GD52 Panthers 2:3 Giants / Feb 20 / EL

[Yotes]

Elite League / 36 of 54 / 20 February 2022, 4.00pm / After Shootout

P1: Baillargeon, Baillargeon. P2: None. P3: None. OT: None. SO: None.

P1: None. P2: None. P3: Conway, Cooper. OT: None. SO: Conway.

Twitter: PanthersIHC / Match Report: OS / Game Sheet: EIHL

[Yotes]

Is the "every game by 5" stat still valid for this one?

[wgray]

I’ll be happy if we don’t concede in the first 5 minutes😂

[spik]

We are waiting for the Cup match to beat them.

[wgray]

Feb 20, 2022 2:27:09 GMT spik said:

We are waiting for the Cup match to beat them.

I’ll take that!

[Deleted]

If panthers can keep giants to within 3 goals they've done well

[kievthegreat]

Quickfire double from Baillargeon, 2 goals in 30 seconds coming at 15:53 and 16:23.

Panthers lead 2-0.

[kievthegreat]

Feb 20, 2022 16:38:20 GMT kievthegreat said:

Quickfire double from Baillargeon, 2 goals in 30 seconds coming at 15:53 and 16:23.

Panthers lead 2-0.

Apologies it was 2 goals in 12 seconds. Timed at 15:41 and 15:53. He then took a hooking penalty at 16:23. Hell of a minute for him!

[Yotes]

He's hit a rich vein of form recently.

[kievthegreat]

Conway pulls one back at 48:36.

2-1 to the good guys

[nottinghamsenator]

Equaliser with less than a second to go…ouch.

[Yotes]

Considering the previous scorelines, this represents significant progress. Disappointing to not get the two points though.

[spik]

Pidge, not three goals in it. So have done well.

[Bagheera]

Happy aswell as gutted after that. We played a great game against a superior team. This team looks to have turned a corner and will at least give the fans something to get behind the rest of the season.

Quite strangly there was an icing call against with 10/15 seconds left. I turned to the guy sat next to me and said "I think the lino blew up early there. It's only about half a second but still it could make a difference".

Play like that Wednesday and we have a chance of making the CC final.

[Deleted]

Feb 20, 2022 18:39:30 GMT spik said:

Pidge, not three goals in it. So have done well.

Definitely alot closer than I expected

[The Flying Shirt]

Played very well and .4 of a second equaliser was disappointing. Giant’s without their top line again too

[gordie]

This shows how far Panthers have come in the last week or so. Not many teams have taken Belfast so far. Long may it continue.

[Jord v4]

Feb 20, 2022 19:02:57 GMT gordie said:

This shows how far Panthers have come in the last week or so. Not many teams have taken Belfast so far. Long may it continue.

Agreed. The improvement in results is evidence alone. Well done Panthers. 

[The Flying Shirt]

Feb 20, 2022 19:02:57 GMT gordie said:

This shows how far Panthers have come in the last week or so. Not many teams have taken Belfast so far. Long may it continue.

Whistle had made a huge difference but we are missing a bit of class just about everywhere. Tetlow continues to impress

[Higgy]

Gutting way to end regulation as I felt we were good value for the win despite being outshot by Belfast.

The team looks completely different than even a few weeks ago,more aggression,more desire and the players look to have bags more confidence in themselves and each other.

[gordie]

I agree about missing a bit of class, but I think Domingue will help when he fully returns.

The effort has increased 100% recently, and as long as it continues, then we can compete. We aren't going to win the league, but at least we have put a smile back on the fans faces. Although some will disagree.

[paddywack41]

As a Giants fan more than pleased that we stole the points because that's exactly what we did. Panthers were very unfortunate because I think that although Giants had a lot of pressure in the first Carr and the Panthers defence did more than enough to deserver the 2 goal lead. The second period was all Panthers in my opinion and the third was a bit of a repeat of the first but truly even when Giants scored I didn't think we had as much energy and guile as we would have needed to take the points.

Panthers have been a bit all over the place this season but there are definitely signs of improvement. If they can keep the body of this team and get in a couple more goal scorers then I would say that the Panther fan base should be able to put this season behind them and have something to look forward to in next season.

[ashfieldpanther]

We seriously need to practice our penalty shots. Only Brassard looked like scoring

[DMS]

My expectations for the remaining games this season might be different to other fans but with the season being long gone for us and being served up so much dross I just want some value for money and entertainment and for the 2nd Sunday running I’m not disappointed. The team has a much better attitude in how they’re approaching the game. We are short on quality still but there’s not a lot we can do about that now this year.

Normally the way we conceded so late would irritate me but the fact it came at a time when Steelers were winning it was good to have an influence on the title race staying tight and the fact that giants ended up gaining a point on them in the end was ideal.

[wannabe2]

Ashfield Panther,Having said that only 3 out of 10 were scored in Sheffield tonight.