Swindon Panthers Ice Hockey Club

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THE SUMMER OF FUN
(Tuesday, August 24, 2010) The swindon panthers played their final challenge match of the year on sunday against the Blackburn Falcons and came away with an 8 - 3 win. The team iced a rookie team that enjoyed the bulk of the ice time. The game saw the final game for #11 david tomes, who is taking a rest from the hustle and bustle of summer hockey. The Panthers wish him all the best. With the departure of some players to League hockey, the management will be looking to bring in a few new faces for the 2011 season. Watch this space.

SUMMERCUP FINALS
(Tuesday, August 10, 2010) Swindon will again host the summercup finals this year with both 3rd place game and the finals being held in 1 day. The first game will start at 5pm between Solent and Peterborough and this will be immediately followed by the final between swindon and Chelmsford. £2.50 on the door covers both games.

2ND FINAL IN TWO YEARS
(Tuesday, August 10, 2010) The swindon Panthers will play their second summercup final in 2 years after moving past the Solent Scorpions in a 2 round playoff. the Panthers won the home league 9-2 and then also won the away league at Solent 5-10. The Panthers will n ow face the Chelmsford Nighthawks in the summercup final at the link centre on Sunday at 20.00.

PANTHERS LOSE LEAGUE TITLE
(Monday, July 26, 2010) The regular season finished this weekend with the visit of the chelmsford Nighthawks who are top of the cup table. The home side put up a viliant fight but lost their first home game of the season 1-4 to the Hawks. This loss also confirmed the Hawks as the league cup winners for the regular season. The Panthers and Hawks now both enter the playoffs facing Solent and Peterborough respectively. role on the playoffs.

THIS IS IT...
(Sunday, July 25, 2010) With the dissapointment of the Cardiff game being cancelled yesterday, the Panthers face a top of the table clash today in the Chelmsford NIghthawks. The hawks are the inform team and won the first meeting of the two team comfortably. The Panthers must win by 10 goals today to take the league title from the hawks.

CARDIFF GAME CHANGE
(Wednesday, July 14, 2010) The panthers were due to play the Cardiff Bay Lightning at the weekend but due to technical issues at the link centre the game had to be postponed< this game will now be played on Saturday 24th July for 5.15pm faceoff.

DOING IT THE HARD WAY
(Monday, June 28, 2010) The Swindon Panthers travelled to peterborough this weekend and dispite leading by 3 goals half way through the 2nd period managed to let a resilient eagles squad push them all the way to the final buzzer. The Eagle drew level with the Panthers twice at 4-4 and 5-5 before #2 Dan King nicked the game winner just 2 minutes from time. A win is a win but im sure Coach O'Donavan would rather get a win the easy way.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
(Tuesday, June 22, 2010) After walking over the solent scorpions the panthers continued their winning ways with another away win at Basingstoke, a tougher test awaits the swindon boys when they travel to Peterborough this weekend looking to maintain their run of form.

BOUNCEBACKABILITY
(Sunday, June 13, 2010) The panthers suffered their first defeat a week ago at the hands of a rampant chelmsford side. The swindon Boys will be looking to get back to winning ways this weekend with a road trip to Solent. Solent though have been flying high themselves and will not be a push over. Faceoff in the solent at 4.30pm

TOUGH WEEKEND OF WINS
(Tuesday, May 25, 2010) The Panthers played their first double header of the summercup with the first game away to Solihull for a 10.30pm faceoff, the Swindon boys came up against a full strength Midlands team who oushed the Panthers for th full 60 minutes with the Swindon side getting a narrow 2-1 on the night. Just 16 hours later the Panthers played a home match against the new look Solent Scorpions and definately showed the effects of 2 games in close succession but again came away with a 7-2 win in that match. A draining 4 point weekend keeping the Panthers in contention for the top spot.

