Wed 4 Jan 2023 - 07:00AM
GAMEDAY: PANTHERS IN BELFAST FOR CUP SECOND LEG
The Nottingham Panthers travel to Northern Ireland today to face Belfast Giants in the second leg of their Viaplay Challenge Cup quarter-final (7pm face-off).
The Panthers hold a one-goal lead from the first leg following December's 3-2 victory at the Motorpoint Arena.
Corey Neilson's side were 2-0 down last month, but two goals from Jeremy Welsh and one from Brett Welychka turned the game on its head.
Defenceman JC Brassard said: "It's exciting and we want to go there and put on a good show.
"We will play it as a 0-0 game. The preparation will stay the same and we will try to go into it like any other game.
"We need to play the right way and play to our systems. Our systems our great but the games when we struggle are when we get away from our systems.
Team News
The Panthers will be without defencemen Duggie Lagrone who is out of action because of injury.
Craig Moore also misses out again but he continues to edge closer to a return.
Webcast tonight
Tonight's game is being shown live on a Giants TV webcast and coverage gets under way just ahead of the 7pm face-off.