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ANTICIPATION!
Before the riveting Game 7 of the 2023 First Round series between the Panthers and Boston Bruins, both teams warmed up with pucks like this. The series returned to Boston after the Cats won two straight elimination games to put the Bruins — who had the best regular season in NHL history — on the […]
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BOB’S CUP RUNNETH OVER
The Edmonton Oilers were one of the best offensive teams of the 2023-2024 regular season, scoring an average of 3.56 goals per game. Fortunately for the Panthers, Sergei Bobrovsky was in the net. The veteran goaltender faced a series-high 35 shots in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. Though he allowed three goals, the […]
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CHAMPIONSHIP CATS
The Florida Panthers capped off their 30th anniversary season in exciting fashion: winning the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history! The road through the playoffs wasn’t always easy, but the Cats never took their eyes off the prize. Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk led the team in postseason scoring. Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart and […]
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LATE GAME HEROICS
The Panthers netted their first Stanley Cup Final win in franchise history in Game 3 at home against the Vegas Golden Knights, but it wasn’t easy. Matthew Tkachuk scored the equalizer with 2:13 to play in regulation which set up Carter Verhaeghe’s game-winner in overtime. Tkachuk’s heroics nearly didn’t happen as he was briefly knocked […]
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NOT VLADDY’S FIRST RODEO
While most Panthers players hoisted the Lord Stanley for the first time, Vladimir Tarasenko was an old pro. The veteran right winger won the Stanley Cup in 2019 as a member of the St. Louis Blues — another franchise to win its first-ever Cup. Tarasenko and Carter Verhaeghe, playing with the Tampa Bay Lightning in […]
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RALLYING THE COMEBACK CATS
With the series tied 2-2 in the First Round, the Panthers hoped a loud home crowd would spark a Game 5 win. Things got off to a rough start when the Washington Capitals grabbed a 3-0 lead early in the second period. Then the Panthers turned it up a notch, scoring five unanswered goals to […]
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RATS FLASHBACK TO 1996
The 1995-1996 Florida Panthers will always be remembered as the team that introduced the “rat trick” into the hockey lexicon. The 2022-2023 Panthers did one better than their predecessors by winning Game 3 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final — the first Final win in franchise history. When Carter Verhaeghe’s overtime game-winner found the back […]
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SWAGGY SCORES (AGAIN) IN OT
Few players score overtime goals like Carter “Swaggy” Verhaeghe. His walk-off in Game 3 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final was Verhaeghe’s fourth career playoff overtime goal, the most in Panthers history. He became the 22nd player in NHL history to have four playoff OT goals, tying one-time Cats Jaromir Jagr and Esa Tikkanen.
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SWAGGY’S SQUAD GOALS
From his power-play goal in Game 1 of the First Round to his first-period score in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, Carter Verhaeghe was Florida’s goal-scoring machine in the 2024 playoffs. He led the Panthers with 11 postseason goals, tying a franchise record set by Matthew Tkachuk in 2023. Verhaeghe’s goal in decisive […]
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THE ALL-TIME GOALS LEADER
Aleksander Barkov cemented his place in Panthers history with this puck. Just 24 seconds into the second period, Barkov followed the Florida rush toward the New Jersey Devils net. Carter Verhaeghe controlled the rebound of his own blocked shot and passed the puck to Barkov, who netted it for his 189th career goal. The captain’s […]