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Post by Tom on Sept 13, 2019 20:26:01 GMT
Not seen this posted elsewhere but it appears we are hosting the pre Qualification round 3 here in Nottingham.Got to say I've not really seen any publicity concerning this and only knew about this from watching the video about the scoreboard where it was casually mentioned as a forthcoming event. I know its only a pre-qualifier but unless I completely missed the announcements at the time, it appears it was announced back in May but I completely missed it. I would have hoped there was a big deal made of this but I was completely unaware until I checked the IIHF WebiteTom, these guys are in charge of the national squads. Rather than the Elite site who run the domestic. www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/Maybe where you'd have not read the initial details. To be honest I was just surprised that here in Nottingham, where the event is to be hosted, there has been no real publicity letting anyone know this event is happening. So even if you you are already someone very much into ice hockey, it is unlikely you know this tournament is happening in our city. If you are not a keen ice hockey fan the chances are that you will be completely and utterly unaware that this event will happen here in February. It does not matter how many obscure (to the average person in the street) website sites this information is actually on, there has been no publicity about this event even in Nottingham, let alone in the rest of the country. So if they are wanting anybody other than die hard GB fans turning up they had better start letting people know about this. I am a very keen hockey fan and enjoy watching the sport and as a result I watch out for any news concerning GB, Elite League and NHL news on a regular basis so when I found out about this I asked all my friend who go to watch the Panthers with me if they knew this tournament was happening they were all in complete surprise about it. To be honest by having my little rant on here about the lack of publicity for this event I have likely made more people aware that this event is proceeding than anything UKicehockey ha done this needs to be published more. End of. Cheers Tom
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Post by Tom on Aug 4, 2019 18:12:35 GMT
Not seen this posted elsewhere but it appears we are hosting the pre Qualification round 3 here in Nottingham.Got to say I've not really seen any publicity concerning this and only knew about this from watching the video about the scoreboard where it was casually mentioned as a forthcoming event. I know its only a pre-qualifier but unless I completely missed the announcements at the time, it appears it was announced back in May but I completely missed it. I would have hoped there was a big deal made of this but I was completely unaware until I checked the IIHF Webite
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Post by Tom on Nov 4, 2017 22:33:11 GMT
And as Storm only got a point in Dundee we are now top with a game in hand on the three teams below us.
Oh and Brett Perlini is getting it done in scoring and is not that far off the top in both goals and points.
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Post by Tom on Oct 5, 2017 20:21:26 GMT
Gospel came knowing he was 3rd choice, glad we’ve signed an import especially after Zakharchenko. No player is going anywhere, we’re stacking up on injury cover, top move by the club Still say its a little bit unfair, just not very unfair, as it "might have" been if we were not in the next round of the CHL. As to whether any of our players end up elsewhere this season I hope you are right. Still think Mosey needs to be a forward much more than a D
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Post by Tom on Oct 5, 2017 18:58:13 GMT
A bit unfair on Gospel if true, unless they are in for cover on the next round of the CHL. Personally I think another defenceman would be good as I want to see Mosey as a forward as he does seem to make Phillips and Delargo a much better unit.
TBH though I fear it could be at least one player has possibly been approached by a richer club abroad based on our performance in the CHL. My bigest fear is that it might be Perlini as he counts as a Brit and so he is going very difficult to be replaced.
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Post by Tom on Dec 30, 2016 22:13:50 GMT
Dear Panthers Fans, The time has come to show how much of our great club means to us all and to celebrate our proud history and to recognize our recent success under Corey and Stax because both of them deserve our full respect for what did for us. Starting from now I want you all Panthers Nation to show your passion by bringing a Black and Gold towel or your Panthers scarf to the game against Edinburgh this bank holiday Monday and wave them during stopped in play during the game pleased to remember this, not an official club thing so be respectful the person next to you. So tell everybody who you know are coming to the game on Monday to get involve. Come on you Panthers Nation, One Unnamed Passionate Panthers fan Sorry but I won't be able to make it on Monday because as the Game was originally a 7:30pm face off so I agreed to do a day's overtime that day. Now I can't make the game as it is a 4:00pm face off so won't be able to show my support. I do feel though feel though that it is Gary Moran that really deserves the lion's share of the credit for our success, I can't see why you haven't mentioned his name in your post.
