16 Mar 2025, 16:00 | Regular season | Motorpoint Arena Nottingham |
Nottingham Panthers | 9-3 | Fife Flyers |
Periods: Shots: | 5-0 (17-3) | 2-3 (10-11) | 2-0 (11-16) | Total: 38-30 |
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Referees: #42 Hollie Neenan (UK) Pering  |  Spectators: 6722 |
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Goals and assists
A country night to remember saw Nottingham Panthers beat Fife Flyers
9-3 on Sunday afternoon, completing another four-point weekend for the
hosts.
Michael Cichy almost gave the Flyers an early lead when the puck came to him off a lucky bounce, but he shot just wide.
Just three seconds into a Patrick Kyte slashing minor, Hugo Roy
let rip from the high slot off a faceoff win to put the Panthers ahead
at 4:08.
On their second powerplay of the night, David Bunz fed Kris
Kontos for a shot just over the glove of Janis Voris to double the home
side’s lead with 7:35 played. Voris pulled off two excellent glove saves
to prevent the Panthers going further ahead, the latter of Bunz a sure
candidate for Save of the Week.
Roy had too much time and space to pick his spot past Voris to
make it 3-0 on the 11-minute mark, Matt Spencer’s shot from just inside
the blue line went all the way through to make it 4-0 with a nice screen
from Jordan Kelsall at 16:29.
Kontos added his second of the night with a back-post finish with 3 seconds left in the opening period.
Tim Doherty converted on an odd-man rush for the Panthers to make
it 6-0, and it could have been more were it not for Brodie Kay
intercepting on a 3-on-1 rush. Just before the 30-minute mark, the
Panthers gave Jere Huhtamaa his debut in net,
Fife got on the board at 30:57 through Charles-Antoine Paiement,
but David Bunz’s shot from a tight angle gave him his first of the
season at 34:23.
The Flyers hit back with two goals before the buzzer. Jordy
Stallard got through a crowd of players at 37:44 to make it 7-2, and
then struck again at 38:20 to bring the visitors back to within four.
Quinn Wichers scored the Panthers' eighth at 45:39, followed by
Doherty making it 9-3 at 51:37. Doherty had a couple of half-chances for
a third but found Voris in the way.
Huhtamaa made his first big
save n Panthers colours, sliding across his crease to deny Chiodo at the
back post as the Flyers threatened another, while Voris denied Cooper
Zech a tenth when Doherty could otherwise have shot for his hat trick.
In the end there was to be no hat trick for Doherty, but he wouldn't have minded with the Panthers taking a 9-3 win.