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Nottingham Panthers host Manchester Storm at a sold-out Motorpoint Arena (16:00 face-off) within the second leg of the playoff quarter-finals with a one-goal deficit from the primary leg.
Storm gained Saturday night time’s sport 2-1 in Altrincham after a racing right into a two-goal lead, earlier than Matt Marcinew’s late purpose lowered the arrears to 1 with three intervals gone within the tie.
It’s going to be an enormous night time on the Motorpoint Arena as we glance to overturn the deficit and attain the Elite League Playoff Finals Weekend.
Tonight’s sport – which is sponsored by FAE Service Solutions Ltd – could also be sold-out however you may nonetheless comply with all of the motion on our dwell webcast which can be purchased by clicking here.
All three different quarter-final ties are finely poised…
Belfast Giants (1) v (8) Glasgow Clan
First leg: Saturday eleventh April – Giants 1-0 Clan
Second leg: Sunday twelfth April at 19:00 in Glasgow
Cardiff Devils (2) v (7) Coventry Blaze
First leg: Saturday eleventh April – Blaze 1-2 Devils
Second leg: Sunday twelfth April at 17:00 in Cardiff
Nottingham Panthers (3) v (6) Manchester Storm
First leg: Saturday eleventh April – Storm 2-1 Panthers
Second leg: Sunday twelfth April at 16:00 in Nottingham
Sheffield Steelers (4) v (5) Guildford Flames
First leg: Saturday eleventh April – Flames 1-1 Steelers
Second leg: Sunday twelfth April at 16:00 in Sheffield
View from the Bench
Head Coach, Danny Stewart, mentioned: “Manchester got here out with extra soar with us within the first interval on Saturday night time.
“After that we reset a little bit bit and I appreciated our second and third interval. It was an actual playoff sport and the refs allow us to play for essentially the most half.
“It was an enormous purpose by Matt Marcinew to tug us again to inside one close to the top.
“Ideally we would like to have been tied or had a lead, but going down two early and coming back to within one and going home now for three periods, we will take it.”
Team News in affiliation with Candid Digital
Forward Matt Alfaro (decrease physique) will miss the sport due to harm. Brendan Harris and Jarod Hilderman, who was pulled after warm-up final night time, each missed Saturday’s sport by way of harm.
First-Game Desk in assocition with Lake Energy and the Nottingham Hospitals Charity
If it’s your very first Nottingham Panthers sport in the present day, cease by the First-Game Desk to pick-up all of the necessities you want. Based reverse the lifts within the Motorpoint Arena lobby, there’s all the things from matchnight data to key guidelines in addition to a particular poster you may wave proudly. You by no means know, you may even make it onto the jumbotron! You’ll additionally obtain a First-Game Certificate to rejoice becoming a member of our unimaginable #PanthersNation.
Interseal Panthers Vault now at £1,900
The Interseal Panthers Vault stands at £1,900 for the ultimate house sport of the season. Tickets price simply £1 and if yours is drawn out of the hat, you go on the ice with DJ Ken Feast to attempt to win the cash contained in the vault within the second intermission. Choose one of many gamers from the Panthers roster proven on the jumbotron to disclose a four-digit code and see if it unlocks the vault. Dare you hand over the possibility to go for the cash to open the Mystery Box?
Chuck-a-Puck
Chuck-a-Puck – sponsored by Motorpoint – is nice enjoyable for all of the household. It takes place within the second intermission and the winner is the one who lands their puck closest to Paws at centre-ice. The winner will get a photograph with their favorite participant on the finish of the sport and a signed puck. There’s a bonus prize too! A distant management automotive drives across the centre-circle. If your puck lands contained in the cockpit of the automotive, you’ve got an opportunity to win the bonus prize of two tickets to an occasion on the Motorpoint Arena. Pucks price £1 every and are on sale from sellers across the rink.
Shirt Off His Back: Four probabilities to win
There’s 4 probabilities to win in in the present day’s athentic game-worn regular-season Shirt Off His Back. While the workforce will put on their playoff jerseys, we put aside the game-worn jerseys of #7 Cooper Zech, #16 Bryan Lemos, #64 Nolan Volcan, and #98 Didrik Henbrant from our sport on Wednesday 1st April. Tickets are £1 every and can be found from sellers within the lobby and across the concourse.
50/50 is your likelihood to win an enormous money prize
Tickets for the 50/50 raffle are offered for £1 every. The fortunate winner will go house with a incredible prize. Make certain you purchase your tickets to be in with an opportunity of profitable. Lookout for the sellers across the rink.
GVL Jersey Giveaway
How about taking house a Nottingham Panthers duplicate jersey? Sam Hurst might be within the bowl within the first-period powerbreak, so be sure you make loads of noise to have an opportunity of profitable.
Dance Cam in affiliation with Doughnotts
Here’s your likelihood win free doughnuts by displaying your greatest funky dance strikes within the jumbotron. Look out for the Dance Cam – in affiliation with Nottingham-based Doughnotts – within the third-period powerbreak and present us your nice strikes!
Webcast: Watch the dwell stream tonight
If you are not with us on the Motorpoint Arena in the present day, we have got you lined with the sport being proven dwell on Panthers TV. Jono Bullard and Dan Green will carry you all of the motion. Click here to buy the webcast.
