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Post by Bagheera on Mar 6, 2024 22:09:57 GMT
I know we've had some decent results of late, but I think that was probably our most complete performance of the season. That was only tarred by a god aweful deffensive zone turnover to cost Rok a much deserved Shutout. McGurty and Lunsjo owe him more than one beer for that.
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Post by sevcik on Mar 6, 2024 22:13:26 GMT
Have to say that's one of the best home performances this season, especially the 1st period Was skillfull and fast paced for the most part. We did start to tire in the 2nd half of the 2nd period which is perhaps understandable. Full credit to the boys and the coaching staff. Play with that commitment and passion from hereon in we may just scrape into the playoffs.
Why was Neilson pulled from the game? Hopefully Andersons injury isn't too serious.
Neil Black was here too... pure coincidence I'm sure.
I understand Ken is try to generate and keep an atmosphere but when he says the same few phrases like 'Sing it & keep it up' for what seems every other minute it becomes mind numbing. And if people need to be told when to cheer or chant, then that tells you all you need to know about our current fanbase is it also wise to tell the fans to jump when a certain song comes on? All it takes is one overexuberant fan or someone who's had too much to drink and something unfortunate will happen sooner or later.
And how can we be the mighty. Mighty Panthers when we are bottom of the league? Maybe some people need to buy themselves a new dictionary and look up the word Mighty.
Oops a rather long and perhaps over critical post in part, been a rather long day that's my excuse for it.
Anyway the win is the main thing.. Did the rumoured Fire drill actually take place? We weren't hanging around to find out.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Mar 6, 2024 22:18:00 GMT
Very well played Panthers. Very well played
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Post by Bagheera on Mar 6, 2024 22:19:40 GMT
Have to say that's one of the best home performances this season, especially the 1st period Was skillfull and fast paced for the most part. We did start to tire in the 2nd half of the 2nd period which is perhaps understandable. Full credit to the boys and the coaching staff. Play with that commitment and passion from hereon in we may just scrape into the playoffs. Why was Neilson pulled from the game? Hopefully Andersons injury isn't too serious. Neil Black was here too... pure coincidence I'm sure. I understand Ken is try to generate and keep an atmosphere but when he says the same few phrases like 'Sing it & keep it up' for what seems every other minute it becomes mind numbing. And if people need to be told when to cheer or chant, then that tells you all you need to know about our current fanbase is it also wise to tell the fans to jump when a certain song comes on? All it takes is one overexuberant fan or someone who's had too much to drink and something unfortunate will happen sooner or later. And how can we be the mighty. Mighty Panthers when we are bottom of the league? Maybe some people need to buy themselves a new dictionary and look up the word Mighty. Oops a rather long and perhaps over critical post in part, been a rather long day that's my excuse for it. Anyway the win is the main thing.. Did the rumoured Fire drill actually take place? We weren't hanging around to find out. Same, out of there before they had chance for the drill. Man on the match update please somebody.
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Post by samjohnson345 on Mar 6, 2024 22:34:40 GMT
Delighted; a fantastic win! Pare was fantastic, great scrap love to see players stick up for their teammates after questionable hits! Henbrant has been electric the past month or so, with many other good performances, Rok deserved a shut out. Great to have Welsh back, his quality on the forecheck is high, turning pucks over and laying them off. Hopefully Anderson is okay it was just an impact injury…anyone heard anything on Neilson? Injured in the warm up or?
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Post by kievthegreat on Mar 6, 2024 22:37:37 GMT
Really good to snap out of the defeats. Tough weekend away coming up, Cardiff will be rough and Glasgow is a must win if we have any aspirations on 7th.
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Post by Higgy on Mar 6, 2024 22:43:57 GMT
Henbrant was given mom.
The fire drill did sort of happen but was going off as everyone was walking out after the team left the ice. The stewards didn't stop anyone leaving...in fact it wasn't even mentioned it would be happening during the game I don't think.
Surprised nobody has mentioned it was practically a sell out...long time since that's happened on a weekday! Lots of newbies tonight,and loads of younger fans and students...funny what happens when it's 9 quid.
The game...tremendous...fantastic display and some great goals,hits and intensity. Fully deserved and could have been more!
I understand Logan took a puck to his hand in warm up and was pulled out the game...hopefully not too serious.
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Post by awooga on Mar 6, 2024 22:58:03 GMT
Very good performance. They had a spell in the 2nd, but apart from that we were in control.
Though Felix Pare had a very good game throughout and seemed to get a fair amount of time out there. Nice and physical, was able to feed others quite a few times which could / should led to more.
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Post by EMB on Mar 6, 2024 23:18:53 GMT
Very good crowd tonight and a fair number of Guildford fans, also a shout out to all the Sheffield fans that came to support with some nice banners aswell. Cracking game and well deserved win.
