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Post by John Casey on Mar 30, 2016 22:04:20 GMT
What are your favourite Play Off Weekend memories, can be anything. Mine are:
Favourite Panthers game - The Semi Final against Sheffield (The one where we were 2-0 down to win in Overtime thanks to Lacho. K-Wall also saved a Penalty Shot as well) It was my favourite Play Off Weekend game as well. The Final against Cardiff was a corker too.
Favourite non Panthers moment - Andre Payette trying to fight The Coventry Blaze players on the ice at the same time and everybody bar The Steelers fans willing Hull on in their Semi Final last year.
Random moments - Panthers winning The Play Offs and attending my first Play Off Weekend, where I didn't know what to expect and seeing all the teams fans in their blocks chanting and in their team colours and new that it was going to be awesome (I honestly thought that it would be half empty) |
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Post by shmyrohdear on Mar 31, 2016 0:00:05 GMT
The entire run of games with Rasto. Quarters, Semi and final all going to a shootout and Rasto didn't let in any penalty shots from all three teams. Chanting "where is Dan Tessier, he's playing golf today" to the Steelers following. Smuggest of weekends and my favourite final weekend of all time.
Bitter sweet, when Voth hit Sjogren from behind and he had to be stretchered off Steelers and Panthers fans chanting his name in unison wishing him the best.
Obviously that Fox goal in overtime.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Mar 31, 2016 0:38:00 GMT
The Fox overtime goal and then it was summer.
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Post by Shorty on Mar 31, 2016 4:26:37 GMT
Billy Ryan's goal against Cardiff in 2011. One of my all time favourites.
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Post by Pies on Mar 31, 2016 6:30:04 GMT
Billy Ryan's goal against Cardiff in 2011. One of my all time favourites. One of the best goals I have witnessed at the NIC. Mines an odd memory - I really enjoyed all the wins but one that sticks out in my mind is a semi against Belfast - we were 1-0 down and chasing the game. Neilson played a huge stretch pass to Galbraith who went in and scored. I almost fell on to the bloke in front celebrating. Sadly we went on to lose on pen shots but the euphoria of that goal sticks in there There's also the final we lost to Sheffield that we lost in warm up. Sharp wound our players up so much we just never got going. I think the reason I remember the bad is that we've watched the good parts so many times on YouTube that it's not sinking a memory |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 6:42:48 GMT
Had many highlights over the years. .. Jeff Hoads winner in the 6th OT period in Manchester Nick Boyntons screamer in the 2005 final , wow. Rasto and all those pen saves in the Play Off run in 07. Then we had the DAB years ...  ? But the best memorie for me by some distance. . Foxy beating Murphy in OT to win it then realising we'd just completed the treble. |
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Post by ted logan on Mar 31, 2016 6:49:24 GMT
Some great memories over the years but all of them a distant second in comparison to Fox's OT winner against Belfast.
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Post by kezypanther on Mar 31, 2016 7:53:11 GMT
Rasto's year was my second play offs so that one sticks in my memory as my favourite just because of how epic he was at penalty shots.
Fox OT goal second favourite.
What I dislike .... Not much. Enjoy the whole weekend just because it brings everyone together for the last time and the games are often very good games. My biggest downside is us not being in it, but even that's not the end of the world.
Looking forward to the weekend even more now.
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Mar 31, 2016 8:59:59 GMT
Good - the first POF win at Wembley - more particularly watching the 2nd semi final and thinking how on earth we were going to beat Ayr, after they had just destroyed Durham. But we found a way.
Lacho's OT winning goal against Sheffield, thinking that here was a player that could go on to great things.
Lachos' goal against Belfast in the final, that bounced off the back glass and off of Murphy's head into the net.
Bad - Sharp winding our team up and no-one being able to do a thing about it, Jody Lehmann celebrating in front of our fans.
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Post by gcmandrake on Mar 31, 2016 9:07:51 GMT
Panthers winning the 2007 Playoffs against Cardiff by penalty shots. First time I'd ever seen us win the playoffs. So good, I got my Dad a photo of Rasto saving that shot as a birthday present (his birthday is in May), and he hung it in his office at work until he retired.
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Post by Ian on Mar 31, 2016 13:00:30 GMT
(1) My first ever playoff weekend. It was at Wembley in 1987 and I was 14. I just remember being absolutely amazed by the whole event - the size of the arena, the number of fans from different teams, the atmosphere, everything. The games were pretty good too although the Panthers were not there.
(2) Panthers' first appearance and victory in 1989; an excellent performance by a team featuring three stellar imports and some quality home-grown players. Also the first playoffs where I had beer - unfortunately the Panthers' POFW performances have not been as consistent as my beer consumption at weekends since then.
