Manchester Storm vs Nottingham Panthers
The Nottingham Panthers were beaten 3-2 by Manchester Storm at the Motorpoint Arena in the opening game of the Elite League season, despite an exciting third-period comeback. Panthers had a fully-fit roster to choose from with Rok Stojanovic named as the starting netminder and Nottingham-born Luca Sheldon serving as back-up No goals in end-to-end opening period Mathieu Lemay, Alexander Lunsjö and Jordan Kelsall had chances for the Panthers in the opening stages, before Stojanovic made a good save to deny Storm's Mitchell Martan on a first-period powerplay. After a spell of Storm pressure, Ollie Betteridge and Westin Michaud went close in quick succession but the two sides were scoreless at the first intermission.
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