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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 23:45:11 GMT
Can't say I found it as thrilling as the rest of you, it was exciting to a degree because of its closeness and importance, but the standard of play was pretty average IMO. Anyhow, hopefully we end Thomo next Saturday. Standard wise it wasn't the best...apart from the goalies who made some wonderful saves...the sheer drama and intensity made it the best game since the CHL Goalies were strange, each made world class saves, especially that one from Whistle. But both had absolute howlers that cost goals, again Whistle having the bigger ones
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Post by wgray on Apr 2, 2018 1:29:01 GMT
What a rollercoaster ride that was, an unbelievable game that has drained me!
Thank god we’re at the finals weekend, the next test awaits...
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Post by Pies on Apr 2, 2018 2:17:54 GMT
Did any of you notice that NB was here and so was Pete Russell, I’m thinking if we had been knocked out tonight he was going to be announced. I’m truely hoping it’s not him surely not an upgrade on Corey. Doesn’t necessarily have to be talking to Neil Black about the Panthers job... there’s a job more suited for him north of the border Or perhaps it was just a Chairman hosting the GB coach for the evening? Having rewatched the goals, Whistle and the D has a mare on a lot of them. But we created those chances through some excellent forechecking that we didn’t do in the first.
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Post by Pies on Apr 2, 2018 7:31:46 GMT
On further reflection, I think we need to give a lot of credit to the Pither/Derlago/Farmer line. Whilst they only scored one, they were a constant threat all night. They penned the Giants in their own zone. I would say probably all 3’s best performance this season. Pither at times was dictating the pass and it looked like he had the puck on a strong. Buusieres also had arguably his best performance as well and his puck retention for the OT winner was sublime.
Now for the Giants. Connolly refused to shake Darnell’s hand after the game even though I think he had a fairly solid game. The diving around and whining got boring very quickly. Sometimes you just need to lose gracefully. Maybe look at how their coach reacted in his interview where he just gave credit to the work we did and made no excuses.
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Post by thebestpanthers on Apr 2, 2018 9:10:00 GMT
I hate Darnell with a vengeance, but I have to give him a lot of credit for not falling for the Giants cheating in the 3rd period, could well have cost us the game
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Post by dexter on Apr 2, 2018 9:14:00 GMT
Right then! Well done to all at Panthers, from a Steeler. Looks like it'll be this season's 476th edition of the BIGGEST BLOOD FEUD IN GALACTIC WINTER SPORT, FEATURING ULTRAS STABBINGS AND IRREPRESSIBLE HATRED, THE EMPIRE VS THE REBELS, ORCS VS ELVES, THE SHEFFIELD STEELERS VS THE NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM PANTHERS. As much as I wish I could be sincerely exasperated at this set-up, I'm excited to face you lot one more time. It's been a while since the stakes were mutually high because both teams are equally capable of pure, jaw-dropping ineptitude. Lol! Have to agree with all of the above. Should be a good game.
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Post by ted logan on Apr 2, 2018 9:37:07 GMT
I hate Darnell with a vengeance, but I have to give him a lot of credit for not falling for the Giants cheating in the 3rd period, could well have cost us the game Agreed. I think after five periods that Darnell had finally weighed them up. Rutherford and Connolly in particular were an embarrassment. They weren’t the only ones though. Giants are possibly the whiniest bunch of diving, play acting, moaning, chicken poo poo cheats I’ve ever seen. How a total warrior like Keefe put this lot together is a mystery. His mate Lloyd must have played a part in recruitment.
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Post by grrm on Apr 2, 2018 9:39:10 GMT
Great result, well done Panthers for getting the job done - just!
With regard to the crowd, it does appear strange that on the Panthers OS they were claiming "less than 800 tickets left in the bowl". This would suggest a crowd of around 6200 and yet only 5555 attended!!!!! 700+ missing - What's that all about?
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Post by DMS on Apr 2, 2018 9:39:19 GMT
Yet again a slow start nearly killed us off, Belfast had an aggressive forecheck that I though would stifle us but we persisted through it and got there in the end!
Too many times this season we have not been clinical or capitalised on mistakes, the one game we needed it everyone stepped up.
I was impressed with Pither last night his drive and determination was evident and was always looking to make something happen.
It was interesting how it wasn’t the refs’ fault as soon as we were getting PP opportunities.
We’ve not made the weekend much in recent years and after a dismal domestic league campaign I’m truly delighted that we have the chance to win a trophy still and have made POFW.
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Post by wgray on Apr 2, 2018 10:08:11 GMT
Yet again a slow start nearly killed us off, Belfast had an aggressive forecheck that I though would stifle us but we persisted through it and got there in the end! Too many times this season we have not been clinical or capitalised on mistakes, the one game we needed it everyone stepped up. I was impressed with Pither last night his drive and determination was evident and was always looking to make something happen. It was interesting how it wasn’t the refs’ fault as soon as we were getting PP opportunities. We’ve not made the weekend much in recent years and after a dismal domestic league campaign I’m truly delighted that we have the chance to win a trophy still and have made POFW. It was evident last night that the home crowd has a massive influence on refs calls, in the 3rd there was a bit of a coming together, about 5 secs after the panthers fans screaming for it Darnell’s hand goes up. I know it’s benefited us but it just makes you wonder how often does this happen and put us on the back foot.
