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@FlaPanthers Insider 20+ years: Publisher ; . @FIU / @ESPN +; @wsvn SportsXtra. Miami Herald, Cbus Dispatch, Athletic alum

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5 years
#FlaPanthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is going to donate $100,000 to make sure all part-time staff who work at BB&T Center get paid during this hiatus. His teammates will match that $100,000 with ownership putting in whatever else is needed.
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BREAKING FASHION NEWS: . @68Jagr says he's growing his hair, bringing back the mullet. 'I have to.' #FlaPanthers http://t.co/hkMhbG7b40
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The #FlaPanthers and the NHL celebrated having Kodak Black at their game Tuesday night — until someone taped him apparently having sex in a luxury box (which was right next to the team’s front office) as the game went on.
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Matthew Tkachuk with his new trophy.
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#FlaPanthers Derick Brassard stepped onto the ice for morning skate in Denver, then pulled. He’s going down the hall and playing for the Avs...
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I hope they’re paying Matthew Tkachuk a bundle. He’s had to do like 50 lines.
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#FlaPanthers goalie Roberto Luongo on whether he’s having a pizza party for his 40th birthday today: “I always have pizza. It doesn’t have to be my birthday.”
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Florida Panthers come onto ice all wearing Jose Fernandez No.16 jerseys
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1 year
The #FlaPanthers and their 6 fans having a little sendoff party as the team departs for the airport…
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1 year
Paul Maurice has no update on Sasha Barkov, says he had to leave for a neighbor’s Bar Mitzvah and ‘didn’t want to disappoint the kids.’ It’s a school night, not buying it.
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4 years
Aaron Ekblad in some real pain after blocking a shit in scrimmage...limped hard onto bench area, talking with trainers now. Appears he is Ok though
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Sasha Barkov is ON THE ICE for the #FlaPanthers
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Sergei Bobrovsky on coming back to Columbus: “Lots of memories. Went to my old apartment last night; cried a couple of times there. It is tough. Seven years is a lot. I appreciate this organization and what they have done for me. It was a long day, lots of memories, good memories
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Heard a few weeks ago that Spencer Knight appealed to the NHL to attend #FlaPanthers development camp despite not being eligible. They granted his wish as he is coming out of the NHL/NHLPA assistance program. Camp starts Monday in Coral Springs, open to the public.
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Good morning from Sunrise…
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1 year
I am not that guy, but why was Tkachuk sent to the room after Vegas came after him following a clean hit?
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5 years
The #FlaPanthers new head coach is in the building...
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3 months
One of the best parts of this picture, aside from Paul Maurice’s joy, is that the Wayne Huizenga and Bill Torrey banners are in full view. They would have loved last night. Marti as well.
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Good morning. I am pleased to announce my hockey life lives on - at the Columbus Dispatch. I am moving to Ohio to cover the @BlueJacketsNHL
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Special to Florida Hockey Now…two Tkachuks and a Viola…
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7 years
Shawn Thornton said he would toss skates in the trash after final NHL game - and there they are.
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3 months
If #FlaPanthers had 5 more minutes in Game 5 there would not have been a Game 7.
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"I felt if there were five more minutes, we would have tied that game." -- Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch
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4 months
The #FlaPanthers sold out the lower bowl for their watch party @AmerantArena — and have opened the upper deck. More people there tonight than many games I covered back in the dark days.
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Roberto Luongo is officially back with the #FlaPanthers — he’s joining the front office as an advisor to GM Dale Tallon. Team making announcement this afternoon.
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@GeorgeRichards
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. @tim_canova gives his concession speech: "I will concede Debbie Wasserman Shultz is a corporate stooge. There you go."
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3 years
Roberto Luongo is the EBUG in Sunrise
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3 years
Raanta still not on the Carolina bench to start the third
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3 years
In a bit of a surprise, Claude Giroux will play for the #FlaPanthers tonight in Montreal. He battled his way into the lineup. Good for him.
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A bunch of kids were hanging out by the #FlaPanthers parking lot chanting ‘Let’s Go Panthers.’ A bunch stopped on their way out, including Sasha Barkov.
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3 months
Line down US1 to see Matthew Tkachuk in Pompano @raisingcanes
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Hey look, a towel…
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1 year
Sergei Bobrovsky now taking shots off the head from Matthew Tkachuk. On purpose.
