Sputtering Start, Defensive Miscues Undo Cats
I understand that it’s been beaten to the point of a maddening cliché, but when some wise guy (I’m gonna call him Bill) said that “defense wins championships”, he meant it. And that other dude (let’s...
View ArticleCats Down Ducks
Won at last, won at last, thank God almighty the Cats have won at last. Gutting it out to bring a nine-game losing streak to a halt, the Florida Panthers pulled out an improbable win against the...
View ArticleCincinatti Cyclones Announce Intergalactic Promotion
You guys have no idea how happy I am to be writing about this: Apparently, the Cincinnati Cyclones-the ECHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers-have taken a page from their Eastern Conference neighbors,...
View ArticleTrocheck, Petrovic Make Case For Recall
Amid of one of the biggest youth movements (in terms of farm system depth, at least) since the hippies and Woodstock, the Florida Panthers occupy an all too familiar spot in the basement of the NHL...
View ArticleVersteeg Sent To Blackhawks
Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. At some unholy hour of the night, Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon and Chicago Blackhawks boss Stan Bowman thought it’d be a nice idea to give...
View ArticleGudbranson Drops Heatley, Wild Drop Cats
It’s Saturday. I managed three hours of sleep last night. I’m sick for the third time in three months. I lost my voice. And yet, I got up and went to crew practice at 6:00 AM. Upon re-arrival to...
View ArticleKeeping Kulikov – The Case Against Trading Dmitry
If you’re reading this, I’d assume that you have an affinity of some degree for hockey; whether it’s the finesse and skill, the strength and clout, or the amount of fantastic foreign names, you...
View ArticleWill Panther’s Penalty Kill Become Horror Movie In Caps Match-up?
It’s Friday the 13th. College students all across the continental US are mired in Finals Week, sacrificing sleep to the Aztec study gods in hopes that they’ll grant their benediction in the form of a...
View ArticleRussia Fields Strong Junior Squad
Boy oh boy, am I late to the party or what? (Eh, I’m from Miami. I’m on Cuban time) With the 2014 World Junior Championships a mere five days away, ten nations have selected their best and brightest...
View ArticleRussians Jingle Bell Rock Norwegians 11-0
This was a genuinely painful experience to document. Coupling a combined Andrei Vasilevski/Ivan Nalimov shutout with ten (!!!) multiple-point performances, Russia’s entry to the 2014 IIFH World Junior...
View ArticleRussians Run Roughshod Over Swiss
Save for an early chink in their proverbial armor, team Russia strung together a workman-like performance; riding the strength of seven unanswered goals from seven different skaters, the Russian entry...
View ArticleFinland Trounces Russia 4-1
The wheels on the bus went round and round. And then they fell off. In facing stiffer competition, Team Russia’s meet against the Finnish did not go as anticipated. Pulling out a 4-1 victory, the...
View ArticleSweden Defeats Russia, Wins Group B
In this heavyweight match-up between two powerhouse teams, the Scandinavian contingent out-muscled their Russian counterparts by a total score of three goals to two. Victory, however, would not come...
View ArticlePower Play Daggers Power Russia
Dusting off a shaky start in their own zone, Team Russia would benefit from back-to-back power-play scores en route to a massive quarterfinal victory over the United States. 6’5″ manchild Nikita...
View ArticleCaptain Jovanovski Cleared To Play
Having missed 83 of the Panthers’ last 89 games (in other words, a very long time), defenseman Ed Jovanovski appears ready for game action; cleared by medical staff and activated off of injured...
View ArticleSwedes Stonewall Russians In Semifinal Tilt at 2014 WJC
Play marvelously as he will, try hard as he may, Andrei Vasilevski can’t seem to catch a break. And he’d have almost gotten away with it, too! HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THOSE MEDDLING SWEDES. Vasilevski and...
View ArticleRussia Prevails Over Canada, Wins Bronze
Ok guys, I’ve got a five hour road trip in the not-so-distant future, so allow me this one article to be short, sweet, and completely off-base. Team Russia hauls home a second consecutive bronze medal...
View ArticleHit or Miss-Do Size and Physicality Bring Wins?
This one’s for you, dad. Whenever I come down from college – back to the kindly, warm glow of home and civilization in general – I’m greeted with open arms by my parents, my kid brother, my...
View ArticleFloundering Panthers Submit Public Funding Proposal
Linear with true South Florida sports fashion, Sunrise-based hockey club the Florida Panthers has submitted a proposal to the Broward Count Commission in the hopes of securing increased public funding...
View ArticlePanthers Set To Entertain 2015 Draft
The Florida Panthers, as well as parent company Sunrise Sports & Entertainment and the NHL, officially announced the club’s hosting of the 2015 NHL Draft earlier this morning. Slated to take place...
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