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Post by Tom on Sept 27, 2016 17:49:07 GMT
Well its a lot better than having the fixture changed because some boy band have extended their tour. Personally I am looking forward to this I don't think either side will be playing a full strength team but it should be a great game none the less. Just as long as we don't get too badly beaten I think this can only help the GB team get better.
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Post by Tom on Sept 25, 2016 19:51:50 GMT
Well credit where it is due, good weekend for panthers lets hope they keep it up Even better Steelers have had a zero point weekend after being beaten by Cardiff 5-3 tonight sadly both defeats are in the challenge cup, lets hope they have plenty of those in the league as well.
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Post by Tom on Jan 8, 2016 0:12:33 GMT
Has anyone got any stats on all time games played for us, i believe Clarkey is close to passing the record? I believe Randall Weber Holds the record per Elite Prospects at 741 and Clarke is second on 641. I can't think of anyone that would be even close to either of them.
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Post by Tom on May 3, 2015 0:28:09 GMT
I don't think there is much interest in the u20s league either in Nottingham but there is obvious interest just up the M1 but unlikely to happen any time soon, certainly not during the next season. Not true at all U20 leagueThe biggest talking point is why have the Panthers and Nottingham IHC both registered an interest. Obviously links between the clubs are not as good as they could be. Surprised no one has noticed that Sutton Sting along with Sheffield have also expressed an interest so the Midland Conference should be the lowest on travel costs.
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Post by Tom on Feb 8, 2014 15:30:00 GMT
I have a single ticket available Block 15 row u seat 15 just want face value. If anyone is interested please message me.
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Post by Tom on Oct 9, 2013 19:18:38 GMT
And he is also it appears a fan of classical music.
from the Panthers website
"Nick had a string weekend in the wins at home to Braehead and on the road in Coventry."
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Post by Tom on Aug 28, 2011 18:02:32 GMT
According to Giants website the final two Panthers goals were by Clarke and Champagne.
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Post by Tom on Jul 14, 2011 17:56:43 GMT
If I had that job, i'd be trying to get Reebok or one of the big supermarkets as league sponsor Well I think News International would be the ideal sponsors of the Elite League after all they have the same core values as the Elite League. Honesty Reliability Accountability
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Post by Tom on Nov 27, 2010 17:45:51 GMT
Good young solid player, easily EPL standard and should have been playing that level from start of season, as he needs more ice time than he going to get at Panthers Looked OK in EIHL, but just not ready for regular shifts at that level. Saw more of him at ENL level. Whilst he did not excel, he was certainly one of the better players on a very good Lions Team.
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Post by Tom on Jul 8, 2010 12:06:52 GMT
So good he had a song written about him.
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Post by Tom on Jul 8, 2010 9:51:48 GMT
Wowzers - good goalie signing. As others have said he's got me genuinly excited. Lets hope he doesnt take as long to get his angles sorted as KSP! Funny you should say that I was thinking back to last season when an excuse made for KSP is that it takes netminders a long time to get used to differnt sized ice rinks than they have played on in the past Is this guy coming from the same situation ? Don't Italy play on the larger ice surface so thats possibly what happened to his stats last year. Lets hope so. Anyway I'm looking forward to hearing some Primal Scream at the NIC next season.
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Post by Tom on Feb 7, 2010 14:50:46 GMT
Its not on the elite league website anymore. Apparently the livescoring and stats engine are coming soon. But I think its said that for some time. However I think someone posted this link the last time someone asked this question.
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Post by Tom on Nov 16, 2009 17:03:24 GMT
Is that they have made the final squad? All I can find is the final selection camp on the Ice HockeyUK website.
