Latest Paul Maurice News

Cup champion Panthers open training camp working on the way last season's title run ended

Sep. 19, 2024 16:51 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The puck went into the corner, to the left of Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, with 14 seconds left in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. It never came out of that corner. And the Panthers will never forget what that meant. How Florida...

Stanley Cup champion Panthers getting back to work, insisting it's time to look forward

Sep. 18, 2024 13:51 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Stanley Cup is still making its championship tour of South Florida. It was on a basketball court with the Miami Heat this week, is going somewhere else on Thursday and there’s a few more appearances to make after that. So, in some respects, the party that comes...

NHL training camps open with Swayman's status with the Bruins among the many questions

Sep. 17, 2024 06:33 AM EDT

Sidney Crosby and Leon Draisaitl have their contract extensions, Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers have the Stanley Cup and a brief but busy summer of moving and shaking is over. Now, back to hockey. Less than 90 days since the Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in...

Panthers coach Paul Maurice is rested and refreshed. Now he's set to lead the Cup champs into camp

Sep. 16, 2024 14:13 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Paul Maurice spent his summer on a Canadian lake. Its location would be best described as in the middle of nowhere. He typically would have morning coffee with his wife, either on the dock or inside the screened-in porch depending on how bad the black flies were that...

The Panthers took a long road to the title. The Stanley Cup proves the path was the right one

Jun. 25, 2024 14:50 PM EDT

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. ...

Panthers' Aleksander Barkov becomes the first Stanley Cup-winning captain from Finland

Jun. 25, 2024 10:56 AM EDT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — A Finnish flag waved prominently in the stands as the Florida Panthers celebrated with the Stanley Cup. Aleksander Barkov held his 2-year-old child in his arms minutes after getting the trophy from Commissioner Gary Bettman. The first championship in franchise...

Top Cats: Panthers win their 1st Stanley Cup, top Oilers 2-1 in Game 7

Jun. 25, 2024 05:04 AM EDT

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. ...

Paul Maurice, a hockey lifer, now has a Stanley Cup. And it was worth the wait

Jun. 25, 2024 01:07 AM EDT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Paul Maurice was once the last player picked in the NHL draft. An afterthought, almost. He never made it to the league as a player. And there were many times when he wondered if his name would ever be on the Stanley Cup. Wonder no more. It took...

Top Cats: Panthers win their 1st Stanley Cup, top Oilers 2-1 in Game 7

Jun. 24, 2024 23:32 PM EDT

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

Jun. 23, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

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...