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2018–19 Nottingham Panthers
2018–19 record	10–2–6
Home record	5–1–1
Road record	5–1–5
Goals for	54
Goals against	56
Team information
General manager	Gary Moran
Coach	Rich Chernomaz
Assistant coach	Rick Strachan Dan Green
Captain	Guillaume Lépine
Alternate captains	Luke Pither Kevin Henderson Steve Lee
Arena	National Ice Centre
Average attendance	0(00.00%)

The 2018–19 season is Nottingham Panthers' sixteenth consecutive season in the Elite Ice Hockey League and their 73rd year in existence. Along with the Elite League, the club are competing in the Challenge Cup.

The season covers the period from 11 August 2018 to 14 April 2019.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Elite League	—	1st		8 September 2018
Challenge Cup	Group stage	3rd, Group stage		1 September 2018

Updated to match played 8 October 2018.
Source: Competitions

Elite League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nottingham Panthers	11	8	3	0	7	37	29	+8	16	Regular season champions, CHL and play-offs
2	Cardiff Devils	7	6	1	0	5	32	14	+18	12	Advances to Play-offs
3	Fife Flyers	6	5	0	1	5	28	13	+15	11
4	Belfast Giants	8	5	3	0	4	29	21	+8	10
5	Guildford Flames	8	4	4	0	4	25	24	+1	8
6	Manchester Storm	9	4	5	0	3	24	27	−3	8
7	Coventry Blaze	7	3	3	1	3	20	22	−2	7
8	Glasgow Clan	7	3	4	0	3	17	24	−7	6
9	Milton Keynes Lightning	8	3	5	0	2	17	31	−14	6
10	Sheffield Steelers	10	3	7	0	1	24	39	−15	6
11	Dundee Stars	9	1	4	4	1	22	31	−9	6

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2018. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Drawing of lots.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	L	OW	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	OW	OL	OL	W
Position										1	1	1	1	3	1			3

Source:

Matchday	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2018. Source: BBC Sport
H = Home; A = Away; W = Regulation win; OW = Overtime/shootout win; OL = Overtime/shootout loss; L = Regulation loss

