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Hosting A Thanksgiving Feast

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:55:00 -0500

By Dave Joseph for floridapanthers.com There are times, Tomas Vokoun said, when you have to think about more than goals and statistics. One of those times will come Tuesday evening when the Panthers and their new Pillar Partner JetBlue...

Team USA Goalie - Miller Or Thomas?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:06:37 -0500

from Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe, (Craig) Anderson, a former Bruins property, is the primary reason why Colorado entered last night as the top-ranked team in the NHL (26 points, 2 more than Pittsburgh and San Jose, who met late last night). The 28-year-old native of Park Ridge, Ill., is 11-3-2 with a 2.15 goals-against average and a .934 save percentage. For the first time in his career, Anderson has been tapped to be the go-to goalie for his club (he backed up Tomas Vokoun in...

Canes can't win for losing

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:02:08 -0500

SUNRISE, Fla. -- When will it end? Friday, against the Toronto Maple Leafs? The next day, at Columbus? Next week? Later in the month? The Hurricanes will win another game at some point, but it's hard to guess when. Or how. For those who may be wondering, the franchise had a 10-game winless streak within a season in 1993-94. From Oct. 16 to Nov. 6, 1993, the Hartford Whalers were 0-9-1. Then there was the 1991-92 team. It was winless for 14 straight games. This Hurricanes team,...

Wednesday's Three Stars: Iggy leads Flames; dueling shutouts

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:54:26 -0500

No. 1 Star: Jarome Iginla(notes), Calgary FlamesThe Flames got some breaks against the Dallas Stars, and Iginla made the most of them. His first goal of the game came on a 3-on-1. His second goal, the OT game-winner, came after a borderline delay-of-game penalty on Loui Eriksson(notes), in which he cleared the puck over the glass while outside of the defensive zone. Iginla's blast on the power play beat Marty Turco(notes) (20 saves) for the overtime win, 3-2. He also had the primary assis...

Vokoun gets second straight shutout for Panthers

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:58:05 -0500

SUNRISE, Fla.(AP) Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves for his second straight shutout, Steven Reinprecht opened the scoring early in the third period, and Florida extended Carolina's winless streak to 10 games with a 3-0 victory Wednesday night.

Canes lose to Panthers, winless streak hits 10

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:25:54 -0500

Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves for his second straight shutout, Steve Reinprecht opened the scoring early in the third period and the Panthers extended the Hurricanes' winless streak to 10 games with a 3-0 victory.

Hurricanes blanked by Panthers, lose 10th straight

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:09:00 -0500

Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves for his second straight shutout, Steven Reinprecht opened the scoring early in the third period, and Florida extended Carolina's winless streak to 10 games with a 3-0 victory Wednesday.

Hurricanes lose 10th straight game

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:09:00 -0500

Crumy ’Canes drop 10th straight thanks to Panthers

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:07:40 -0500

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves for his second straight shutout, Steven Reinprecht opened the scoring early in the third period, and Florida extended Carolina's winless streak to 10 games with a 3-0 victory Wednesday night.

Panthers 3, Canes 0

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:08:51 -0500

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Steven Reinprecht gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 5:09 of the third, tipping in a Cory Stillman shot. Stillman then added a power-play goal with 6:16 to play, and with Tomas Vokoun strong in net, Florida had all it needed. The Panthers, gaining more energy and the game progressed, had several chances to add to the lead through the middle minutes of the third. Michael Frolik missed an open net. Gregory Campbell had a good look in front, and Kenndal McArdle. A penalty on the...

Roundup: Panthers get shutout effort from Vokoun

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:52:00 -0500

Saturday's NHL roundup: Tomas Vokoun stopped all 34 shots for his 32nd NHL shutout and Nathan Horton had a goal and an assist as the Florida Panthers beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0.

SERIOUSLY, THE PENGUINS CAN'T LOSE

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:44:14 -0500

PENGUINS 4
PANTHERS 3
SHOOTOUT

When the Penguins were down 3-1 in the third period last night, I started telling myself things like, "well, it was a nice run while it lasted". But the Boys of Winter finally broke through, getting goals from Jordan Staal and Sidney Crosby to send the game into overtime and later getting shootout goals from Kris Letang and Geno Malkin, sending 17,132 home with smiles on their faces. It was a huge 4-3 victory that keeps the Pens right in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

That's seven wins in a row, the Pens' longest streak since winning eight in a row from December 23, 2007, through January 10, 2008. Disco Dan is now 9-1-1 as head coach and making Ray Shero and Company look very good, although I don't think anyone anticipated a coaching change and a shuffle of the roster having such immediate positive results.

As for the game itself, the Penguins outshot Florida 50-21, their first 50-shot game since a contest early last season at Toronto. It's pretty obvious that Florida goalie Tomas Vokoun was at the end of his rope when he allowed two of three shootout attempts to get past him. Sooner or later, the dam is going to break. In this game, it happened to be "later".

On the flip side, Marc-Andre Fleury did not have the greatest game of his career, but once again came up huge in the shootout. He's been between the pipes for every win on this streak. Crosby has a seven-game point streak going, and Geno had a strong night in front of Mom and Dad Malkin. Then when you factor in Staal's goal, it's safe to say that the "nucleus" truly came through in this game.

As the PG's graphic points out, the Penguins now sit in sixth place in the East, although you can see that no spot is safe:

The victory party continues Thursday at Columbus, when the puck drops at 7:08. That's also the same approximate time that Pitt tips off in the Big East Tournament, so let's hope for results as good as we got this weekend from our championship-aspiring teams.

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Report: The Panther's Get Their Goalie

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:59:36 -0500

The Panthers have apparently swung a deal to grab Nashville All-Star Tomas Vokoun. Still wading through the rumors, but this can't be anything but good for the Panthers. The big price was next year's first round pick, but whatever.