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3 years
In the next box over: Roberto Luongo and Bill Zito among others.
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1 year
From what I am hearing, the #FlaPanthers have over 10,000 at the arena for the watch party tonight. I have covered many games there back in the day where they did not hit that number.
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1 year
The entire #FlaPanthers team will be flying in Heat shirts today. Miami opens the NBA ECF tonight in Boston. Both Miami teams are 8 seeds this postseason.
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1 year
Paul Maurice: Big Heat fan…
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Beautiful day here in Hockeytown, FLA…
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3 months
The #FlaPanthers have parted ways with @BallyPanthers and will offer all of their non-national games over the air on Ch. 39 in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Ch. 9 in WPB and also in Naples/Fort Myers. LINK ➡️
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5 years
#FlaPanthers contract with new coach Joel Quenneville is this according to a source: 5 years, $5.25m per with bonuses that can hit $7m. Philly, apparently, did not get outbid but Q wanted to work with Dale and Barkov. And he likes Gulfstream Park.
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@GeorgeRichards
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. @FlaPanthers Aaron Ekblad broke nose off Max Domi suckerpunch...calls Domi’s preseason suspension ‘a gift. It’s wrong and that’s life’ ... ‘I think he’s stupid for doing it. Scores will be settled at a later date’
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3 years
Spencer Knight getting work in the starter net before Sunday #FlaPanthers practice; Bob and Driedger sharing the other one.
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3 years
. @FlaPanthers having some fun with rookie Matt Kiersted. He signed from North Dakota on Thursday and apparently doesn’t have a nameplate yet. So, someone printed out the picture he tweeted of himself as a toddler in a Panthers sweater. It should stay.
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4 years
I still have stories to tell and there’s a hockey team in South Florida which needs covering so I invite you to check out the Panthers Press Box. News and features to start, a podcast to come. Here’s to Day 1:
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Big news from the #FlaPanthers and Broward County today as the two sides agree to a new deal which could keep the team in Sunrise for the next 19 years — at least. We could see a lot of changes to the arena property, too. The Story⬇️⬇️⬇️
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3 years
Per Anthony Duclair, the Florida Panthers were not given the chance to vote despite missing seven players.
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1 year
Matthew Tkachuk and Sergei Bobrovsky getting a shoutout from Charles Barkley. They have made it now.
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Anthony Duclair was back at the IceDen holding his second youth hockey camp here as his good works continue in our community. He was also ‘super-excited’ to see his former teammates win it all. Link ➡️
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3 months
The line to see Matthew Tkachuk not only ropes around the chicken finger joint but all the way down Federal toward Sample Road. Line started at 6:30 am. Doors still haven’t opened to public.
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Paul Maurice did not crack a smile, said he did not hold Sasha Barkov out. Does not sound promising.
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3 months
I’m telling you, this would be the perfect place for a tropical NHL Stadium Series game.
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Vladimir Tarasenko replaces Carter Verhaeghe on power play 1
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5 years
It is official — #FlaPanthers have their new elite goaltender in Sergei Bobrovsky
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. @flapanthers 6th round draft pick Hunter St. Martin says his mom is afraid of wearing their team gear out in public. The St. Martin’s live in Edmonton.
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1 year
If I am the Florida Panthers, I am calling whomever was playing music in Raleigh last night to see if they want to come south for a bit.
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@GeorgeRichards
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6 years
The #FlaPanthers and Montreal Canadiens come together with the families of those killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High last year before tonight’s game.
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7 years
Some personal news: After almost 30 years at the Miami Herald, today marked the start of my final week at my hometown newspaper. ---
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Fans of the #FlaPanthers just sang ‘All the Small Things’ by Blink-182 and it was moving and it was original and no one has ever done such a thing.
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11 months
Good news for the #FlaPanthers : Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour are planning to join practice tomorrow in non-contacts. Window of return now sounds like Thanksgiving.
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9 months
The #FlaPanthers are celebrating 90s Night - and giving out these rad pucks.
