5+game
Terry Kurtenbach
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Post by 5+game on Mar 15, 2013 22:36:18 GMT
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Post by ted logan on Mar 15, 2013 22:38:52 GMT
Unbelievable Geoff!!!!
Have no idea what else to say that's not already been said.
Wow. Just wow
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Pies
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Post by Pies on Mar 15, 2013 22:39:02 GMT
Best of a bad bunch this year well done. No. We were the best PERIOD. The other fans saying their teams were bad just can't accept that we were that good IMO.
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Mythosman
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Post by Mythosman on Mar 15, 2013 22:41:10 GMT
Been watching since 1981, and have followed the Panthers through thick and thin. Have seen many false dawns come and go, but never contemplated this actually happening. Now it has, I can't really express what it means to me.
Feels great, if a little surreal. A good night's sleep will help the reality sink in - well done guys!!!!
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Post by joesteeler on Mar 15, 2013 22:43:41 GMT
How can anyone say best of a bad bunch? The standard of hockey this year is the highest I've seen in the EIHL.
What makes it better for you guys is that this year, with the conference system, you have had to work hard for it playing the likes of Belfast, Steelers and Coventry more often.
Enjoy the moment.
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theo14
Jade Galbraith
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Post by theo14 on Mar 15, 2013 22:57:09 GMT
wasnt there thank god Doug did a bad job recruiting this year got a weak defence we suffered u guys hired a good team.
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Post by leessential on Mar 15, 2013 23:00:42 GMT
WOW WOW WOW, what an amazing game tonight, what an amazing title race and finishing flourish from our League Champion winning team, cant wait to see them all back at the NIC on Friday next week
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Post by claretgiant on Mar 15, 2013 23:05:21 GMT
Congratulations on winning the league, richly and fully deserved
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Yotes
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Post by Yotes on Mar 15, 2013 23:13:04 GMT
If you want to talk about the game tomorrow, there's a thread for that.
Not that you'll be going of course.
Now stop sullying our celebratory thread, we've earned this one.
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andyd
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Post by andyd on Mar 15, 2013 23:13:06 GMT
After all this time I'd convinced myself I'd never see it. I still can't quite believe it, I've been walking around in a teary daze. Nottingham Panthers League Champions is the phrase I've been waiting to hear for 20 years. Waited in a beloved old Ice Stadium through into the arena. Waited through hundreds of Stef's announcements (religiously scribbled down). Waited through cup finals we've won and cup finals we've lost. Waited through the ticker tape Challenge Cup final fiasco. Waited through Texpef's cyncial rants (especially about Greg Hadden). Waited through drinks with the Bunkers Hill Mob. Waited through the worst of times. Waited through jumping into Jono's arms like an 8 year old schoolboy when Robert Nordmark scored just to get us in the Play Offs. Waited through defeat after defeat in fruitless journeys to Sheffield. Waited through Keefe just being flat out ridiculous. Waited through comparing every netminder to Trevor Robins. Waited through sitting on the back row in Coventry with all the Ellis family through another miserable Skydome loss. Waited through all that Steelers success and as many owners as trophies. Waited through the wild faces of Shaggy (sometimes when things were going bad and sometimes when they were going very good...same face Shagster! ) Waited through car journeys with Milkman into Shuff, driving the M5 to and from Cardiff with Cat and Ted (and the rain storm we almost died in on the way to Basingstoke) and the commute from Birmingham with Ian. Waited through Premak, Adey, Lambert, Hunt, Tait, Waghorn, Weber, Blaisdell, O'Connor, Durdle, Dallman, Laxdal, Robins, Hadden, Kolesar, Zukiwsky, Garden, Leach, Willis, Carlsson, Drouin, Struch, Jinman, Wallenberg, Bazza, Paek, Levers, Cadotte, Cruickshank, Craighead, Tessier, Cote, Clarke, McAslan, Myers, Neilson, Bergin, Meyers, Galbraith, Richardson, DAB, Kowalski, Francis, Fox, Graham and Ling. Waited since that first night in February 1993 when an 11th birthday present was tickets to the Panthers... How I wish tonight I could have a good drink with everyone, not least those friends we've lost along the journey, this is for them too! NOTTINGHAM PANTHERS, LEAGUE CHAMPIONS.
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Post by Nemesis on Mar 15, 2013 23:19:58 GMT
Congrats folks. I don't think there can be any (serious) argument that you have been the best team this year. The league doesn't lie, and this year you are rightfully on top.
Enjoy it.
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hitchy
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Post by hitchy on Mar 15, 2013 23:25:30 GMT
I think its fair to say that I never post on here.... but...
I wanted to come on here and say to Shaggy, Andy D, Baz, Kendra, Grace, Jono and every other single Panthers fans I have known over the last 20 years... Congratulations.
We have a rivalry, granted its over-egged by some but it is still a fantastic rivalry. BUT through it all we build friendships and it goes beyond a sport. For that reason I am genuinely delighted for you all and I can only be jealous of your current feeling, as is sport.
