Panthers v Flyers

Match Report

Nottingham Panthers remain top of the Elite League table with a 4-1 victory over Fife Flyers at the Motorpoint Arena.

Kevin Carr got the start in goal with Jason Grande as back-up. Swedish defenceman Jakob Stridsberg made his debut, but Panthers were without Mitch Fossier, Brendan Harris, Didrik Henbrant and Jordan Kelsall.

Pearson scores Teddy Bear Toss goal as Panthers lead at first intermission
Jarod Hilderman and Matt Marcinew combined to send Chase Pearson clear who went top-shelf to score the Teddy Bear Toss which saw thousands of teddies rain down on the Motorpoint Arena ice.

Simon Després was thrown out with a Game Misconduct for elbows on the boards against Bryan Lemos and on the resulting five-minute powerplay, Marcinew, Cooper Zech, Matt Spencer, David Noël and Tim Doherty all went close.

At the other end, Carr made a good pad save to stop Logan Neilson's close-range effort.

Ulrick scores first Panthers goal
Zech and Matt Alfaro hit the pipes for the Panthers, while Carr continued to impress and turned away efforts by Giordano Finoro and Johan Porsberger.

Noël and Ollie Betteridge set-up Finlay Ulrick who drove the net to score his first goal for the Panthers (37:48).

Panthers secure vital two points
Ethan Somoza reduced the arrears for the Flyers on the powerplay when he turned the puck past Carr from the slot (47:55).

Panthers wrapped the game up as Doherty's doorstep rebound (51:41) was followed by a huge hammer of shot from just inside the blueline by Matt Spencer (52:01).