So far in his previous 199 appearances, Drouin has 194 points (79+115) with 208 penalty minutes. In Sekonda Superleague games, Drouin has played 148 games and has 148 points (55+93) with 132 penalty minutes. So lets hope for 2 points for Drouin and 2 points for the Panthers on Saturday.

Marty Flichel
Marty Flichel continued his fine form as he scored twice (including the game winning penalty in a shootout) to help the Tacoma Sabercats beat Chris Baxter's Colorado Gold Kings, last night.

Possible Fixtures
The European tournament to be launched by the superleague is likely to be against German opposition during the Winter Olympics.

Meanwhile the Panthers are trying to arrange a fixture for Boxing Day to replace the game which should have been against Newcastle. The game is likely to be agianst Russian opposition.

Bracknell took the lead after 5 minutes thanks to Todd Goodwin, They held the lead until the 41st minute when the Panthers levelled through Patrik Wallenberg. But 6 minutes later the Bees were back in front thanks to Daniel Ceman only for A.J. Kelham to level things again.

But it all fell apart in the last seven minutes as the Bees scored three without reply. The Bees goals came from Mark Cadotte (2) and Sam Ftorek, the Panthers will be hoping for much better in their next game which is at home on Saturday against the Bracknell Bees.

The Giants took the lead with controversial goal on 8 minutes, Ex-Panther Jeff Hoad was credited with a goal even though the net was of it's moorings when his shot hit the back of the net. However, the Panthers managed to level things 7 minutes later when Lee Jinman fired home an unstoppable shot on the powerplay.

The Panthers took the lead at 29:35 after good work by Claude Savoie along the boards who found Jinman who in turn found P.C. Drouin at the top of the crease to fire home. The lead was increased further a minute into the third period as captain Joel Poirier fired home after good work by Greg Hadden.

Belfast called a timeout at 58:24 and pulled netminder Cavallin but could not make the extra skater count until the final second when Kevin Riehl fired home with two Giants stood in the crease but the goal was allowed to stand.

Hull & Guildford
Last night BNL action saw the Hull Thunder beat the Guildford Flames 3-2. Hull was helped to this victory thanks to 2 former Panthers as Eric Lavigne scored the first goal of the game, while Daryl Lavoie assisted on all three Hull goals. Guildford's Greg Burke scored a short handed goal.

In other WCHL action Marty Flichel's Tacoma Sabercats beat Long Beach 3-2 following a Penalty Shoot-out, Ex-London Knight Claude Jutras scored the winning goal for Tacoma. Marty Flichel missed with his penalty attempt. Former Ayr and Sheffield favourite Matt Hoffman has been waived by the Tacoma Sabercats after going pointless in four games.

More Milestones!!
This Saturday's game against the Belfast Giants will see defenceman Frank Evans play his 200th Superleague game. Frank played his 300th game in all Superleague competitions last night in Ayr. Also Saturday Barry Nieckar will ice for the 100th time in all superleague competitions.

Both these players know where the penalty box is, Frank Evans currently has the honour of being the most penalised player in the Superleague era. Evans currently has 807 penalty minutes in all competitions, while Barry Nieckar has 622 penalty minutes in all competitions and has already broke 100 PIM for this season following last nights fight with Ayr's Dody Wood.

Despite falling behind after 5 mins, the Panthers hit back with goals from Savoie and Tait to lead 2-1 at the end of the first Period. Risdore levelled the game at 30:43 before Hadden put the Panthers in front again to lead 3-2 at the end of the Second. Unfortunately for the Panthers the only goal of the third period was scored by Ed Courtenany.

It took Barry Nieckar only 73 seconds to be thrown out tonight. However, I feel he did the right thing because he took Dody Wood (3rd top scorer in the Superleague) with him. According to Gary Moran, the fighting was arranged during the warm-up after the two of them exchanged words.

Coach Paul Adey has been happy with the way training has gone on Monday and Tuesday. The Panthers have had another Finnish player training with them the last two days but coaches Adey and Dampier have not had a good look at the player, who will skate with a BNL team due to the Panthers trip to Scotland. GM Gary Moran said the coaches will continue to check out any available player.

The Panthers had started the game brightly and took the lead through Patrik Wallenberg who tipped Randall Weber's shot past Trevor Robins, but Ex-panther Mark Kolesar levelled the game a minute later on the Powerplay. During the second period the Panthers created plenty of chances but only had Wallenberg second goal of the game to show for it.

