MattDavies published Jeff Dimmen delighted Kristian Kudroc is at Nottingham Panthers -...

Jeff Dimmen admits ice hockey is a painful business in every sense after Nottingham Panthers shook up their under-performing team this week.Coach Corey Neilson released winger Petr Kalus in order to add 35-year-old defenceman Kristian Kudroc following a run of five straight domestic defeats.Dimmen was disappointed to see Kalus go, but he says that is the nature of the beast at Elite League level.He believes Kudroc can prove a difference maker, if initial impressions of the 6ft 7in former Tampa..