Florida Panthers

By Steve Gorten A group of about 50 people from Kitchener, including several kids wearing Kitchener Rangers jerseys, drove about three hours from Kitchener, Ontario to Detroit for tonight's game to support Pete DeBoer and the Panthers. DeBoer coached Kitchener, a junior hockey...

The Panthers defense has been much improved over the past few weeks, and it will be put to the test Friday against the defending Western Conference champion Red Wings.

By Steve Gorten Coach Pete DeBoer said after this morning's practice in Detroit that Scott Clemmensen will start in goal Friday against Detroit. Tomas Vokoun is expected start Saturday in New York. DeBoer wouldn't commit to Vokoun 100 percent for Saturday, though. Why?...

By Steve Gorten According to the Sun, the Ducks, Canadiens (Jacques Martin's boys) and Predators are also believed to be interested in Horton. Again, it's up to you whether you believe Sexton. I believed him earlier this season the last time the Ottawa Sun said the Panthers were shopping Horton and I beli...

The Buffalo Sabres haven't had much trouble beating the Florida Panthers recently. That trend certainly didn't change in the first matchup this season. Buffalo looks to win four straight for the third time this season as it tries to continue its dominance of visiting Florida on Wednesday...

Jack Johnson couldn't quite finish his end-to-end rush in overtime. The Los Angeles Kings defenseman didn't miss his chance in the shootout. Johnson scored the only goal in the shootout, rallying the Kings to a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday night. "I just wanted to make sur...

Defenseman Jack Johnson scored the only goal in the shootout, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 Monday night. Johnson and Jarrett Stoll scored power-play goals and Randy Jones scored short-handed for the Kings, came back from a 2-0 deficit and closed out a...

Defenseman Jack Johnson scored the only goal in the shootout, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 Monday night.

By Steve Gorten Back to Stu and Cliff. The two wrote an open letter to fans on the Panthers' team website. Here it is if you want to read it: http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=506294&navid=DL%7CFLA%7Chome Anyhow, here's a statement from Cohen released by the Panthers today:

Florida Panthers majority owner Alan Cohen is stepping down to allow two minority partners to run the NHL franchise. The team introduced Cliff Viner and Stu Siegel as co-general partners at a news conference Monday. An e-mail sent to fans said that Cohen will remain a limited partner with t...

How good has Tomas Vokoun been for the Panthers in his past few starts? ``He's been elite for us,'' said coach Pete DeBoer.

By Steve Gorten I wasn't at practice today -- day off...well, besides this blog -- but i've been told Panthers coach Pete DeBoer said the Ville Koistinen-at-forward experiement is over. He's going back to defenseman, which means he's going out of the lineup since the Panthers are set on their six 'D.'

Florida goalie Scott Clemmensen took his lumps during a third-period meltdown Saturday night as he surrendered five goals of a 7-4 loss to the host Capitals. After the game, he placed much of the blame on Florida's defensive deficiencies.

By pennskinsfan Schedule Ahead . . . Caps face off against Florida tonight in Florida then come home on Saturday to face Florida again.   The Caps then will get a 3 day rest before facing 3 games in 4 days again, starting at home with the Islanders on Wednesday and Minnesota on Friday, then traveling to New Jersey...

By pennskinsfan Schedule Ahead . . . Caps face off against Florida tonight in Florida then come home on Saturday to face Florida again.   The Caps then will get a 3 day rest before facing 3 games in 4 days again, starting at home with the Islanders on Wednesday and Minnesota on Friday, then traveling to New Jersey...

By Steve Gorten McCabe will become the seventh player to reach the milestone in a Panthers' sweater and the first since Chris Gratton on March 22, 2007. The other players to do so while playing for the Panthers are: Lyle Odelein, Greg Adams, Kirk Muller, Mike Foligno and Scott Mellanby,

The Panthers played one of their best games of the young season, but the Senators got the breaks they needed.

David Booth is out of the hospital after sustaining a concussion, and the Panthers want to be sure his recovery process isn't too rigorous.