Matches

September: 6–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 4–0–1) Pts. 12 8 September 2018 19:00 Nottingham Panthers 2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0) Manchester Storm National Ice Centre Attendance: 6,116 Game reference Michael Garnett Goalies Matt Ginn Referees: Tom Darnell Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: D. Beresford L. Young 0–1 00:20 – Long (Erhardt, Moffatt) Pither (Olsen, Henderson) (PP) – 13:24 1–1 Kovacs (Farmer, Perlini) (PP) – 57:31 2–1 4 min Penalties 10 min 29 Shots 25 9 September 2018 17:30 Manchester Storm 1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1) Nottingham Panthers Altrincham Ice Dome Attendance: 1,611 Game reference Matt Ginn, Jindrich Pacl Goalies Michael Garnett Referees: Stefan Hogarth Tom Darnell Linesmen: D. Beresford L. Young 0–1 10:32 – Hurtubise (Olsen, Guptill) (PP) Springer (Richardson, McMillan – 24:57 1–1 1–2 35:41 – Kovacs 1–3 37:56 – Kovacs (Hurtubise, Guptill) 1–4 42:13 – Guptill (Kovacs, Hurtubise) 64 min Penalties 34 min 27 Shots 53 15 September 2018 19:00 Cardiff Devils 3–2 (0–1, 0–1, 3–0) Nottingham Panthers Ice Arena Wales Attendance: 3,095 Game reference Ben Bowns Goalies Michael Garnett Referees: Dean Smith Tom Pering Linesmen: J. Kavanagh D. Beresford 0–1 18:37 – Guptill (Kovacs, Rissling) 0–2 24:33 – Biggs (Kovacs) (PP) Pope (Martin, Moore) – 43:49 1–2 Dixon (Reddick, Hedden) (PP) – 45:25 2–2 Martin (Pope) – 47:54 3–2 0 min Penalties 2 min 33 Shots 28 16 September 2018 17:15 Coventry Blaze 4–5 SO (1–1, 0–0, 3–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–3) Nottingham Panthers SkyDome Arena Attendance: 2,405 Game reference Miika Wiikman Goalies Michael Garnett Referees: Dean Smith Tom Pering Linesmen: D. Beresford J. Ions 0–1 01:31 – Hurtubise (Guptill) Crowder (Lake, Bryhnisveen) – 15:50 1–1 1–2 44:29 – Billingsley (Pither, Rheault) Ferrara (Clements, Ainsworth) – 47:27 2–2 2–3 50:39 – Hurtubise (Pither) (PP) 2–4 56:48 – Guptill (Henderson, Hurtubise) (PP) Crowder (Hache, Bryhnisveen) – 57:45 3–4 Ainsworth (Venus, Ferrara) – 58:09 4–4 Lake Ainsworth Pauly Crowder Nikiforuk Shootout Farmer Hurtubise Guptill Pither Kovacs 2 min Penalties 14 min 38 Shots 45 19 September 2018 19:00 Belfast Giants 3–6 (0–0, 0–4, 3–2) Nottingham Panthers SSE Arena Belfast Attendance: 3,074 Game reference Stephen Murphy Goalies Michael Garnett Referees: Andrew Dalton Tom Darnell Linesmen: J. Ions G. Rodger 0–1 20:42 – Pither (Lepine, Biggs) 0–2 31:29 – Henderson (Biggs, Pither) 0–3 33:47 – Rissling (Kovacs, Doty) 0–4 37:37 – Betteridge (Hurtubise, Lachowicz) 0–5 45:26 – Kovacs (Guptill, Hurtubise) Roach (Baun, Bishop) (PP) – 47:56 1–5 Johner (Baun, Dwyer) (PP) – 52:35 2–5 2–6 58:17 – Kovacs (Guptill, Hurtubise) Johner (Baun, McFaull) – 58:31 3–6 4 min Penalties 12 min 46 Shots 30 22 September 2018 19:30 Nottingham Panthers 2–5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2) Glasgow Clan National Ice Centre Attendance: 5,665 Game reference Michael Garnett Goalies Joel Rumpel Referees: Tom Pering Andrew Dalton Linesmen: P. Staniforth L. Young 0–1 12:46 – Stupka (Pitt, Wilson) Olsen (Henderson) – 17:04 1–1 1–2 22:19 – Gratton (Stupka, Sullivan) 1–3 28:56 – Connolly (Peacock) 1–4 40:17 – Pitt (Beca, Fitzgerald) Guptill (Kovacs, Hurtubise) – 50:14 2–4 2–5 59:29 – Gratton (Tanski, Hanson) (EN) 8 min Penalties 4 min 39 Shots 25 26 September 2018 19:30 Nottingham Panthers 4–3 (0–1, 0–1, 4–1) Cardiff Devils National Ice Centre Attendance: 4,444 Game reference Michael Garnett Goalies Ben Bowns Referees: Tom Darnell Liam Sewell Linesmen: D. Beresford J. Ions 0–1 03:48 – Haddad (Moore, Batch) 0–2 27:27 – Hedden (Haddad, Reddick) Hughes (Farmer, Perlini) – 40:10 1–2 1–3 48:48 – Bentivoglio (Haddad, Hedden) (PP) Guptill (Hughes, Kovacs) – 49:51 2–3 Pither (Guptill, Kovacs) (PP) – 54:52 3–3 Pither (Olsen) (PP) – 59:20 4–3 7 min Penalties 13 min 35 Shots 21 30 September 2018 18:00 Guildford Flames 2–3 (1–1, 0–1, 1–1) Nottingham Panthers Guildford Spectrum Attendance: 1,636 Game reference Chris Carrozzi Goalies Michael Garnett Referees: Dean Smith Tom Darnell Linesmen: J. Ions L. Young 0–1 06:32 – Doty (Henderson, Perlini) Reddick (Lundin, Craige) (SH) – 10:58 1–1 1–2 35:29 – Pither (Henderson) 1–3 51:39 – Robert Farmer (VanKleef, Perlini) Baldwin (Davies, Janssen) – 54:48 2–3 6 min Penalties 6 min 31 Shots 23