What about Robert Lachowicz, Sam Bullas, James Neil and Joe Graham. Do you know if they have made it as well?
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Post by Tom on Jun 26, 2009 15:10:26 GMT
lichfield? that anywhere near coventry?... The real clue is the massive part of his name which means Coventry fan ;D
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Post by Tom on Jun 18, 2008 9:45:39 GMT
Must say that I am pleasantly surprised and extremely impressed. These youngsters are the future of Nottingham ice hockey and this is definitely a big step in the right direction. Well done Corey.
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Post by Tom on Jun 18, 2008 0:50:50 GMT
nick if you assume things you are invariably wrong i find, the deluded was to the fact that you seemed to think that imports would work out cheaper than the least expensive brits in the squad! I cannot see were i went wrong on that point! (just for you an exclamation mark ok) ;D Don't know if it's exactly what I put and can't be bothered to scrawl through my posts but what I meant was with the wages from the lower end Brits plus the wages you would save from the top end Brits not being able to claim there premium bonus you would be able to get a much better import for your money. Think I explained that pretty well previously and you know full well what I meant I think you are overestimating what a top end Brit gets paid and I know you are oversestimating what a lower end Brit gets paid. A number of Lions players have declined to play for the Panthers because the money offered just was not enough to live on, let alone give up a well paid job for. That and, how many time do I have to repeat this, there are serious extra costs in bringing a player over from the over side of the atlantic. European players are not that much cheaper and are more of a gamble. If Brits were not on the whole cheaper the owners would never had agreed to a limit on import numbers.
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Post by Tom on Jun 18, 2008 0:37:11 GMT
But the wage cap then was about double what is now and even more brazenly ignored than it is now. [Sarcasm]Teams could afford to have four lines of much better imports. [/Sarcasm] That is why the standard of play was so better in the ISL. Thats why there were bigger crowds. We can't afford that standard of import any more and we certainly can't afford as many. As far as I know we've always worked with three lines. Our major disadvantage when playing teams from the mainland at the time We did go with a forth line but it usually had a couple of Brits on it an so iced very infrequently. But other teams definely did go with four import lines hence the sarcasm about them being able to afford. We did however usually three full lines of imports and a backup import keeper too. In fact the first year under Aladin Management we definitely did have four lines. We had 18 imports plus Randall Weber and Simon Hunt. But because we so seriously overspent Neil Black slashed the budget the next year and so we had to get some cheap European players and some Brits.
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Post by Tom on Jun 17, 2008 23:58:54 GMT
No it's not cheap at all when you consider the wage cap has apparently more than halved. The price of making the petrol has stayed roughly the same whilst the price of putting a team on the ice at the N.I.C has considerably dropped, so thats no comparison what so ever Greg Haddens testimonial got a bigger attendance than most Rays and Caps games and probably some other teams, take into consideration that wasn't on the season ticket. Average attendances 2002/03- 4426 2007/08- 4210 Not a massive difference but taking into account it was only a five team league and the fact Panthers fans seem very loyal, I'm sure with Shuffs and Giants attendances it would be a big difference Have a look at other events at the Arena and compared to them it is cheap. There are a lot of other factors that make up the costs of an ice hockey team other than the wages of the team especially for an arena team. So it is understandable why the prices haven't fallen. But yes ok it does seem a little unfair. What I can't see is why this has anything to do the young Brits that occassionally get the odd shift here and there. They, well their parents, pay to play. They don't get free equipment, they don't get paid at all. None of the money you spend goes to any of those youngsters so why are you whinging about your ticket price when we are discussing their developement. It is just not relevant to this issue.
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Post by Tom on Jun 17, 2008 23:02:02 GMT
But there were more Panthers fans back then ;0 But the wage cap then was about double what is now and even more brazenly ignored than it is now. [Sarcasm]Teams could afford to have four lines of much better imports. [/Sarcasm] That is why the standard of play was so better in the ISL. Thats why there were bigger crowds. We can't afford that standard of import any more and we certainly can't afford as many.
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