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Post by Yotes on Nov 11, 2016 23:11:05 GMT
Needed to win to stop the bleeding, and they worked hard to get it. Defended pretty solidly in front of Henry and good finish from Niki for his goal.
TBH though, I thought it was technically a pretty poor showing from both sides, lots of mis-controlled pucks.
Is that Coventry out?
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Post by Yotes on Nov 11, 2016 23:16:23 GMT
Why was Miika not the backup btw?
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Nov 11, 2016 23:30:04 GMT
Where was this team for the past 2 weeks? Nikiforuk I think would have been MOM if he wasn't ejected, Great goal too, also I think he's a hero around the League for flattening Noble. Very impressed with Kudroc, very solid also he seems to shoot on goal regardless of bodies in front of goal, for me, that is a good thing. Also impressed with McGrattan, while he's not the big hitter, he managed to win the puck, that to me is more important. We didn't allow Coventry to have sustained pressure on our goal, which was refreshing to see. Hard to see what Klotz brings to them however. Also I think Pacl was happy (Just a guess) McGrattan had his best game of the season by far and Pacl is a real breath of fresh air. He plays his heart out and loves it here. |
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Post by titch on Nov 12, 2016 5:20:58 GMT
A great entertaining match, I feel sorry for those of you who decided it was a 'dead rubber' and that we wasn't worth watching, I bet most of you would have turned up if we were playing Sheffield. Saying that, if we were playing Sheffield last night, they would have put several in our net. Coventry had many chances to hit the target but completely missed time after time. David Clarke looked very low on confidence last night, at one point, he sat in the middle of a powerplay and didn't want to touch the puck, I genuinely thought he was going to feint as he looked dizzy.
I don't think we have much chance against the Steelers tonight, I fear it could be a 1 - 6 loss or something silly like that, I heard we picked up a few knocks last night (including coach) and I think the Steelers have the best team in the league by a landslide. Hope I'm proven wrong.
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Post by Mark on Nov 12, 2016 6:32:58 GMT
Not a bad game to watch. Plenty of effort from the Panthers and a couple of fights. Nikiforuk went in like the Mighty Aton.
The new bloke looks decent, a steadying hand at the back who made good decisions and read the game well. I thought Farmer worked his socks off too as did the whole team, the only caveat as someone has already mentioned is we were still poor in front of goal. Time and again we worked hard to create chances that weren't put away. We can only hope the return of Waugh will release Lindhagen to play up front and this will improve matters.
Great to see Pacl in the net however. His enthusiasm is a joy to see and he deserved a shutout. Made the most of his man of the match and so he should, a kid with talent and a big heart.
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Post by shinobi on Nov 12, 2016 8:10:06 GMT
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Post by Bagheera on Nov 12, 2016 8:22:50 GMT
Why was Miika not the backup btw? I would imagine for the same reasons he shoudn't have been back up in Sheffield when the win wasn't essential. Yes we needed to win for confidence, but the game had little significance otherwise. Is it worth having him come in cold with 10mins to go again(like in Sheffield) when he has a history of muscular injuries? Absoloutly it is in a league game, but not in this one. |
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Post by texpef on Nov 12, 2016 9:42:27 GMT
Great that we got the win but this just emphasises (or at least appears to) the clubs approach to the league as compared to the cup. Great we are through to the knock out but who realistically thought otherwise? Imho its league wins we are lacking not cup (be that Europe or England), whats the betting we miraculously get players back next weekend for Europe jaunt only for them to disappear again back in the league.
to me it appears that management have charged CN with win at all costs in the Europe cup (and I suspect one of his key job performances) and not having the same demand on the domestic league... As I suspect this is just an impression but if this was the case what would you do? Yes the fans want the league win but if your job wasn't on the line for it how much effort would you give it?
Looks to me given the injuries to the only two players who have scored regularly for panthers with no sign of return struggling for goals is going to become a theme of this season and could well be its epitaph when as looks increasingly likely without more player movement the panthers win nothing (especially the league) at the end of the season. Oh and what makes it more frustrating is it looks like it might even be three in a row for Sheffield...
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Post by Lawman on Nov 12, 2016 13:26:53 GMT
At the end of the game tonight and Pacl's enjoyment of playing reminded me of a certain netminder called Rasto how they both gave a very big lift to the fans
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Post by Caesar on Nov 12, 2016 13:34:04 GMT
Just for info, Henry's surname is pronounced "Passul"
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Post by blackpanther2011 on Nov 12, 2016 14:30:41 GMT
Went to the game last night and for a Friday it wasn't half bad, enjoyed the rebooted panthers, the Mcgrattan fight was amazing best fight I've seen in years. Pacl was outstanding and was super unlucky to concede the goal with 5 seconds left. Kudroc was the latter of his name Rock solid and didn't put a stick wrong all night and wanted to rocket that puck When I saw him in warm up he's huge.
some of Stewart's antics still makes me laugh, Coventry tried but on their PP we shut them down. great team performance and confidence builder keep it up ^_^
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