By Kris Smith
The Stars were missing three players from their line-up on Saturday night as Brogan O’Brien and Xavier Pouliot were still sidelined through injury and new arrival, Philippe Sanche was still awaiting his international clearance and the Panthers arrived in Dundee hungry to put on a better display after suffering defeat at the hands of the Taysiders last week.
The opening period would be scoreless as both teams took the action from end-to-end in search of the first goal but both goaltenders started the match off in fine form.
In the second session, Nottingham found themselves a man down after just 69 seconds as Otto Nieminen’s penalty for holding Dundee’s Kris Inglis put the home team on a powerplay and they would cash in for the lead.
Stars captain, Drydn Dow worked the puck across the blueline and sent a pass across to Zach Tsekos, who then fired a long-range wrist shot that flew straight past Rok Stojanovic on 22 minutes.
The Stars then doubled their lead two minutes later as Dow turned from provider to scorer after skating behind the net and tucking the puck in at the far post on his backhand.
As Dundee took a chokehold of the match, the Panthers hit them with a quick counter and pulled one back in the 27th minute as Reid Stefanson batted the puck past Richard Sabol to make it 2-1.
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All images: Derek Black.
