg (HOME)
DATE: Wednesday 31st January 2018
SOURCE: Panthers OS

vs Belfast Giants - Challenge Cup Semi-Finals 2nd Leg (AWAY)
DATE: Wednesday 7th February 2018
SOURCE: Panthers OS

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From the notes section 15

c) I'd like to know if anyone assisted on Lindhagen's goal (teams second) in the challenge game away in Cardiff on 13th August and what Penalties the players got for my statistics please.

AND....has anyone details of the 1999 Continental Cup (as if)....

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Oct 1, 2017 19:01:47 GMT spik said:

Coventry 5 Sheffield 1.....what's the excuse this time

It was Edinburgh's day yesterday, Dundee's today.

Belfast suffer and Braehead do to.

The Scottish conference group GARDINER being the weakest at present.

Tables updated.

Sheffield look a lot weaker this season, the age things isn't paying off so far

[GuinnessMan]

Nov 8, 2017 11:25:51 GMT spik said:

Can't quite understand the running of this sport. We get put down for complaining but when you look at the official Elite sites CUP table and see differing 'games played' by certain teams.Then you see that my stats ARE correct according to fixtures still to be played. You wonder what the point is the governing body getting defensive about things when you email them...by and large no reply - eg) what's with the Fife fixture list on THEIR site?

Pct data is also incorrect for some teams in the conference stats. Advised them by Twitter 3 times. Just One response, saying it is not a stat they use and probably due to it losses or something.
Wrong data is worse than no data imo but they don't seem bothered.

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Nov 8, 2017 11:33:38 GMT GuinnessMan said:

Nov 8, 2017 11:25:51 GMT spik said:

Can't quite understand the running of this sport. We get put down for complaining but when you look at the official Elite sites CUP table and see differing 'games played' by certain teams.Then you see that my stats ARE correct according to fixtures still to be played. You wonder what the point is the governing body getting defensive about things when you email them...by and large no reply - eg) what's with the Fife fixture list on THEIR site?

Pct data is also incorrect for some teams in the conference stats. Advised them by Twitter 3 times. Just One response, saying it is not a stat they use and probably due to it losses or something.
Wrong data is worse than no data imo but they don't seem bothered.

Indeed as regards 'wrong data being no help'...in all I have had people get very defencesive in the past because of 'their/someone they know' job role if I point out mistakes. Yet as an interested and valid contributor to stats etc. (which I may get wrong at times, to which I'd be happy have this pointed out) am only wanting correct detail like anyone. Hey ho.

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As regards the stats data on Elite OS. I can confirm that all is correct but the dual game Belfast v Fife has not had its totals for the CUP put up as yet as the system is playing up apparently. Had a nice reply from Elite statsman Jim Lydon and he's had trouble that has now been pointed out to the site 'pointstreak'.

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Congratulations to Robert Lachowicz who now overtakes Paul Adey as Nottinghams 4th most dressed player.


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League table

Note...Elite OS states Guildford 6th then MK 7th on their front page then shows the placings the other way round on stats full page.
Here we always show (irrespective of games played) the order in - Points, RW, all wins before anything else, typical of their full stats.

[spik]

Just started research on my next book.It's all going to be stats and facts again.
The history of Ice Hockey, British hockey etc....no title as yet.
Could be ready by 2025,