Chernomaz as their new head coach, but he would be replaced before the end of the 2018-19 EIHL season. In 2019, the club appointed former player Gui Doucet as Director of Hockey and his first move was to hire former NHLer Tim Wallace as head coach. Wallace had served as player-coach at Milton Keynes Lightning during the 2018-19 season. The 2019-20 EIHL season prematurely ended in March 2020, without the league campaign being played to its conclusion, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Only the Challenge Cup final was contested, with the subsequent play-offs also cancelled. On 15 September 2020, the Elite League announced the suspension of the 2020-21 season. The league said restrictions on social distancing and no crowds at sporting venues made the league season non-viable. The season was cancelled completely in February 2021. On 3 March 2021, Nottingham were announced as one of four Elite League teams taking part in the 'Elite Series' between April–May 2021, a total of 24 games culminating in a best-of-three play-off final series. Panthers won the tournament on 2 May 2021 courtesy of a 2-0 series win over the Sheffield Steelers, winning game one 5-3 and game two 5-2. On 5 January 2022, Nottingham parted company with head coach Tim Wallace following a poor run of form that saw the club slip to sixth in the Elite League standings with a 9-10 record. Player/Assistant coach Mark Matheson and captain Stephen Lee were placed in interim charge. The decision to move on from Wallace came just over a week after the passing of Panthers GM Gary Moran. David Whistle, most recently head coach of Leeds Knights, later joined the interim coaching staff until the end of the season. Pacha arrives as CEO; Neilson returns In May 2022, Nottingham announced they had parted ways with Director of Hockey Gui Doucet after three years in the role. The club subsequently appointed former Dundee Stars head coach and general manager Omar Pacha into a newly-created role of chief executive officer. The same month, Pacha's first move of note was to name American Gary Graham as the new Nottingham Panthers head coach. Graham arrived having most recently coached USHL side Omaha Lancers. He was also previously the coach of Pensacola Ice Flyers and Fort Wayne Komets. However, Nottingham parted company with Graham in November 2022. The team sat sixth in the standings with a 6-8-1 record but had