Nottingham Panthers begin their 2022-23 Premier Sports Elite League this weekend with a very different looking team from the one that ended their last campaign.
There’s been a huge turnover with only JC Brassard, Jack Hopkins, Jordan Kelsall, Matthew Myers and Jeremy Welsh returning from last season’s roster.
Popular defenceman Mathieu Gagnon is back after icing for the Panthers in 2017-18 and there are five more players with previous Elite League experience in Adam Brady, Luke Ferrara, Mike Hammond, Adam Johnston and Craig Moore. Archie Hazeldine, younger brother of former Panthers player Joe Hazeldine, has signed on a two-way contract with Leeds Knights who play their hockey in the level below.