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By Mike The NHL carefully reviewed Mike Richards' violent shoulder check to the head of Florida Panthers left wing David Booth and concluded no suspension was warranted. Several criteria played into the decision and the league determined Richards had no intent to injure, did not leave his feet...

By Mike 10/24/09 5-1 Win SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total FLA 1 0 0 - - 1 PHI 1 2 2 - - 5 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total FLA 11 2 5 - - 18 PHI 10 15 13 - - 38 *** PostGame Interviews & Coach’s Press Conference *** ______________________________________________________...

Everything seems to be coming easy these days for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who have cruised to the NHL's best start four months after winning the franchise's third Stanley Cup. They're about to see how they handle their first sign of adversity. All-Star defenseman Sergei Gonchar could mi...

By Steve Gorten The Panthers had a tough practice today, with lots of skating. DeBoer said he wanted to push them a little bit after a couple of days off. Tough week coming up for the Panthers with Buffalo at home Wednesday, and then road games at Pittsburgh and Philly on Friday and Saturday.

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The small camera placed near the ceiling of the Panthers locker room rarely offers much excitement. During breaks, Fox Sports will show players milling around, sipping a cold drink or wrapping sticks.

With the season two weeks old, the Philadelphia Flyers aren't too alarmed about losing two straight at home. Philadelphia looks to win its first three on the road for the first time in 16 years Friday night as it faces a Florida Panthers team trying to find ways to put the puck in the net. After a...

By Steve Gorten Another ugly stat for this team right now: power play success. The Panthers are worst in the league with one power play goal -- Stephen Weiss' on Saturday -- in 16 chances (6.2 percent). DeBoer said he has no doubt it's going to click, though. "We're doing the right things, we're getting some goo...

Finally playing at home after a whirlwind of travel, Florida let down a festive crowd anticipating a happy reunion with its team of choice after a late power-play goal by New Jersey.

By Steve Gorten Now, over the years there have been some accusations of Hurricanes players diving hurled by the Panthers. Olli Jokinen complained repeatedly, Jacques Martin suggested he should teach his players to dive like the Hurricanes and then of course there was the famous swan dive by Eddie Belfo...

By Steve Gorten Koistinen, who played forward for the Predators the final 10 games of last season, looks quite comfortable there.  The Panthers weren't as good as in the first. The Blackhawks controlled the puck much of the period. But the Panthers tied it 1-1 at 13:01.

By Steve Gorten This was my first time traveling with the team and I have to say, the Panthers do it up first class. The charter plane seated about 100 and with several empty seats, the players and coaches got to spread out a bit. All the seats were first-class wide with plenty of leg room. About the only thing dis...

By Steve Gorten I talked to center Shawn Matthias today for a feature that will run in Tuesday's edition. Regardless of whether he makes the Panthers' roster coming out of training camp, I was really impressed by how candid and introspective he was about his struggles last season with the Panthers' AHL a...

The Panthers' David Booth takes down the Penguins' Darryl Sydor in the third period Thursday night, March 5, 2009 in Sunrise. BY GEORGE RICHARDS For a moment, everything looked so good for the Panthers on Thursday night. Radek Dvorak had just given the ...

Sitting in 6th place as they head into tonight NHL odds matchup the Panthers need to outscore the Penguins. Currently the Penguins are only 2 points back in the Eastern Conference NHL playoff race. Early Hockey bettingand NHL predctions shows the ...

The Panthers are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. Penguins are 3-9 in the last 12 meetings in Florida. Panthers are 5-0 in their last 5 games as a home favorite. Panthers are 4-0 in their last 4 home games following a road trip of 7 or more ...

 Canada Matt Slocum/Associated Press) The Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers each skated to big road victories on Sunday afternoon to put themselves into the NHL's ever-changing Eastern Conference playoff picture. Playing without captain Sidney Crosby, ...

The Panthers lead the NHL in goals by defensemen, which is a good sign and a bad sign -- the team's forwards aren't holding up their end of the bargain. Florida Panthers defenseman Jay Bouwmeester shoots past New York Islanders' Mike Comrie for the ...