London Knights domianted the third period outshooting the Panthers 15-3. However, it took the Knights until the final five minutes of the period to grab the equaliser thanks to their new signing Sean Blanchard. The goal came just as the Panthers returned to full strength before Drouin's mistake gave the Knights victory.

Marty Flichel
Marty Flichel scored twice and had two assists last night as he helped the Tacoma Sabercats beat Long Beach 5-1, Flichel was later named first star of the game.

Jimmy Paek
Jimmy Paek was named third star of last nights game between the Anchorage Aces and Idaho Steelheads. Paek was unable to prevent the Aces losing 5-2 although he did have one assist.

However, The ISL Appeal Committee hearing was held this morning (Thursday 18th October 2001), and after hearing the evidence. The Appeals Committee dismissed the appeal but reduced the suspension. The suspension has been reduced from 10 games to 7 games, but the �250 fine stands.

Norris has already served 3 games of the suspension.

Following the game Coach Paul Adey celebrated with a pint of Guinness and said, "I can't fault anyone tonight, I don't normally have a drink during the season, but I think this one was warranted.

Another former Panther currently doing well is Daryl Lavoie who joined the Hull Thunder during the summer, he scored and had a helper in Hull's win against Basingstoke on Sunday. Eric Lavigne also had an assist during the game.

The Panthers never got going and trailed 2-0 at the first interval (Kruse and Mansoff). However, Panthers hopes were raised when Hadden scored on the powerplay but within 5 minutes the Steelers regained their 2 goal lead through Allison and would increase the lead before Steve Moria scored a good goal thanks to great work by Weber. The Panthers hopes were raised again just four minutes into the third thanks to another good goal this time from P.C. Drouin but as the Panthers pressed for an equaliser which resulted in Hadden hitting the bar, the Steelers broke after Pope failed to keep the puck in the zone which resulted in Allison getting his second of the night. Frank Evans scored his first of the season with a minute twenty-three to go, but Bobyck sealed the win for the Steelers with an empty net goal with 25 seconds to go.

Panthers opened the scoring after 3 minutes through a trademark slapshot from Greg Hadden and by 24:35 had seen off Mike Torchia in the Storm goal thanks to three quick goals from Poirier (PP) and a brace from Jimmy Drolet. The Storm scored 2 goals in the last five minutes as the Panthers took it easy for Saturday's game in Sheffield.

Panthers to Appeal.
The Nottingham Panthers claim to have video evidence that proves Clayton Norris could not have committed the offence against Trevor Roenick, which has brought him a ten game suspension. The Panthers hope to get the appeal heard before tomorrow night's game against the Manchester Storm at the N.I.C.

After reviewing the incident, the ISL Disciplinary Committee has decided to upgrade to a Match Penalty. Under ISL Disciplinary Rules he will receive a 10 match suspension and receive a level 5 fine of �250. The suspension takes immediate effect and he has the right of appeal.

Former Panthers players certainly enjoyed the weekend.

In Coventry, on Saturday during a 15-5 win over Paisley, Steve Roberts hit his second hat-trick in three games for the Blaze and had 3 assists while Steve Carpenter had a goal and two assists and Steven Cooper a goal and three assists. On Sunday against Fife, Carpenter scored two more goals with one assist.

In Hull on Sunday, two former defenceman enjoyed a 5-2 win over Milton Keynes, The game saw Eric Lavigne score two goals and one assist, while Daryl Lavoie had four assists. Eric Lavigne also picked up an assist on Saturday.

Trailing 5-1 at the end of the second, the Panthers came out like a different team in the third. Despite taking the lead in the first period through Wallenberg (PP), they were helpless as London scored the next 5 with ex-Cardiff favourite Ian McIntyre scoring a hat-trick. But the third period was all Panthers, Calle Carlsson and then new signing A J Kelham gave the home fans hope before Claude Savoie became the hero, netting the next two in two minutes. P.C Drouin scored the sixth for the Panthers but just as you thought the Panthers had won the game, Trevor Roenick tied the game with just 58 seconds to go.

However, Adey has played down the prospect of trouble during tomorrow's game with the Steelers saying he is more interested in his players making their dominance tell with goals. Adey doesn't think the Steelers have as much offensive strength this season and believes the Panthers have more fire power, but they have to prove it by finding the net more regularly.

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