Nottingham Panthers 6-0 Hull Stingrays
The Hull Stingrays fell to their eighth defeat in eight games and heaviest defeat of the season at the National Ice Centre on Saturday night, losing 6-0 to the Nottingham Panthers in a dual Challenge Cup and league fixture.
Despite starting well, the Rays mustered just 17 shots on netminder Craig Kowalski in the 60 minutes and went down to goals from six different Panthers.
David Clarke opened the scoring in the first before goals from Gui Lepine - who also twice dropped the gloves with Rays enforcer Ryan Hand - Matt Francis, David Ling and Jason Beckett in the second. Bruce Graham ended the scoring at 6-0 a minute into the final stanza to seal comfortably to biggest winning margin in a closely fought start to the Elite League season.
The Hull Stingrays fell to their eighth defeat in eight games and heaviest defeat of the season at the National Ice Centre on Saturday night, losing 6-0 to the Nottingham Panthers in a dual Challenge Cup and league fixture.
Despite starting well, the Rays mustered just 17 shots on netminder Craig Kowalski in the 60 minutes and went down to goals from six different Panthers.
David Clarke opened the scoring in the first before goals from Gui Lepine - who also twice dropped the gloves with Rays enforcer Ryan Hand - Matt Francis, David Ling and Jason Beckett in the second. Bruce Graham ended the scoring at 6-0 a minute into the final stanza to seal comfortably to biggest winning margin in a closely fought start to the Elite League season.