By Joe Starkey, TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, January 4, 2009 Things are going so poorly for the Penguins that Sidney Crosby picked a fight and couldn't even get his opponent to respond. A humiliating, 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday took a wild turn with 2:59 left in the second perio...

By Topham(noreply@blogger.com) Date: Sunday, January 4th, 2009 Opponent: Florida Panthers Venue: Bell Centre, Montreal, QC Team Stripes Final Score: 5-6 - Win (SO) Habs starting goalie: Jaroslav Halak (W) Opposition starting goalie: Craig Anderson (L) Forwards Defencemen Goaltender

By Greg Wyshynski • Is the Florida Panthers' success this season enough to keep Jay Bouwmeester from leaving as a free agent? [ESPN] • The more they thought about it, the New Jersey Devils were rather upset about that Jason Blake spin-o-rama in the shootout. Even coach Brent Sutter. [Sun Media]

By Greg Wyshynski In 2006, David Booth was playing for Michigan State's hockey team, juggling classes with practices. In 2008, after a breakout 22-goal season for the Florida Panthers in his sophomore NHL season, the Miami Herald was ready to anoint him the future star of the franchise:

By Greg Wyshynski Honorable Mention: Rob Niedermayer had two goals and Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and two helpers in the Ducks' win. ... Craig Anderson made a surprise start, but it paid off for Florida Panthers coach Peter DeBoer: his goalie made 37 saves in a 4-0 shutout over the New York Rangers. He earned another s...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: San Jose Sharks at Florida Panthers (7:30 p.m. EDT; TV: CSBA, FSFL). Some injury worries for the Sharks about Joe Thornton, but the big guy should be in action tonight against the Panthers. Thomas Vokoun should be in goal for Florida.

By Tobalev(noreply@blogger.com) Date: Monday October 20th, 2008 Opponent: Florida PanthersVenue: Bell Centre, Montreal, QC Team Stripes Final Score: 3-1 - Win Habs starting goalie: Jaroslav Halak (W) Opposition starting goalie: Tomas Vokoun (L) Forwards Defencemen Goaltender

By Greg Wyshynski AV Club (Media): George Richards of On Frozen Pond is one of the top MSM hockey bloggers in the business, with an eye for real news and conversational tone with readers. The Sun Sentinel also has a solid Panthers blog. One of our favorite Florida blogs (non-MSM) is the wonderfully titled The L...

Philadelphia Flyers – Named after Philadelphia* ..- Flyers was the name chosen for the new franchise as it conveyed the motion and excitement that was to be consistent with both hockey in general, as well as the city of Philadelphia itself.

Rod Brind'Amour scored two goals, including one allowed after a video review, and the Carolina Hurricanes rebounded from their first home shutout of the season to beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 Saturday night.

Rod Brind'Amour scored two goals, including one allowed after a video review, and the Carolina Hurricanes rebounded from their first home shutout of the season to beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 Saturday night.

Rod Brind'Amour scored two goals, including one allowed after a video review, and the Carolina Hurricanes rebounded from their first home shutout of the season to beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 Saturday night. via Tuscaloosa News

But rest assured he wants his team to win tonight's rematch with the Florida Panthers as badly as any regular-season game in recent memory, because he's as angry about what happened Wednesday as he's ever been. As for Panthers coach Jacques Martin, who accused the Hurricanes of teaching t...

By Jordan During his stint in Quebec that lasted two seasons, Duchesne had 32 goals and 44 assists for a total of 76 points. He then ended up on the Minnesota North Stars and helped guide them to a 1991 Stanley Cup Finals where they eventually lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was the closest Duchesn...

SLAM! SportsDucks tip Panthers, 5-4 Florida Panthers gave another good effort Tuesday against the best team in the game. Once more, they fell short of getting a win. Moral victory? The Panthers ... Ducks 5, Panthers 4 San Jose Mercury News Torrid Ducks spoil comeback Palm Beach Post