High fives for Panthers

A CROWD of over 6,000 watched Nottingham Panthers beat Midlands rivals Coventry Blaze 5-2 at the Motorpoint Arena in the Elite League on Saturday night.

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There were five different goalscorers as Panthers secured a three-point weekend following Friday night's point against Belfast Giants.

Kevin Carr got the start between the pipes with Luca Sheldon as backup, but Matt Marcinew remained out of the lineup for personal reasons.

After Carr made good saves to deny Grayson Constable twice on the same shift, the game sparked into life with two goals in 14 seconds.

Didrik Henbrant cut along the blue line and fired past Mat Robson from left-point (04:39), before the visitors equalised through Matthew Gleason's defleted shot (04:53).

Panthers went ahead for a second time with a beautifully-worked goal on the powerplay as Brendan Harris found Didrik Henbrant to set up Chase Pearson at the backdoor (12:04).