Five different goal scorers lifted Flames to a first period 5-1 lead that held up the rest of the way for a 5-2 Cup win against Nottingham Panthers on Spectrum ice.

Josh Waller opened the tap at 7:27 and Charlie Curti added another a little over 2 minutes later.  Jack Jacome’s marker in the 11^th minute was quickly erased by a Tim Doherty strike, but Ethan Strang and Matt Alvaro inside the last 2 minutes sent Flames to break in command at 5-1. 

Despite the high scoring opener, a couple of Panthers powerplays and another for Flames across the middle 20 minutes resulted in no further scoring and the final set began on the same score that closed out the 1^st. 

In the 3^rd, Panthers did get one back off the stick of Zsombor Garat which closed the gap but made no difference to the ultimate result.

Taz Burman made 36 saves on 38 shots against Kevin Carr who faced 36 shots his way, turning away 31.