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Post by finnmccool on Mar 7, 2024 0:49:56 GMT
I know we've had some decent results of late, but I think that was probably our most complete performance of the season. That was only tarred by a god aweful deffensive zone turnover to cost Rok a much deserved Shutout. McGurty and Lunsjo owe him more than one beer for that. When I read this, I could not remember any "God-awful" turnover leading to the Flame goal, so I went back and checked the tape. It shows McGurty made a perfectly clean pass to Lunsjo, who then attempted to return the puck to McGurty by banking it off the glass behind the net. Instead it landed nicely for a Flame, and after four or so passes, one of their guys made a great shot and scored. Hats off to the scorer but there was nothing "God awful" by any Panther that I could see. In my book, a "God-awful" turnover is when a puck is bobbled at the blue line, allowing the opposing player to break away. It is when there is an errant outlet pass in the D zone that lands on an unmarked opponent's tape and - a heartbeat later - in the net. Of course that is not a comprehensive list, but nothing even remotely "God-awful" happened before this Guildford goal. So, be very sure before you criticize players (if you for some reason feel compelled to do so), especially after such an all-round solid game. Both of those players were on the score sheet and played great, from my perspective, even as many others were dazzling, including Rok. I'm happy and clapping after this one. Rant over.
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Post by Bagheera on Mar 7, 2024 6:51:07 GMT
I know we've had some decent results of late, but I think that was probably our most complete performance of the season. That was only tarred by a god aweful deffensive zone turnover to cost Rok a much deserved Shutout. McGurty and Lunsjo owe him more than one beer for that. When I read this, I could not remember any "God-awful" turnover leading to the Flame goal, so I went back and checked the tape. It shows McGurty made a perfectly clean pass to Lunsjo, who then attempted to return the puck to McGurty by banking it off the glass behind the net. Instead it landed nicely for a Flame, and after four or so passes, one of their guys made a great shot and scored. Hats off to the scorer but there was nothing "God awful" by any Panther that I could see. In my book, a "God-awful" turnover is when a puck is bobbled at the blue line, allowing the opposing player to break away. It is when there is an errant outlet pass in the D zone that lands on an unmarked opponent's tape and - a heartbeat later - in the net. Of course that is not a comprehensive list, but nothing even remotely "God-awful" happened before this Guildford goal. So, be very sure before you criticize players (if you for some reason feel compelled to do so), especially after such an all-round solid game. Both of those players were on the score sheet and played great, from my perspective, even as many others were dazzling, including Rok. I'm happy and clapping after this one. Rant over. The Panthers had the puck in their zone on their stick with three Panthers players to one initially. Puck comfortably on your own tape to on the oppositions when you outnumber them is god aweful. It doesn't have to be a clean bad pass to them or being stripped out of position. McGurty probably should've gone to Despres instead and the zone should've been cleared. It was a small, but bad error that lead to a goal. It was a fabulous all around performance from all, with a mention of mistake. Not quite sure a little critisism requires such a reaction. Each to there own. I too am happy and clapping after this one.
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Post by rexkramer on Mar 7, 2024 8:42:09 GMT
Good to see the result from last night, particularly if Neilson was a late scratch. Did Henbrant play top line then? Kind of assumed it given his assists. Sounds like he had a great game.
Win on Sunday, anything from Saturday would be a bonus and we are right back in the mix.
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Post by Bagheera on Mar 7, 2024 8:46:18 GMT
Good to see the result from last night, particularly if Neilson was a late scratch. Did Henbrant play top line then? Kind of assumed it given his assists. Sounds like he had a great game. Win on Sunday, anything from Saturday would be a bonus and we are right back in the mix. Yes, he took Neilsons spot with Roy & Niemenen. A fantastic performance from him.
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Post by John Casey on Mar 7, 2024 9:17:50 GMT
That was a fantastic performance, soaked up a lot of pressure but scored at the most opportune times.
They were well taken goals as well especially Lucciani's 2nd, Hendbrant and both of Niemenen's.
Guildford tried to throw the checks but ended up on the Ice themselves.
Pretty sure that the £9 Tickets was an experiment but if it was, it was an absolute success, a game which probably be around a 3rd full ended up to being a near sell out with an incredible atmosphere.
Hopefully it's a sign to come for midweek League Games. Love to see the figures compared to a normal priced game, I do wonder if the Arena gave a discount, surely more people in the building gives them a chance to sell more Concessions.
If you got people watching their 1st game, then after that game, they may be fans going forward.
