Nottingham Panthers 4-1 Excel Hull Stingrays
The Nottingham Panthers gained revenge for the Excel Hull Stingrays inflicting a shock 5-4 defeat on the title challengers two weeks ago by coasting to a relatively simply 4-1 victory over Sylvain Cloutier's men tonight at the NIC.
The home side fired themselves into a comfortable 3-0 goal lead after 25 minutes thanks to goals from Kevin Bergin, on the powerplay, Johan Molin, shorthanded, and Cameron Mann, but Adam Knight would respond six minutes later with his fourth goal of the season to give the Rays hope of gaining at least a point.
However, Sean McAslan would net the Panthers second shorthanded goal of the game on the Stingrays eighth powerplay chance of the night with less than eight minutes left in the third to seal revenge for the costly defeat in late-December.
SOG: 36-33
PIM: 16-20
