First period burst gets Panthers past Storm
Nottingham Panthers began life under Jonathan Padedes with a two-goal road win over Manchester Storm in from of 1,757 fans in Otto Nieminen opened the scoring after only 67 seconds with a slapshot through Evan Weninger. With 2:31 played, Adam Johnson doubled the Panthers lead with another shot through the Storm goalie’s five-hole, while Nieminen scored again at 3:17 to make it 3-0. Storm pulled a goal back at 10:56 when Tyler Hinam benefited from the puck deflecting off a Panthers’ skate to set him clean through. That was a close as Storm got, however, despite having a goal washed out before Adam Johnson made things safe for the Panthers with an empty net goal....
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