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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: PANTHERS V BLAZE

🎟 SAT 6TH SEPT (19:00): PANTHERS v BLAZE - BUY TICKETS HERE 🎟

Nottingham Panthers host Coventry Blaze at the Motorpoint Arena on Saturday night (19:00 face-off).

The game is sponsored by Posh Nosh and another big crowd is expected with over 5,000 tickets sold as of Saturday morning.

You will be able to pay in-person ahead of face-off at the Box Office but can also secure your seats online now by clicking here.

The Blaze are coached by former Panthers Assistant Coach Kevin Moore who was with us in the 2023-24 season.

Moore has three former Panthers players on his roster - defenceman Archie Hazeldine as well as forwards Jack Hopkins and Zaine McKenzie.

Coventry lost there two top point-scorers from last season in Chase Gresock and Nick Seitz, who moved to Sheffield Steelers, but Moore has secured the services of a number of players with Elite League experience.

Defenceman Colton Saucerman has joined the Blaze after two seasons with Sheffield Steelers. Elijiah Barriga and Grant Mismash move to the Skydome from Belfast Giants, while former Braehead Clan forward Mike Pelech is another new arrival.

View from the Bench
Panthers Head Coach, Danny Stewart, said: "Coventry have lost some key players but they have also brought in some solid additions to the line-up.

"They've signed guys who have been on competitive and winning teams in the Elite League.

"It looks like they've done a good job recruiting in the summer and this will be another big test for us."

Team News in association with Candid Digital
After playing last night in Cardiff, forward Nolan Volcan will make his home debut this evening.

Captain Matt Alfaro remains out of the line-up as he continues his recovery from a post-season operation, while Mitch Fossier is again rested as a precaution.

Seventeen-year-old Nottinghamshire-born forward Alex Rushby comes back into the line-up on the fourth line.

There's now £1,900 in the Panthers Vault
The Panthers Vault - in association with Interseal Fire Protection - now stands at £1,900! Tickets cost just £1 and if yours is drawn out of the hat, you go on the ice with DJ Ken Feast to try to win the money inside the vault in the second intermission. Choose one of the players from the Panthers roster shown on the jumbotron to reveal a four-digit code and see if it unlocks the vault. Dare you give up the chance to go for the money to open the Mystery Box? What's inside? Nobody knows!

Chuck-a-Puck
Chuck-a-Puck - sponsored by Motorpoint - is great fun for all the family. It takes place in the second intermission and the winner is the person who lands their puck closest to Paws at centre-ice. The winner gets a photo with their favourite player at the end of the game and a signed puck. There's a bonus prize too! A remote control car drives around the centre-circle. If your puck lands inside the cockpit of the car, you have a chance to win the bonus prize of two tickets to an event at the Motorpoint Arena. Pucks cost £1 each and are on sale from sellers around the rink.

Shirt Off His Back: 29 chances to win!
There's 29 chances to win in tonight's full-team Shirt Off His Back in association with Phatlads.

This is the last time we will play in our black home pre-season jerseys, so a real collector's item for sure.

Tickets are £1 and available from sellers around the Motorpoint Arena.

50/50 is your chance to win a big cash prize
Tickets for the 50/50 raffle are sold for £1 each. The lucky winner will go home with a fantastic prize.

Make sure you buy your tickets to be in with a chance of winning. Lookout for the sellers around the rink.

GVL Jersey Giveaway
Want to take home a Nottingham Panthers replica jersey?

Sam Hurst will be in the stands in the first-period powerbreak, so make sure you make plenty of noise to have a chance of winning.

Dance Cam in association with Doughnotts
​Here's your chance win free doughnuts by displaying your best funky dance moves in the jumbotron.

Look out for the Dance Cam - in association with Nottingham-based Doughnotts - in the third-period powerbreak and show us your great moves!

Watch the live stream tonight
If you're not with at the Motorpoint Arena this evening, we've got you covered with the game being shown live on Panthers TV.

Jono Bullard and former Panthers netminder Dan Green will bring you all the action. Click here to buy the webcast.