KNIGHTS GET OWNED!!!
(Tuesday, May 18, 2010) Following the marriage of Coach O'Donavan to his wife Sam on saturday night the Panthers entertained the Invicta Knights in a challenge game on sunday. After a slow start the Panthers managed to get the win even after a late surge from the visitors. The home side finished up 9-4 winners which also saw ice time for some ofthe new panthers again who get better and stronger every game.

SWINDON GET ROYAL
(Friday, May 14, 2010) The weekend the Swindon Panthers take a weekend off from cup action and host the Invicta Knights in a challenge game at the link centre. This will once again let coach O'donanvan test his new players for the long cup run ahead, face off at 5.15pm on sunday

WOLVES TAMED
(Monday, May 10, 2010) The long awaited rematch between the Swindon Panthers and the Solihull Wolves took place on sunday at the link centre in what can only be described as a physical affair. Swindon came out of the traps early and found the net 5 times before the visitors got their 1 and only reply. The wolves were up to their old tricks again spending more time in the penalty box than playing 5 on 5 hockey and Swindon punished them 4 times on the PP for their troubles. Next up is another challenge match against the Invicta Knights.

HURRICANES GROUNDED
(Wednesday, May 05, 2010) On sunday the Swindon Panthers faced the Milton Keynes Hurricanes in a challenge game that saw the home debut for some of the new Panthers players this season. The game started out close enough with the Hurricanes scoring first and waking the Panthers up!!, the home side responded with a barrage of shots and 13 goals by the end of the game. The Hurricanes did also find the net a couple more times beating rookie netminder Ross Webster for a total of 3 goals, but it was a ggod performance by the side and another 1 in the win column.

EAGLES WINGS GET CLIPPED
(Monday, April 26, 2010) The Panthers faced a strong Peterborough Eagles side at the link centre on sunday and nearly paid for some defensive mistakes. The Panthers came out strong netting early through #45 Widawski but gave up the lead almost straight away to Eagles #5 Vincur. The home side settled in to their stride then netting twice before the first break and sitting comfortable at 3-1. Another quick goal from #18 MacCabe saw Swindon definately on their way but again Swindon let the Eagles back into the match with a Pair of away goals bringing the score to 4-3. Just 20 seconds into the third period and the Eagles equalised putting all the pressure back on the home side but with just 7 minutes remaining in the game Swindon fired home 2 quick goals of their own with the go ahead goal from #45 Widawski. Despite pulling their goalie Peterborough failed to find the net before the final whistle.

SWINDON ROMP IN CARDIFF
(Monday, April 12, 2010) The Swindon Panthers went to Cardiff this weekend to face the Lightning in their first game of the 2010 Summercup. The Panthers posted 7 first period goals and never looked back slotting 7 more in the second period and finishing with an additional 5 in the third. Great team performance with debut goals for Andy white and Matt Crouch. Next up for the Panthers is their first home game against the Peterborough Eagles.

PANTHERS READY FOR GAME 1
(Friday, April 09, 2010) This sunday sees the Swindon Panthers head off the Cardiff Bay to face the Lightning in Game 1 of this years Summercup. The panthers have won all previous challenge games but the Cup may prove to be a sterner test.

PANTHERS WIN CAT FIGHT!!
(Monday, March 15, 2010) The swindon Panthers came away from planet ice in Basingstoke with a convincing 9-2 win. In the last pre-season game before the start of the summercup the Panthers started of slow but once again found the extra gears to get the job done, a special thankyou goes to Gary Froud, the nationwwide knights netminder who guested for the Panthers in the absense of both websters!!. Next up for the Panthers is the first cup game away to the Cardiff Bay Lightning. Full cup and bonus challenge games to follow.

THE COUGARS WAIT
(Tuesday, March 09, 2010) This friday night see's the last of the Panthers pre season challenge matchs, the Swindon side will travel up to Basingstoke to face the Cougars in a late night game that provides coach o'donavan with his final opportunity to play with his lines. The Cup fixtures are also ready, so watch this space for a summer of hockey!!!.