Bili Tygri Liberec v Devils - Sat 26th Aug 2017 / 3.30pm
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anyone else going to be complaining to premier sports?. was it just me or did it seem daft to pull the goalie at two goals behind with 2 mins left? would have made more sense to limit the damage. When watching via the CHL website it says watch on youtube yet if you search on YouTube without linking through you can't find the games. Think the game on thurs will be interesting.
The Panthers' result tonight is a credit to them. Awesome - their speed and energy will make them very very difficult to play against in domestic competition.
Put into perspective, tonight's success was partly down to that speed(Shalla has scored 4 goals in two games), their goalie Garnett who has a wealth of high level experience....and the coaching skill of Corey Neilson who has had several European tournaments as player or coach with the Panthers' organisation.
A brave effort from our Guys....certainly much stronger than against Davos. Joey Martin can be relied upon to set the bar when most needed. Pure class. But let's face it, Devils have had no European experience for a very, very long time. We are novices in this tournament against these unbelievable teams.
It will be a priveledge to watch the skill on show from these teams in the home games. Imagine Davos at the IAW! As exciting as hosting Zagreb last year.
This is a fantastic oppotunity for our team.....and a great learning experience for coach and players. Would be great to think the Devils could reach their target of one win in this round....but quite frankly I'm praying that they get through the games with minimal injury and fatigue issues....fully focused and prepared for the domestic campaign.
Put into perspective, tonight's success was partly down to that speed(Shalla has scored 4 goals in two games), their goalie Garnett who has a wealth of high level experience....and the coaching skill of Corey Neilson who has had several European tournaments as player or coach with the Panthers' organisation.
A brave effort from our Guys....certainly much stronger than against Davos. Joey Martin can be relied upon to set the bar when most needed. Pure class. But let's face it, Devils have had no European experience for a very, very long time. We are novices in this tournament against these unbelievable teams.
It will be a priveledge to watch the skill on show from these teams in the home games. Imagine Davos at the IAW! As exciting as hosting Zagreb last year.
This is a fantastic oppotunity for our team.....and a great learning experience for coach and players. Would be great to think the Devils could reach their target of one win in this round....but quite frankly I'm praying that they get through the games with minimal injury and fatigue issues....fully focused and prepared for the domestic campaign.
I rarely say anything negative here, but to me the Devils looked completely out of their depth in both games. Whereas the panthers looked pretty comfortable in both! I can't tell whether that was down to the opposition we were facing, and the players/game the opposition deployed against them/us.
Tonight, for the panthers, I think the opposition massively underestimated them and played their backup netty and rested some of their best players. I bet they're regretting that now [emoji23]
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Tonight, for the panthers, I think the opposition massively underestimated them and played their backup netty and rested some of their best players. I bet they're regretting that now [emoji23]
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I'm not sure I'd be heralding Panthers quite so highly in there management and recruitment as that. They have exactly the same amount of league titles as Devils in the EIHL era with far greater resource for that period until last season. Black, Moran and Neilson have ballsed it up far more than they have ever got it right and this year is still a story to be written. They should have been dominating this league with just a tea spoon of ambition and execution but they've constantly short changed on their fan base.
Taking nothing away though from Panthers as they deserve huge credit for leading the UK charge in Europe. I would give them way more props for their contribution than Steelers self obsessed ego ballooning. Probably illustrates the point that Coray can clearly coach well against European opposition so if he'd had enough about him he could be doing very well in mainland Europe but EIHL mediocrity seems to be his chosen level. The reasons for that I couldn't say though as it's his business.
Taking nothing away though from Panthers as they deserve huge credit for leading the UK charge in Europe. I would give them way more props for their contribution than Steelers self obsessed ego ballooning. Probably illustrates the point that Coray can clearly coach well against European opposition so if he'd had enough about him he could be doing very well in mainland Europe but EIHL mediocrity seems to be his chosen level. The reasons for that I couldn't say though as it's his business.
The Davos defeat was put into perspective a little by the Panthers result, losing 5_2 against the Swiss champions. Someone touched up on the play smart tactic, think Panthers have done just that. Our tactics perhaps a little ....... wrong!
Of course, Nottingham do have pre CHL experience, which always helps.
Of course, Nottingham do have pre CHL experience, which always helps.