A bit of positive news coming out of Nottingham Panthers today after a miserable week that has seen them suffer back to back league defeats for the first time since October followed by last nights throw away cup tie in which they let a two goal lead slip to crash out of the Challenge Cup at the semi-final stage to Cardiff.

Today Nottingham Panthers have announced the signing of Mathieu Tousignant a player who has over 300 AHL games on his impressive CV.

The Canadian has most recently been playing in Eastern Europe for DVTK but includes the likes of Dallas Stars and Milwaukee Admirals as former clubs and is a 6ft left shooting centre who’s enjoyed time in the Allsvenskan League in Sweden as well as in Germany and Slovakia.

The Quebec born star will add a high level of quality to a team ready for a pick me up after recent disappointment.

Panthers Director of Hockey Gui Doucet has always been in a position to bring in new talent when required stated ““The funds have been there for an additional signing for a while, but I didn’t want to sign just any old player. We’ve already got a spare, we’ve got the likes of Brett Perlini classed as British and I didn’t think bringing in a ‘plug’ was the answer.

“When the agents and contacts weren’t able to offer us what we were looking for at this time I started going over old ground and checking up on the summer targets to see if any of those might be available.

“That’s when negotiations about Mathieu started. The deal was struck. He had to play for his team on the Continent one last time last night as part of his release clause but he’s on his way now and I think he will be a great addition to the squad.”

*Main image @PanthersIHC 30 year old Tousignant will be a great addition to the Panthers roster.