(3) Rasto 2007 - The second time we won it, and the gap since the first combined with the drama made the celebrations absolutely amazing. The shootout in the final featured one of the best penalty shots I've ever seen from Gallant and of course Rasto's (third set of) three saves. Incredible.
(4) Beauregard's winner 2012 - One of the tightest games I can remember needed a moment of genius and one of my favourite Panthers players ever provided it. None of us ended up in the same seat we started in (some of our group not even in the same row) after celebrating that goal.
(5) Completing the grand slam in 2013 - Thought we'd run out of steam when Belfast got level, only for our superb captain Fox to pop up with the killer goal in OT. Cue celebrations of an achievement I never truly believed I would see the Panthers manage to do.
I would be delighted if the coming weekend could throw up a moment to displace one from the above list!
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Post by wgray on Mar 31, 2016 13:45:12 GMT
Mine is Rasto 07, I was about 11 and I had chicken pox at the time of the weekend coming around and I wasn't allowed to go, but I begged my parents to let me go to the final once we had made it through and they let me. I'm so glad I was there, amazing moment that I will cherish
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Post by rmt1982 on Mar 31, 2016 13:52:39 GMT
Mine is Rasto 07, I was about 11 and I had chicken pox at the time of the weekend coming around and I wasn't allowed to go, but I begged my parents to let me go to the final once we had made it through and they let me. I'm so glad I was there, amazing moment that I will cherish Can remember listening to the conclusion of the shootout, and Chris Ellis losing his voice as he was going on. Was it the 2012 Final where Lepine flattened Adam Harding? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 15:13:36 GMT
My first POFW was when the London Knights beat us with 0.2 seconds remaining in the semi-final(Maxwell I think it was). I was absolutely speechless, I remember the Steelers fans all coming in the next day with their O2 balloons. Whilst funny thinking back I hated that weekend.
Since then I have only made it to 4 POFW and happy to say we have won it each time, the highlight will always be Jordan Fox but the year we came from behind in the quarters, semis(against sheffield) and final was a special one too. DAB was made for play-off hockey.
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Post by ted logan on Mar 31, 2016 15:45:15 GMT
Mine is Rasto 07, I was about 11 and I had chicken pox at the time of the weekend coming around and I wasn't allowed to go, but I begged my parents to let me go to the final once we had made it through and they let me. I'm so glad I was there, amazing moment that I will cherish Can remember listening to the conclusion of the shootout, and Chris Ellis losing his voice as he was going on. Was it the 2012 Final where Lepine flattened Adam Harding? Great hit too. I remember getting home and watching the recording. Simms "huge hit Lepine" in his dulcet Brummy tones followed by "he doesn't know if it's Christmas or Breakfast" comment about Harding.  |
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Post by rmt1982 on Mar 31, 2016 15:58:21 GMT
Can remember listening to the conclusion of the shootout, and Chris Ellis losing his voice as he was going on. Was it the 2012 Final where Lepine flattened Adam Harding? Great hit too. I remember getting home and watching the recording. Simms "huge hit Lepine" in his dulcet Brummy tones followed by "he doesn't know if it's Christmas or Breakfast" comment about Harding. That line from Simms is a cracker. As favourite moments go, the DAB winner is up there, as is the Fox OT winner. I also think that Weavers rocket in the 2012/13 final was a cracking thing to see as well. |
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Post by panthers77 on Mar 31, 2016 16:30:10 GMT
Fox OT winner against Belfast and the win over Cardiff in 2011
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Post by spik on Mar 31, 2016 18:28:28 GMT
THAT girl I met at Manchester in the pub over the canal.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Apr 1, 2016 9:24:50 GMT
Best moment - Fox's goal to seal the grand slam.
Best Goal - Boynton's thunderbolt in 2005
Biggest heartbreaker- Ash Tait's game winner in 2005... Kudrna stood on his head in goal for a solid month in order for us to get there!
Best game - Panthers vs Cardiff in 2011 - didn't we fall behind 3 times before Beau's winner?!
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Post by pantherdman on Apr 1, 2016 11:47:00 GMT
Every panthers win is a highlight.
Low light is panthers not clearing the benches when sharp was acting the 2hat. Our squad could have battered them, would have been great entertainment and no bans as no refs.
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Post by mandymw on Apr 3, 2016 22:18:21 GMT
London knights winning with 0.2 to go. The crowd was loud, I was five month pregnant, my tummy couldn't take it. Utter shock. The triple win. This year not getting there as Leicester supposed to be playing Saturday, but changed fixtures and then son Ill today. First on my son has missed since 2003.
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Post by thebestpanthers on Apr 4, 2016 14:48:33 GMT
Winning yesterday, because that is freshest in my mind - and not sure but I think hat is the loudest I have heard the fans through-out a game - loud, proud and winning - what more can you ask??
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