It's been mentioned before that Sheffield has been doing this for a long time, it's something that's worked for them
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Post by bobness on Mar 7, 2024 9:26:12 GMT
Matt Alvaro a quite impressive 15 for 17 in the dot last night. Mostly vs Roy it would seem.
Good game, but I think Burman would want at least 3 back…
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Post by blackandgold73 on Mar 7, 2024 10:55:49 GMT
That was a fantastic performance, soaked up a lot of pressure but scored at the most opportune times. They were well taken goals as well especially Lucciani's 2nd, Hendbrant and both of Niemenen's. Guildford tried to throw the checks but ended up on the Ice themselves. Pretty sure that the £9 Tickets was an experiment but if it was, it was an absolute success, a game which probably be around a 3rd full ended up to being a near sell out with an incredible atmosphere. Hopefully it's a sign to come for midweek League Games. Love to see the figures compared to a normal priced game, I do wonder if the Arena gave a discount, surely more people in the building gives them a chance to sell more Concessions. If you got people watching their 1st game, then after that game, they may be fans going forward. It's been mentioned before that Sheffield has been doing this for a long time, it's something that's worked for them In terms of attendance numbers only: WEDNESDAY 21.02.2024 5-4 win over Cardiff - 3854 WEDNESDAY 06.03.2024 6-1 win over Guildford - 6680 With a Tuesday, Thursday and Monday game still to come this season I'd say do it for all of them, as they're all random days as well. Get the arena rocking, lift the team, get some new fans hooked before the season ends and keep the crowd momentum into next season hopefully. Given that the three remaining weekday games are also Fife x2 and Clan, then filling the arena to capacity would be too the team's advantage.
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Post by Robbie Nud on Mar 7, 2024 11:06:22 GMT
A great performance last night, came out with intent and hit hard from the off and well deserved to be up by 2 after 1. 2nd period was a little flat but still kept the lead. 3rd upped the effort again and scored another 3.
Good all round effort from all and hopefully we dont lose Anderson to injury.
A note about Tetlow, for those naysayers, are they watching him this season or basing opinion on some years ago, when they last went to a game? Since returning from a year in the finnish 2nd tier, I think his game has become more rounded, he has also recently returned from some months out with injury and makes far less errors than some of the 'top' import Dmen.
As for the evacuation, nothing was said and then after the game the stewards were saying it was a code red and we needed to leave the building as soon as possible despite the stairs being filled with people trying to depart. You could not hear the alarms going and announcments werent heard until you were outside. Outside there were stewards standing around with the odd one saying this is an evacuation and you need to get away from the building. It was a bit of a shambles and the exodus of people just leaving the game on an ordinary night is more organised and smoother.
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Post by Higgy on Mar 7, 2024 11:13:14 GMT
What was interesting to note last night was the different demographic than usual in the crowd.
There seemed a lot more under 25s and students than I've ever seen at a Panthers game and it gave the arena a totally different vibe.
Every hit and save was being cheered like a goal and a lot near me were absolutely buzzing the whole match, where I sit is usually fairly quiet but it was the total opposite last night.
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Post by Jono Bullard on Mar 7, 2024 12:44:12 GMT
Why was Neilson pulled from the game? He got injured in warm-up.
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Mar 7, 2024 13:24:47 GMT
That was a fantastic performance, soaked up a lot of pressure but scored at the most opportune times. They were well taken goals as well especially Lucciani's 2nd, Hendbrant and both of Niemenen's. Guildford tried to throw the checks but ended up on the Ice themselves. Pretty sure that the £9 Tickets was an experiment but if it was, it was an absolute success, a game which probably be around a 3rd full ended up to being a near sell out with an incredible atmosphere. Hopefully it's a sign to come for midweek League Games. Love to see the figures compared to a normal priced game, I do wonder if the Arena gave a discount, surely more people in the building gives them a chance to sell more Concessions. If you got people watching their 1st game, then after that game, they may be fans going forward. It's been mentioned before that Sheffield has been doing this for a long time, it's something that's worked for them In terms of attendance numbers only: WEDNESDAY 21.02.2024 5-4 win over Cardiff - 3854 WEDNESDAY 06.03.2024 6-1 win over Guildford - 6680 With a Tuesday (12th MARCH v FIFE) , Thursday (??) and Monday (1st APRIL GLASGOW) game still to come this season I'd say do it for all of them, as they're all random days as well. Get the arena rocking, lift the team, get some new fans hooked before the season ends and keep the crowd momentum into next season hopefully. Given that the three remaining weekday games are also Fife x2 and Clan, then filling the arena to capacity would be too the team's advantage. When is the thursday one ?
