Manager Penney with Holik and Handzus
Panthers Win Again on the Road!
Can the Panthers be beat on the road? The Panthers are now 4-0 on the road in the playoffs and they set a CPHL record with an amazing 33 road wins. Thats more wins than any team managed to get at home all year long! The Thrashers and Oilers won 30 games at home in 2005-06 and no one has ever come close to the record set by the Panthers.
The series with the Rangers will be won at home. If the Panthers can manage a win at home on Friday night, they would have a clear advantage in the series going on the road for game 6. The Panthers are due to win at home, something they haven't been able to do all series.
Jokinen was the star of the night scoring two goals playing on the third line! Jokinen was the odd man out after the Panthers went down in the series 2-0. handzus was moved up and the lines have been shuffled and it has meant an immediate impact in the scores. The Panthers could have easily been up 3-1 in this series but Roloston stood on his head in game two and Nabby played like crap to lose that game. Since then, Nabby has settled down and managed to hold the fort for two stright victories.
Goalie Statistics
Evgeni Nabokov (PAN), 24 saves out of 25 shots, W, 5-2-0
Dwayne Roloson (RAN), 27 saves out of 30 shots, L, 6-4-0
Power Play Conversions
PANTHERS 0 for 3
RANGERS 0 for 2
Game Stars
1 - Evgeni Nabokov (PAN)
2 - Olli Jokinen (PAN)
3 - Miroslav Satan (PAN)