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Post by mardibum on Apr 2, 2018 10:12:44 GMT
Silly question ... does anyone know somebody who might be selling a Saturday ticket?
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Post by grrm on Apr 2, 2018 10:22:28 GMT
Yet again a slow start nearly killed us off, Belfast had an aggressive forecheck that I though would stifle us but we persisted through it and got there in the end! Too many times this season we have not been clinical or capitalised on mistakes, the one game we needed it everyone stepped up. I was impressed with Pither last night his drive and determination was evident and was always looking to make something happen. It was interesting how it wasn’t the refs’ fault as soon as we were getting PP opportunities. We’ve not made the weekend much in recent years and after a dismal domestic league campaign I’m truly delighted that we have the chance to win a trophy still and have made POFW. It was evident last night that the home crowd has a massive influence on refs calls, in the 3rd there was a bit of a coming together, about 5 secs after the panthers fans screaming for it Darnell’s hand goes up. I know it’s benefited us but it just makes you wonder how often does this happen and put us on the back foot. Good point, I'm sure ref's can / are influenced by the crowd and because we Panthers fans are pretty quite these days it probably does work against us. Moral of the story is #letsgetnoisey
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Apr 2, 2018 10:25:06 GMT
Silly question ... does anyone know somebody who might be selling a Saturday ticket? Arena had odd seats left
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Post by iginla on Apr 2, 2018 10:30:15 GMT
Great result, well done Panthers for getting the job done - just! With regard to the crowd, it does appear strange that on the Panthers OS they were claiming "less than 800 tickets left in the bowl". This would suggest a crowd of around 6200 and yet only 5555 attended!!!!! 700+ missing - What's that all about? Haha I thought exactly the same. Basically,either they have fudged the official attendance figure or when they said there were only 1000 and then later less than 800 seats left they were lying to try sell more tickets. Typical Panthers !
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Post by iginla on Apr 2, 2018 10:40:09 GMT
Yet again a slow start nearly killed us off, Belfast had an aggressive forecheck that I though would stifle us but we persisted through it and got there in the end! Too many times this season we have not been clinical or capitalised on mistakes, the one game we needed it everyone stepped up. I was impressed with Pither last night his drive and determination was evident and was always looking to make something happen. It was interesting how it wasn’t the refs’ fault as soon as we were getting PP opportunities. We’ve not made the weekend much in recent years and after a dismal domestic league campaign I’m truly delighted that we have the chance to win a trophy still and have made POFW. It was evident last night that the home crowd has a massive influence on refs calls, in the 3rd there was a bit of a coming together, about 5 secs after the panthers fans screaming for it Darnell’s hand goes up. I know it’s benefited us but it just makes you wonder how often does this happen and put us on the back foot. That definitely happened on a couple of calls last night, hand went up a good 2 or 3 seconds late only because of the crowd. Have to say,the Panthers fans were worth at least a goal last night,they were brilliant. A very good comeback from the dead win. I thought Mosey,Pither,Derlago,Bussieres, Galbraith and Farmer were outstanding. Bit disappointed by Phillips and Vaskivuo though. Hope they stuff the Steelers.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 12:48:36 GMT
I just had a feeling that we would do it last night so took the gamble and bought tickets for Saturday. About 10 minutes into the game I was regretting it.
Some great character shown and happy that Corey and Clarke will get a showpiece send off(unless it’s the 3/4th place game).
Couldn’t fault the effort last night but it’s clear to see why the game was 4th vs 5th in the league.
Roll on Saturday. I can’t call it, two very average teams, probably just give Sheffield the advantage as they have had our number more this year but much depends on which teams turn up on both sides.
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Post by thebestpanthers on Apr 2, 2018 15:54:08 GMT
Sadly - and not wanting to put a damper on everything - but judging by all the games I have seen this season, I think both games will be decided by the stripies - hope not but they will be playing to the audience which on Sunday will include T.V. - glad we got rid of the winging, cheating Giants, but now have to face the winging cheating Squeelers.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Apr 2, 2018 16:40:49 GMT
Sadly - and not wanting to put a damper on everything - but judging by all the games I have seen this season, I think both games will be decided by the stripies - hope not but they will be playing to the audience which on Sunday will include T.V. - glad we got rid of the winging, cheating Giants, but now have to face the winging cheating Squeelers. Let’s hope none of it is decided by the gracefully diving Dan Spang (unless it’s like last night)
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Post by John Casey on Apr 2, 2018 22:00:50 GMT
After watching the highlights, I must admit, it was still nerve racking watching them (Even though I knew that we run)
Galbraith's saves were vital and crucial as Belfast had great chances, mind you Whistle made an incredible save as well as others.
What an incredible effort by Bussieres in Overtime as he took that High Stick and carried on. I did not know that we was going to go on The Power Play because of that High Stick.
I remember reading a post that 3 VS 3 Overtime in The Play Offs is unfair, must say I agree, it should be 4 VS 4 for 10 minutes then Penalty Shots. It shouldn't be easy to get brilliant scoring chances in The Play Offs, which 3 VS 3 allows.
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Post by iginla on Apr 2, 2018 22:05:12 GMT
I agree about overtime,it shouldn’t be 3 on 3 in the play offs. It deserves a full period of at least 4 on 4 then pens if it has to be.
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