The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience

The Nottingham Panthers' 2012/13 Grand Slam winning team gets back together on a very special episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

Jaynen Rissling is the latest guest to join host Dan Kerry on The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

The hulking defenceman was with the Panthers for the 2018/19 campaign and made a memorable impact throughout the Elite League thanks to his no-nonsense style of play, delivering some of the cleanest open ice hits the league has ever seen.

Jaynen's take-no-prisoners approach to the game saw him incur the wrath of DoPS (Department of Player Safety) on more than one occasion and he gets into the frustrations of missing games after being labelled a "repeat offender", despite never being penalised for the same offence twice.

The 18/19 roster was full of characters and there hilarious stories about the likes of Alex Guptill, Josh Tetlow (who was Jaynen's roomate), Adam Goodridge, Rick Strachan, Chris Stewart and more!

Jaynen's year in Nottingham also saw the Panthers develop quite the rivalry with the Fife Flyers after several flashpoints between the teams, that culminated with the Panthers knocking Scotland's oldest team out of the playoffs, alongside higher profile rivalries with the Sheffield Steelers (something Jaynen compares with the NHL's Edmonton vs Calgary Rivalry) and Coventry and he gets into all the big moments from games against those teams.

All of that and much, much more on another not to be missed episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

Jon Weaver joins host Dan Kerry for a special, podcast only, bonus episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

After being released by the Coventry Blaze after the 2011/12 season Jon made the move across the Midlands to the Panthers, a move that was part of one of the biggest shake-ups in British hockey history that saw then Panthers' Captain Danny Meyers leave the team, after a conversation with Corey Neilson and the rest, as they say, is history.

During what he describes as "the best season of his career" Jon went on to win the Elite League championship, the Challenge Cup and the Playoffs with the Panthers to complete a Grand Slam in his first season in black & gold.

In absorbing conversation Jon gets into all the big moments, and characters, from that historic season including breaking his hand (the second time he'd done so en route to a league championship), David Ling, Jordan Fox, that magical weekend in Belfast, his goal in the Playoff final against Belfast and everything in between.

It's a not to be missed bonus episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society, with a true legend of the British game.

Sami Jo Small is the latest guest to join host Dan Kerry on The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

Serving as the backup to Kim St. Pierre at the 2002 Winter Olympic in Turin Sami was part of the first Canadian women's team to win Olympic Gold, a victory that would set in motion a run of four consecutive gold medals for Team Canada at the Winter Olympics.

Sami would pick up two more Olympic medals in her storied career (one gold, one silver), alongside four gold medals at the World Championships, and there's stories from the big games from the international stage throughout this packed episode of the Audio Experience.

The netminder also won the CWHL's Clarkson Cup in 2014 making her, at the time, only the third women's ice hockey goaltender to have won Winter Games gold, IIHF gold and the Clarkson.

After hanging up her skates Sami went on to become the General Manager of the Toronto Furies up until the CWHL disbanded in the summer of 2018.

Sami published her autobiography "The Role I Played: Canada’s Greatest Olympic Hockey Team" in September of 2020 and she gets into the process of writing a book and some snippets of what to expect in it should you pick up a copy and find out more about a true trailblazer of the women's game.

All of that and much more in another not to be missed episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

Bruce Graham is the latest guest to join host Dan Kerry on The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

The 6'6" forward scored 44 goals during the Panthers' 2012/13 Grand Slam campaign, where he was part of one of the deadliest lines to ever take to the ice in the EIHL era alongside David Ling & Brandon Benedict, and he breaks down that historic season from inside the locker room.

All the big moments from that season are covered including how Bruce almost retired before the season even began, which other EIHL teams tried to capture his signature, why he chose Nottingham, his early season struggles, when everything started to click for him, what made the Grand Slam team so special, his lethal partnership with David Ling and much, much more.

Bruce left the Panthers after the 2012/13 season but returned for the 2014/15 campaign which saw the Panthers take part in the Champions Hockey League and there are plenty of stories from that season to enjoy as well.

It's another not to be missed episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

Everett Fitzhugh is the latest guest to join host Dan Kerry on The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

One of the voices of the Seattle Kraken, the NHL's newest expansion franchise, Everett talks about his journey as a broadcaster in the wonderful world of ice hockey that has led him to the position of Radio Play-by-Play Announcer of the Kraken.

