Thank you to Tony for his latest contribution to FSB, All Credit for this piece goes to him/her so any queries you can contact Tony on Twitter @DISGU15ED
For obvious reasons, the last team I’m looking at for the five things we
learnt from 14/15 are the Nottingham Panthers. It was a right old mixed
bag from Paws and Co, but in the end they finished in their normal
position of 4th in the league (go check Elite Prospects if you don’t
believe me)
1> CHL baby – The season started as expected in the CHL with a series of defeats to the Scandinavians from Rauma and Luleå, but things were a bit different when Hamburg came to the NIC. An inspired performance from K-Wall, an awesome breakaway goal from Lacho, and a team showing so much more desire than their opposition lead to a well-deserved home-win. The shock in the result wasn’t that they had won, the shock was that they deserved to win.
2> Was this the last we’ll see of K-Wall in the Elite league – if so then Kowalski is leaving as the most winningest nettie in their history (not tricky) and the most consistent top-drawer performer from any team in recent years. Other netties have had one-off seasons of brilliance, but not his longevity, and I’m very glad to be seeing the back of him.
3> Conference Champions – Congratulations on the mini-panthers-slam (or is this the one that’s excluded from the slam, I can’t remember).
4> Corey Whining – What’s he moaning about this time I hear you ask – A few unwise words about the relative strength of the Gardiner teams seemed to backfire a little. “Realistically our conference is stronger” is something that we can all support statistically, but saying it out-loud so the opposition can use it as motivation wasn’t too wise – and statistics also showed that Sheffield, Braehead, Cardiff, Belfast and even Coventry all did better against the Gardiner boys than he did, so maybe the Panthers coaching was to blame.
5> Crowd numbers – Something we can’t deny is that the Panthers fan-base is strong and healthy. Crowds averaged 5,266 which left them in 47th spot in terms of European attendances. That’s more than Skelleftea, Lulea, Vienna, Krefeld, Davos and many other top-class European teams. Chapeau.
One more thing, it’s now two years since their last league title, which means it’s only another 55 until their next one, by which time even Simmsey and Moran will have stopped arguing!
Favourite Player : Cody Wild – forward thinking defenseman found his scoring touch last year
P.S. Ooh and did I mention that they missed out on the play-off final’s weekend again.
P.P.S. Thanks for lending us Sam Gospel – we’ll bring a barn-door for you to hit next time!
1> CHL baby – The season started as expected in the CHL with a series of defeats to the Scandinavians from Rauma and Luleå, but things were a bit different when Hamburg came to the NIC. An inspired performance from K-Wall, an awesome breakaway goal from Lacho, and a team showing so much more desire than their opposition lead to a well-deserved home-win. The shock in the result wasn’t that they had won, the shock was that they deserved to win.
2> Was this the last we’ll see of K-Wall in the Elite league – if so then Kowalski is leaving as the most winningest nettie in their history (not tricky) and the most consistent top-drawer performer from any team in recent years. Other netties have had one-off seasons of brilliance, but not his longevity, and I’m very glad to be seeing the back of him.
3> Conference Champions – Congratulations on the mini-panthers-slam (or is this the one that’s excluded from the slam, I can’t remember).
4> Corey Whining – What’s he moaning about this time I hear you ask – A few unwise words about the relative strength of the Gardiner teams seemed to backfire a little. “Realistically our conference is stronger” is something that we can all support statistically, but saying it out-loud so the opposition can use it as motivation wasn’t too wise – and statistics also showed that Sheffield, Braehead, Cardiff, Belfast and even Coventry all did better against the Gardiner boys than he did, so maybe the Panthers coaching was to blame.
5> Crowd numbers – Something we can’t deny is that the Panthers fan-base is strong and healthy. Crowds averaged 5,266 which left them in 47th spot in terms of European attendances. That’s more than Skelleftea, Lulea, Vienna, Krefeld, Davos and many other top-class European teams. Chapeau.
One more thing, it’s now two years since their last league title, which means it’s only another 55 until their next one, by which time even Simmsey and Moran will have stopped arguing!
Favourite Player : Cody Wild – forward thinking defenseman found his scoring touch last year
P.S. Ooh and did I mention that they missed out on the play-off final’s weekend again.
P.P.S. Thanks for lending us Sam Gospel – we’ll bring a barn-door for you to hit next time!
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