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The Panthers took a long road to the title. The Stanley Cup proves the path was the right one
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk decided to go for a little swim as his offseason was beginning on Tuesday morning. The Florida Panthers forward took a few steps off the sand and into the water of Fort Lauderdale Beach, then dove in while hanging onto his new best friend. ...
Top Cats: Panthers win their 1st Stanley Cup, top Oilers 2-1 in Game 7
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov put his hands at either end of the Stanley Cup and began skating away to start the celebration that the Florida Panthers have wanted forever. And as he began to hoist hockey's chalice for the first time, he had one thought. ...
Matthew Tkachuk celebrates winning Stanley Cup with dad Keith and brother Brady
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew and Brady Tkachuk grew up playing mini stick hockey in their basement as sons of NHL player Keith Tkachuk with one dream in mind: win the Stanley Cup. After Matthew and the Florida Panthers did so Monday night by beating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of...
Top Cats: Panthers win their 1st Stanley Cup, top Oilers 2-1 in Game 7
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — There was no collapse. The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions for the first time, and they took about the hardest path possible to the title. Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe scored goals, Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves and the Panthers beat the...
Bobrovsky gets a day off from practice, Perry not done yet and the Cup will be on the move again
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — On the next-to-last day of the NHL season, Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky wasn't on the ice for practice. The Panthers are sure that's a good thing. Bobrovsky was a serious Conn Smythe Award candidate at one point in this Stanley Cup...
For the Panthers, Game 7 of Stanley Cup Final will bring either immortality or ignominy
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It's very simple for the Florida Panthers now: Win on Monday, and you're Stanley Cup champions. Lose on Monday, and you're the first team since World War II that blew a 3-0 lead in hockey's title series. Either way, the outcome will last forever. ...
Matthew Tkachuk's moment still might serve as a spark for Florida in Game 6 at Edmonton
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The save got all the rave reviews when talking about Matthew Tkachuk's performance for the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers, and with good reason. It's been replayed countless times, the play where Tkachuk...
Panthers see another chance at Cup slip away, fall to Oilers 5-3 in Game 5
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk took off at full speed from basically center ice, chasing a puck that had sailed over his head and was heading directly toward an empty net. He dove. He outstretched his stick. He swatted and barely, just barely, knocked the puck away to keep...
Connor McDavid led the Oilers to the Stanley Cup Final. They need even more from him to stay alive
Connor McDavid led the Edmonton Oilers out of a horrendous start, all the way to the playoffs and into the Stanley Cup Final. When Darnell Nurse was being criticized in the third round for his struggles, McDavid jumped to his defense. When Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett and the Florida...
Tkachuk-McDavid post-whistle scrum is 'classic playoff hockey' in the Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Tensions between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers boiled over midway through Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night, with a post-whistle scrum featuring two of the most important players in the series. Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk put...