In a conversation full of laughter & good times Everett tells tales from his time working in the ECHL with the Cincinnati Cyclones, getting a recommendation from the legendary Mike "Doc" Emerick, meeting Wayne Gretzky, getting to work with John Forslund, how the Kraken are a progressive team for a progressive city, the games he already has mentally circled on the calendar and much, much more.

When he was hired by the Kraken Everett became the first full-time black commentator in NHL history and is the only black commentator at any level of professional ice hockey in North America, whilst never setting out to be a trailblazer the native of Detroit talks about how he has embraced that status since acheiving one of his life goals and how it has added even more fuel to his fire.

It's another not to be missed episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society, and is sure to put a smile on your face throughout.

Brendan Cook is the latest guest to join host Dan Kerry on The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

The speedy forward iced for the Panthers during the 2008/09 season, spending most of his time on a line with Matthew Myers & Jade Galbraith, and he gets into all the big moments and games from an eventful EIHL campaign.

Brendan takes us inside the locker room when the term "Team Hollywood" moniker was applied to the Panthers by then Coventry Blaze Head Coach Paul Thompson, a phrase he would live to regret as a fired up Nottingham team would start to dominate the the Skydome outfit on a regular basis - a trend that has continued to this day.

The native of Brandon, Manitoba also gets into the impact of British players such as David Clarke & Matthew Myers, the rivalry with Sheffield, Johan Molin's white skates, how Rumun Ndur captivated the locker room and much, much more in another not to be missed episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

Jamie Leach is the latest guest to join host Dan Kerry on The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

The former Panthers' captain starts the conversation by getting into his hockey beginnings, breaking into the NHL & winning the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins alongside future Panthers' team mate Jim Paek before getting into his move to the UK.

Jamie's first season in the UK was with the Sheffield Steelers during the 1996/97 British Ice Hockey Super League (BISL) season before making the switch to the black & gold of the Panthers for the 1997/98 season & he would remain in Nottingham for four seasons in total.

Appointed captain of the team for three of those seasons (98/99, 99/00 & 00/01) Jamie led the team to a B & H Championship (98/99) and into the inaugural season inside the state-of-the-art Motorpoint Arena (00/01), a campaign that saw the infamous bench-clearing brawl between the Panthers & the Steelers.

There are stories about the old Nottingham Ice Stadium, playing for Team Canada in Nottingham, characters such as Barry Nieckar, Paul Adey, Mike Blaisdell, Alex Dampier & much more in another not to be missed episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, brought to you in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

Billy Ryan is the latest guest to join host Dan Kerry on The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

The forward was one of the stars of the 2010/11 season and he recaps a memorable campaign that had a little bit of everthing from the bench clearing brawl in Coventry to lifting the Challenge Cup & Playoff trophies.

Now a scout for the Florida Panthers Billy gets into what happened when he left the Panthers, how he ended up working for our NHL namesake, how the process of scouting players works and how it feels to still be involved in the game after all these years.

All that and much more plus stories about your favourite characters from the 2010/11 season such as Corey Neilson, Craig Kowalski, Jade Galbraith, Gui Lepine, Rob Bellamy & Rick Strachan in another not to be missed episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, brought to you in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

Rebecca Johnston, three-time Olympic medallist with Team Canada, is the latest guest to join host Dan Kerry on The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, brought to you in association with The Nottingham Building Society.

At just 20 years of age and still at college Rebecca, who's brother Jacob played two years with the now defunct Edinburgh Capitals, was called up to Team Canada to take part in her first Olympic games scoring her first Olympic goal and picking up her first Olympic gold medal.

Two more Olympic games would follow where she picked up another gold and then a silver (in an agonising shootout defeat against the USA) in what has been a sparkling career in the game of ice hockey so far.

Rebecca was also part of the Calgary Inferno team that won the last Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) championship prior to the league folding, a move that saw the Sudbury, Ontario native link up with her fellow interational team mates in joining the Professional Women's Ice Hockey Association (PWHPA).

There's a ton of great stories for your enjoymen in here from one of the worlds best players, who got to showcase her talents at the 2020 NHL All-Star Weekend in St. Louis, in another not to be missed episode of The Nottingham Panthers' Audio Experience, brought to you in association with The Nottingham Building Society.