Genting Casino Coventry Blaze suffered a 5-0 defeat to Nottingham Panthers at the National Ice Centre in the Elite League Erhardt Conference.
Former Blaze forward Robert Farmer put Panthers ahead at 3.00 before Evan Mosey added a second with a short-handed marker just nine seconds before the end of the first period. 
Farmer extended Panthers’ advantage at 37.40 and then fought with Blaze forward Ryan O’Marra, who was also ejected for kneeing at 46.41.
Brandon Benedict, on a five-on-three powerplay at 47.53, and Guillaume Doucet (58.30) added final-period goals.
Panthers goaltender Craig Kowalski made 29 saves as Blaze were shut-out for only the second time this season.
Coach Chuck Weber said: “We were too soft and the timing of the goals were poor. We conceded a goal in the second shift of the game when we were soft in front of our net.
“The second was a short-handed goal when we were not focused and we were then soft again for the third.
“We had a number of chances to get to their net front which we did not get to so that was the biggest difference.
“We did not control the hard areas enough which was disappointing. The kill was pretty solid and we had some big shots blocked. We almost killed the five on three but five on four the guys battled and gave us a chance.
“The ‘shortie’ was disappointing and we showed some flashes on the powerplay but just not enough. We had a number of shots on goal but we gave Craig Kowalski an easy night.”
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