So, enjoy the here and now. No fan base has had to wait this long. It's deserved and it's rewarding and it may break the rules but I'm bloody happy for you all..... even texpef :-)
Hitchy
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Walter
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Post by Walter on Mar 15, 2013 23:30:02 GMT
"Three Challenge Cups, Two Play offs and a League Cup in a Pear Tree". NOW ADD SOME MORE. Congratulations Panthers.
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Post by GuinnessMan on Mar 15, 2013 23:36:52 GMT
Stonkin'! Well chuffed
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Baz
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Post by Baz on Mar 15, 2013 23:56:33 GMT
I think its fair to say that I never post on here.... but... I wanted to come on here and say to Shaggy, Andy D, Baz, Kendra, Grace, Jono and every other single Panthers fans I have known over the last 20 years... Congratulations. We have a rivalry, granted its over-egged by some but it is still a fantastic rivalry. BUT through it all we build friendships and it goes beyond a sport. For that reason I am genuinely delighted for you all and I can only be jealous of your current feeling, as is sport. So, enjoy the here and now. No fan base has had to wait this long. It's deserved and it's rewarding and it may break the rules but I'm bloody happy for you all..... even texpef :-) Hitchy Cheers Spotty. Watched enough of you lot doing it over the years, to the point where I thought we'd never do it. Feels pretty good dunnit?
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Post by jimbo23232 on Mar 16, 2013 0:01:59 GMT
This is a new feeling, after 25 years supporting Panthers through thick and thin, mostly thin for alot of that, I could not be happier for the club. Great atmosphere at the webcast at the rink tonight, could tell the long-serving fans by the way they were welling up at the end Let's ENJOY the next few weeks, what an awesome team and I'd be surprised now if we don't do the treble. Weeee are the CHAMPIOOONS!!!
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Post by tatgirl on Mar 16, 2013 0:02:13 GMT
wow just wow, i'm a newbie, having only started following the panthers for the last couple of years, that was an amazing game. can't wait for next friday now.
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moz
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Post by moz on Mar 16, 2013 0:07:10 GMT
30 odd years down the line, I still can't quite belive it.... well done guys, thank you....
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Post by texpef on Mar 16, 2013 0:11:27 GMT
.....nothing more to say....
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Dan
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Post by Dan on Mar 16, 2013 0:11:30 GMT
There are some things you think you'll never see. Forest winning the league, taxes going down, me buying a beer but the Panthers winning the league was something i'd subconciously resigned myself to never witnessing. Tonight is 28 years in the making, longer for my parents and even longer for others. It's the release of years of frustration and the beginning of a true Panthers dynasty. So proud of the black and gold. 1956
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Dan
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Post by Dan on Mar 16, 2013 0:13:12 GMT
Also, deleted all of the rubbish by Theo. Banned for his bitter crap.
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Post by tatgirl on Mar 16, 2013 0:14:14 GMT
Also, deleted all of the rubbish by Theo. Banned for his bitter crap. there should be a like button on here!
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MP
Paul Adey
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Post by MP on Mar 16, 2013 0:14:43 GMT
So, enjoy the here and now. No fan base has had to wait this long. It's deserved and it's rewarding and it may break the rules but I'm bloody happy for you all..... even texpef :-) Hitchy Now there's an alarming thought - texpef smiling! Hmmm - tonight is very sweet and like many Panthers fans I'd almost come to believe I'd never witness winning the ultimate prize in British ice hockey. Was constantly checking the Cage during the game whilst otherwise occupied..... Well done to all concerned - it's been a long, slow process getting all the pieces in place for this to happen but the foundations seem really solid now so this could be the springboard for a really successful era. Very pleased for Neil Black - he's been a breath of fresh air for British hockey and shown a great deal of patience and prudence. As have the majority of Panthers fans - many of us have been frustrated at times by Neil's decisions regarding the running of the club but patience has now paid off and who knows what the future may hold? Watching (mostly) from afar, the big difference this season seems to be the team had a greater belief in their abilities than I've ever seen before. That's why tonight's game wasn't a nerve wracking experience - in previous years I'd have been hoping for a win in a game like this but after this season I knew they could (and probably would) win the game when it mattered. How strong the League was I can't pass comment on but as always, you can only beat what is put before you. Thanks for posting Hitchy - long time no see - but you encapsulate what hockey was all about for me when I was watching regularly. A word of warning though - I think we could get to like winning things and the foundations are now there for a succesfull era. Again, very well done to all concerned and THANK YOU PANTHERS!
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Post by clanfandouglas on Mar 16, 2013 0:15:35 GMT
Like to pass on my congratulations to everyone of you guys, best team by far this season that I have seen in Braehead. You guys deserve it after all the banter you have had to put up with over the years. See you all at playoffs, just hope my team there this year. Doug
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Skid
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Post by Skid on Mar 16, 2013 0:21:30 GMT
A big well done from the Great White North
Congratulations to the Club as a whole and also congratulations to the fans. It's been a long time coming but as they say good things come to those who wait! Just wish they'd done it while I was there to watch it!
Hear the ROAR!!!!!
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