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Post by blackandgold73 on Mar 7, 2024 13:30:04 GMT
In terms of attendance numbers only: WEDNESDAY 21.02.2024 5-4 win over Cardiff - 3854 WEDNESDAY 06.03.2024 6-1 win over Guildford - 6680 With a Tuesday (12th MARCH v FIFE) , Thursday (??) and Monday (1st APRIL GLASGOW) game still to come this season I'd say do it for all of them, as they're all random days as well. Get the arena rocking, lift the team, get some new fans hooked before the season ends and keep the crowd momentum into next season hopefully. Given that the three remaining weekday games are also Fife x2 and Clan, then filling the arena to capacity would be too the team's advantage. When is the thursday one ? Sorry, you're right ashfieldpanther that's the away leg against Fife. Getting my games muddled Still, think it's worth doing for the other two at least
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Post by Bagheera on Mar 7, 2024 15:49:23 GMT
A great performance last night, came out with intent and hit hard from the off and well deserved to be up by 2 after 1. 2nd period was a little flat but still kept the lead. 3rd upped the effort again and scored another 3. Good all round effort from all and hopefully we dont lose Anderson to injury. A note about Tetlow, for those naysayers, are they watching him this season or basing opinion on some years ago, when they last went to a game? Since returning from a year in the finnish 2nd tier, I think his game has become more rounded, he has also recently returned from some months out with injury and makes far less errors than some of the 'top' import Dmen. As for the evacuation, nothing was said and then after the game the stewards were saying it was a code red and we needed to leave the building as soon as possible despite the stairs being filled with people trying to depart. You could not hear the alarms going and announcments werent heard until you were outside. Outside there were stewards standing around with the odd one saying this is an evacuation and you need to get away from the building. It was a bit of a shambles and the exodus of people just leaving the game on an ordinary night is more organised and smoother. Regards Tetlow, I agree regards his improvement and would personally look to have him back next year. That depends on how they want to set up though. Id have all the Brits back if they were all happy to accept one would have to sit out(asuming no upgrades available). I do though believe that Hazeldine is head and shoulders above Tetlow and if only one could be kept then that's an easy choice for me. If for arguements sake we had a fully fit roster now then there would be a tough call to make on who sits. Tetlow + Anderson/Welsh or Kelsall & McGurty/Ryczek. Of course you could play all the Brits and sit 2 imports if you felt that was best. With things as they stand then I dont think there is much point bringing Ollie back at this stage. He's had so long off and by the time he's in and up to speed the season will be done. If Ollie doesn't return then i'd go with 4 import D simply because it'd allow 4 full forward lines. Given a full set of players available who would you sit?
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Post by spik on Mar 7, 2024 15:54:32 GMT
What a ridiculous time to have it. Did no-one think about it being a late start and therefore late finish game? There will be plenty of fans who don't live on the doorstep and have to travel some distance home only to have to get up early the next morning for work/school etc. I bet they wouldn't dare try it after a major concert. For those that do read it in detail it does state that anyone can leave, for any reason, and I'll be exercising that option. We already have the stupidity of not being able to enter by some stairs but being able to leave by the same. Farcical. Bar the fact it may have gone into OT/PS and most will take the option of 'having to leave' - it's not a real exercise is it? Someone in the toilets knowing its a practice is going to go back in for their bags/child in order to go home. Or are they supposed to go out at the end of the game and wait how long to get back in? Do it un announced before a game?
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Post by wgray on Mar 7, 2024 20:46:44 GMT
Cracking game yesterday, really enjoyed the night. I thought Guildford were all over us during the 2nd period, reflected by our very low shot count, but we were clinical with the chances we forced, some great goals from Luciani, Henbrant and Nieminen.
It was like watching a different team from the away game in Guildford to the home game yesterday. We had our tails up and we didn’t back down against a very chippy Guildford side. Loved Caruso’s hit on Crinella and Paré going at it with Locke.
It was good to see Welsh back to, I’d forgotten how hard he works around their net and the amount of battles he wins, really pleased with how he played. Hopefully Anderson isn’t badly hurt, I winced as he crashed into the boards. Need all the bodies when can get at this stage.
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Post by bobness on Mar 7, 2024 21:13:11 GMT
... A note about Tetlow, for those naysayers, are they watching him this season or basing opinion on some years ago, when they last went to a game? Since returning from a year in the finnish 2nd tier, I think his game has become more rounded, he has also recently returned from some months out with injury and makes far less errors than some of the 'top' import Dmen. ... Absolutely agree re Tetlow. Has turned into a far more dependable figure at the back, less error prone, and the stats back this up. He's first few games back, being eased in, after a very nasty injury which necessitated a 31 game seat in the stands. It's very harsh to be on him like this, IMHO. I'd be very happy to keep Tetlow and Hazeldine for next season, with 4 or 5 other quality D that could be a very solid back end.
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