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BARKOV BITES DOWN ON MCDAVID
Aleksander Barkov became the first European-born captain to win multiple Stanley Cups as the Panthers dispatched the Edmonton Oilers in six games of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final. One key was Barkov’s incredible defensive work on Oilers superstar Connor McDavid, who won the 2024 Conn Smythe Award despite the Panthers winning the Cup. Barkov, who […]
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BARKOV IS ALL IN
In the eight seasons since the Cats drafted him as the No. 2 pick of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Aleksander Barkov became the youngest captain in Panthers history, won both the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy and Frank J. Selke Award and established himself as one of the most consistently great forwards in the NHL […]
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BARKOV JERSEY, 2018
Aleksander Barkov was named to the 2018 NHL All-Star team at just 22 years of age. The Panthers forward wore this jersey as he set up the game-winning goal in the Atlantic Division’s win over the Metropolitan Division in the semi-finals. The blue and yellow lines in the uniform’s numbers are a nod to the […]
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BARKOV MEETS O’REE
Aleksander Barkov and other players at the 2018 All-Star Game had the honor of meeting a legend on and off the ice: Willie O’Ree. The festivities coincided with the 60th anniversary of O’Ree’s debut with the Boston Bruins, when he became the first African American player in NHL history. The Tampa Bay Lightning, who hosted […]
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BARKOV SKATES PAST WEISS ON CATS LIST
Aleksander Barkov skated in his 655th career game on March 25, 2023, passing Stephen Weiss for second-most in team history. Not only did the captain take the ice, Barkov also scored two goals (though the Cats fell to the New York Rangers at home, 4-3). At of the end of the 2022-2023 season, Barkov needed […]
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BARKOV TRIES GATORADE-GRADE PUCK CONTROL
Panther Aleksander Barkov competed in the Gatorade NHL Puck Control Relay during the 2018 GEICO NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Amalie Arena on January 27, 2018, in Tampa, Florida. Maneuvering the puck around Gatorade bottles, he placed second among eight competitors.
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BARKOV’S FIRST TASTE OF PLAYOFF GLORY, 2016
Game 3 of the 2016 Eastern Conference First Round featured Aleksander Barkov’s first-ever playoff goal. The shot came at 1:11 in the 2nd period. The future captain was just 20 years old, but youth was not a disadvantage as Barkov continued to do what he’d done all season for the Cats: score goals.
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BARKOV’S UNBELIEVABLE SKILLS
The 2018 All-Star Weekend gave Aleksander Barkov the chance to show off his skills in the Save Streak and Puck Control Relay. In the first competition, Barkov successfully interrupted goalie Marc-Andre Fleury’s save streak with a goal that Steven Stamkos described as “unbelievable.” Next, the Cat was the fifth-best out of eight competitors in the […]
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BARKOV’S BIG WEEKEND
Aleksander Barkov made his first trip to the All-Star Game in 2018. The Panthers star made the most of the experience, contributing two assists for the Atlantic Division and just plain enjoying himself. “I just had a lot of fun,” Barkov said. “I’m going to remember this whole thing forever.”
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BARKY LIGHTS THE LAMP
Game 3 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Final was a tight affair — 1-1 after two periods — until the Panthers came out swinging in the third period with five straight goals. The captain of the Cats, Aleksander Barkov, was right in the middle of the offensive outburst with two goals 2:36 apart to lift […]
