Clan off the mark in the league

Photo: Al Goold

Glasgow Clan got their first win in League play this season with a 2-1 win over Nottingham Panthers.

3,564 fans packed into Braehead Arena on a Wednesday night to see the purple army pick up their first League points of the season.

Good work from Cade Neilson to turn the puck over from Matt Alfaro led to the Clan's opener, with Neilson feeding the puck in front to Tyson McLellan who rocketed the puck past Ryan Bednard with 3:17 played.

The home side, deservedly, doubled their lead just before the halfway point of the game. Chris McKay couldn't quite handle the puck to shoot, but had the vision to see Rylan Schwartz to his right and fed him for the shot to put Glasgow two ahead at 28:50. 

The Panthers got themselves back into things with just under ten minutes to go after the Clan turned the puck over in their own zone. Landon Bow did well to keep Sam Herr's effort out, but he was stranded as Didrik Henbrant slotted into the net at 50:45. The visitors' late charge to tie the game saw them pull Bednard with 1:18 to go, but an Interference minor on Davis Bunz with 32 seconds to play all-but extinguished their chances of finding an equaliser.

For the visitors, defenseman Bradley Bowering logged over 13 minutes of ice in his Elite League debut, on a two-way deal with Peterborough in the NIHL.