October: 3–2–4 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–4) Pts. 8 6 October 2018 19:00 Nottingham Panthers 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) Coventry Blaze National Ice Centre Attendance: 6,336 Game reference Michael Garnett Goalies Miroslav Kopriva Referees: Tom Darnell David Good Linesmen: D. Beresford J. Ions Farmer (Perlini, Biggs) (PP) – 19:05 1–0 Perlini (Kovacs, Lee) – 36:33 2–0 Hurtubise (Billingsley, Farmer) (PP) – 54:37 3–0 40 min Penalties 50 min 31 Shots 32 7 October 2018 17:15 Milton Keynes Lightning 5–1 (0–0, 4–0, 1–1) Nottingham Panthers Planet Ice Attendance: 1,533 Game reference Patrick Killeen Goalies Michael Garnett Referees: Matt Thompson Dean Smith Linesmen: I. Kisil N. Carmichael Neiley (Valdix, Wallace) (PP) – 30:11 1–0 Meidl (Golovkovs, Griffiths) – 30:43 2–0 Fine (Neiley, Wallace) – 31:23 3–0 Neiley (Fine, Valdix) (PP) – 32:54 4–0 4–1 46:05 – Pither (Farmer) Wallace (Anderson) (EN) – 57:58 5–1 33 min Penalties 29 min 43 Shots 41 13 October 2018 19:00 Nottingham Panthers 5–2 (1–0, 1–0, 3–2) Sheffield Steelers National Ice Centre Attendance: 6,999 Game reference Michael Garnett Goalies Jackson Whistle Referees: Dean Smith Matt Thompson Linesmen: I. Kisil J. Ions Henderson (Pither, Hurtubise) (PP) – 13:54 1–0 Hughes (Pither, Henderson) – 23:19 2–0 2–1 41:53 – Matheson (McFadden, Martinelli) Guptill (Hughes, Hurtubise) – 42:09 3–1 Biggs (Lachowicz, Billingsley) – 48:36 4–1 4–2 54:53 – Della Rovere (Buzzeo) Guptill (Olsen, Pither) (PP) – 59:22 5–2 8 min Penalties 20 min 30 Shots 31 14 October 2018 16:00 Belfast Giants 5–1 Nottingham Panthers SSE Arena Belfast 19 October 2018 19:30 Glasgow Clan 6–3 Nottingham Panthers Braehead Arena Goalies Michael Garnett 20 October 2018 19:15 Fife Flyers 7–5 Nottingham Panthers Fife Ice Arena Goalies Sam Gospel 21 October 2018 17:00 Dundee Stars 1–2 OT Nottingham Panthers Dundee Ice Arena Goalies Michael Garnett 27 October 2018 19:00 Sheffield Steelers 2–1 OT Nottingham Panthers FlyDSA Arena 28 October 2018 16:00 Nottingham Panthers 2–3 OT Belfast Giants National Ice Centre

November: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Pts. 2 4 November 2018 16:00 Nottingham Panthers 3–2 Cardiff Devils National Ice Centre

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Pts. 0

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Pts. 0

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Pts. 0

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Pts. 0

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EIHL season § Challenge Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheffield Steelers	4	2	1	1	0	9	11	−2	5	Advances to quarter-finals
2	Manchester Storm	3	2	1	0	0	8	7	+1	4
3	Nottingham Panthers	3	1	1	1	0	10	9	+1	3	Possible advancement to quarter-finals

Source: EIHL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Drawing of lots.

1 September 2018 19:00

Nottingham Panthers

5–2

Sheffield Steelers

National Ice Centre

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29 September 2018 19:00

Sheffield Steelers

3–2

Nottingham Panthers

FlyDSA Arena

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30 September 2018 19:00

Manchester Storm

4–3 OT

Nottingham Panthers

Altrincham Ice Dome

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2 November 2018 19:00

Nottingham Panthers

3–0

Manchester Storm

National Ice Centre

Statistics

Top scorers

Player	Elite League					Challenge Cup					Total
	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alex Guptill	11	7	6	13	21	2	2	1	3	0	13	9	7	16	21
Mark Hurtubise	11	4	9	13	6	3	1	2	3	2	14	5	11	16	8
Luke Pither	11	6	6	12	14	3	0	2	2	4	14	6	8	14	18
Justin Kovacs	11	5	8	13	0	3	0	1	1	2	14	5	9	14	2
Kevin Henderson	11	2	6	8	6	3	0	2	2	2	14	2	8	10	8
Dylan Olsen	10	1	4	5	10	3	1	3	4	0	13	2	7	9	10
Brett Perlini	11	1	5	6	0	3	2	0	2	0	14	3	5	8	0
Robert Farmer	11	2	4	6	14	3	1	0	1	2	14	3	4	7	16
Tyler Biggs	10	2	3	5	26	2	0	2	2	4	12	2	5	7	30
Tommy Hughes	9	2	2	4	14	2	1	0	1	2	11	3	2	5	16
Jaynen Rissling	10	1	1	2	22	3	1	1	2	6	13	2	2	4	28
Tim Billingsley	10	1	2	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	13	1	2	3	6
Robert Lachowicz	11	0	2	2	2	3	0	1	1	0	14	0	3	3	2
Ollie Betteridge	11	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	14	2	0	2	0
Jacob Doty	11	1	1	2	33	3	0	0	0	6	14	1	1	2	39
Steve Lee	11	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	2	14	0	1	1	6
Guillaume Lepine	11	0	1	1	21	3	0	0	0	16	14	0	1	1	27
Jon Rheault	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	2
Tyler VanKleef	5	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	7	0	1	1	4
Josh Tetlow	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	13	0	1	1	0

References

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