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| 13 Apr 2025, 17:00 | Play-off | Motorpoint Arena Nottingham | |||||||
| Nottingham Panthers | 6-3 | Guildford Flames | |||||
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| Referees: #9 Joe Sewell, #48 Oliver Truswell  |  Spectators: 6666 | |||||||
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| 01:43 | | | home | | | | | 1-0 | | | Davis Bunz (Mitch Fossier, Cooper Zech) | |
| 03:36 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 2-0 | | | Mitch Fossier (Cooper Zech, Tim Doherty) |
| 27:35 | | | away | | | PPG | | | 2-1 | | | Ethan Strang (Sam Jones, Dan Tedesco) |
| 31:01 | | | away | | | PPG | | | 2-2 | | | Brett Welychka (Matthew Alvaro, Ethan Strang) |
| 36:07 | | | home | | | | | 3-2 | | | Hugo Roy (Sam Herr, Kristoff Kontos) | |
| 36:51 | | | home | | | | | 4-2 | | | Mitch Fossier (Tim Doherty, Cooper Zech) | |
| 46:48 | | | home | | | PEN | | | 5-2 | | | Mitch Fossier |
| 48:56 | | | away | | | PPG | | | 5-3 | | | Brett Ferguson (Dan Tedesco, Travis Brown) |
| 59:45 | | | home | | | EN | | | 6-3 | | | Matthew Spencer (Quinn Wichers, Kristoff Kontos) |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Alfaro | | | | | | | | | ||||
Oliver Betteridge | | | | | | | | | 1 | |||
Davis Bunz | | | 1 | | | | | | | |||
Tim Doherty | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | ||
Mitch Fossier | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | |
Zsombor Garát | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
Didrik Henbrant | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
Sam Herr | | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | ||
Jordan Kelsall | | | | | | | | | 2 | |||
Kristoff Kontos | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | ||
Logan Neilson | | | | | | | | | ||||
Otto Nieminen | | | | | | | | | ||||
Jaakko Niskala | | | | | | | | | ||||
Hugo Roy | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | ||
Matthew Spencer | | | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | ||
Reid Stefanson | | | | | | | | | ||||
Joshua Tetlow | | | | | | | | | ||||
Quinn Wichers | | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | ||
Cooper Zech | | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Alvaro | | | | | 1 | | | | | |||
Travis Brown | | | | | 1 | | | | | -2 | ||
Daniel Catenacci | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Michael Crocock | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Charles Curti | | | | | | | | | ||||
Brett Ferguson | | | 1 | | | | | | | -1 | ||
Austin Glover | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Zack Hoffman | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Lewis Hook | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Jack Jacome | | | | | | | | | ||||
Sam Jones | | | | | 1 | | | | | -2 | ||
James Shearer | | | | | | | | | ||||
Ethan Strang | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | -1 | |
Ryan Tait | | | | | | | | | -3 | |||
Samuel Talbot | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
Dan Tedesco | | | | | 2 | | | | | -2 | ||
Marcus Tesink | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Joshua Waller | | | | | | | | | ||||
Brett Welychka | | | 1 | | | | | | | -2 |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Grande | | | 39 | | | 3 | | | 60:00 | | | 92.31 |
Luca Sheldon | | | | | | | | |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Long | | | | | | | | | ||||
Eamon McAdam | | | 30 | | | 5 | | | 60:00 | | | 83.33 |
With a do-or-die game for Nottingham entering the second leg of the quarterfinals against a 1 goal lead Guildford, it was clear that the Panthers had come to play. The home team started the first period with David Bunz receiving a Fossier pass, where he was then able to pull off a slick wrist shot past Guildford’s McAdam, equalising the aggregate 3-3 1:43 in.
Just under a minute later, Samuel Talbot saw himself pick up a minor penalty due to a high-sticking foul. Nottingham used this to their best ability, where a passing play from Zech to Fossier allowed the Panthers to catch an out-of-position goalie and ultimately take the aggregate lead 4:3 only 3:36 into the matchup.
As the teams entered the ice for the second time of the night, a powerplay went the way of Guildford after Cooper Zech received a hooking minor. The Flames were able to convert this due to Ethan Strang shooting the puck past a screened Jason Grande, equalising the aggregate at 27:35.
Nottingham saw another penalty go their way in the form of Zsombor Garat and a tripping call. Guildford once again converted this into a power-play goal after a pass in front of the goal from Ethan Strang allowed Brett Welychka to tap the puck into the net, allowing the Flames to take the lead 4:3 in terms of aggregate at 31:01.
An equalising goal was soon found after Hugo Roy took a rebounded puck and shot it straight back on goal to score at the 36:07 mark. Less than a minute later, Fossier decided to double up after receiving a pass from Doherty, which he used to shoot and score over the shoulder of McAdam at 36:51.
Period 2 closed out with the Panthers holding a one-goal lead in the 5:4 aggregate.
In the final period, Nottingham were gifted a shootout chance following a tripping penalty from Marcus Tesink. Fossier went up in a 1-on-1 shootout against McAdam, where he took an extremely slow approach, waiting for a mistake from the goalie. Fossier was able to provide the Panthers with some breathing room after scoring to make the aggregate 6:4 at 46:48.
Brett Ferguson was able to find Guildford a chance to keep themselves close after a powerplay goal went his way at 48:56. However, Nottingham were able to defend their lead as the period crept to a close, and to ensure that a semi-final spot was secure, Matt Spencer took a ice long shot on an empty net which led to a final aggregate score of 7-5.
The Nottingham Panthers now see themselves facing the Sheffield Steelers in a semi-final matchup in the Motorpoint Arena.
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