Four-point weekend for Flames

Photo: Olly Birth

Guildford Flames completed a four-point weekend with.a 4-1 home win over Nottingham Panthers.

The hosts raced into a three-goal lead through the opening 20 minutes. Ryan Tait robbed Jake Ryczek of the puck on the Flames blue line and skated through to beat Rok Stojanovič with 7:08 played. Matt Alvaro made it 2-0 a little over three minutes later, while Lewis Hook shot home. rebound from a Peter Crinella shot with 21 seconds left in the opening frame to put the Flames in control.

Captain Brett Ferguson poked home a loose puck in the crease off a shot following Peter Crinella winning the puck for the Flames in the offensive zone to make it 4-0 with just under 25 minutes on the clock. Logan Neilson beat Taz Burman from below the goal line at 31:18 to get the Panthers on the board, but that was as good as it got for the visitors who couldn't pull any more goals back and went down to a 4-1 defeat.