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Matthew Tkachuk has not trolled the Edmonton Oilers since winning the Stanley Cup (as far as we know). On Friday’s Smackdown, a Tkachuk #FlaPanthers jersey was used to taunt fans in Edmonton. LINK ➡️
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1 year
The Carolina Hurricanes limited ticket sales to home games in the Eastern Conference finals against the #FlaPanthers to those with credit card billing addresses within the Carolinas. Sounds familiar, eh?
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4 years
Well, it was a pretty good run. Unfortunately, I was one of the 46 laid off today. Just wanted to thank @TheAthleticMIA for bringing me home back in 2018. I throughly enjoyed my time with The Athletic; it was a great gig. See y’all down the road.
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Pending free agent Sam Reinhart took a second to ponder my question about next year. As he looked around the ice, he said ‘I want to be here … this is the best place in the league to play.’ The Story ⬇️
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3 years
Joel Quenneville said he will be meeting with Gary Bettman tomorrow — he thinks it’s up in New York. Said he spoke with the #FlaPanthers about his situation.
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1 year
Can’t believe this #FlaPanthers ticket thing is still a story. The team put its tickets on sale on Monday morning - then jacked up the price the following day. Their fans who bought early got the better price than the away fans.
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5 months
Wow. Passion of the media. We did not concoct this story, y’all did. I didn’t make up a twitter poll and tag you in it. A Panthers TV guy didn’t call it a ‘sucker punch,’ that came from NESN. This is the biggest made up story these playoffs have seen. It is fun though.
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The Marchand-Bennett debate even had my @nathockeynow colleague @GeorgeRichards of @flahockeynow chirping me yesterday. Hopefully, for #NHLBruins , they can find a way to match the passion of #TimeToHunt , their fans, and some of the media that cover the team.
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I asked Jaromir Jagr about the horse named after him who finished third at Tampa Downs yesterday: 'I'm the horse and I don't finish third'
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The #nhlBruins are not happy with Sam Bennett’s hit on Brad Marchand early in Game 3 on Friday. Marchand very easily could have avoided it by, you know, not lowering his shoulder as he approached Bennett looking for a big hit of his own. ⬇️⬇️
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Joel Quenneville does not address media following #FlaPanthers win - instead GM Bill Zito does. Basically says “no comment” until after meeting with Gary Bettman which he says is tomorrow at 2
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Four years ago, I started Florida Hockey Now to give the #FlaPanthers the coverage they deserved in a market that did not seem to care. Now, almost 3700 stories later, we celebrate another anniversary. Come join us.
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The #FlaPanthers sure know how to make an old beat writer feel special. Thanks y’all.
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The #FlaPanthers will not only hold watch parties inside the FLA Live Arena for Games 1 & 2, but will have outdoor parties for games at the arena — with Flo Rida giving a free concert before Game 3 in Sunrise.
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4 months
This is the #FlaPanthers first 3-goal lead in a Stanley Cup Final since Game 2 against the Edmonton Oilers way back on Monday night.
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6 months
My typo today was one of my best yet. Better than the Aaron Ekblad one from a few years ago. *I meant ‘paid’
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The #FlaPanthers were not lying when they said they got a new sound system. No more burping bass, no more garbled lyrics and word. Clear, crisp and nice.
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4 years
Haha...oops - err, poops
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#FlaPanthers teammates cheer on Derek MacKenzie as he takes a final lap in uniform. He has been out since opening night with injury, has been working as an assistant coach.
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Nick Bjugstad got the monkey off his back with his first goal of the season - so Jaromir Jagr got him a monkey for Christmas as promised.
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#FlaPanthers officially sitting C Derick Brassard in final game before #NHLTradeDeadline
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After leading Toronto 3-0 and losing G4 last year, and doing the same this year against Tampa, Paul Maurice told everyone to relax. ‘We lost a game today. That happens in the playoffs. I think everyone has, so far. We get to play the next one.’
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Colby covers this team professionally and without bias. As do I. Next time you call someone a homer, look in the mirror first.
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Jimmy Murphy
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Of course, it's a non-story when you're wearing Panthers glasses. Funny how the rest of the NHL saw a sucker-punch. Has it been blown out of proportion? Yes. But it is a story and it did happen. Saying it didn't is just being a #TimeToHunt fanboy!
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#FlaPanthers announced attendance tonight: 7,311 ... Sets record for lowest in franchise history (10,063 v Carolina, 2007) -- #Sens
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Josh Allen gets loud ovation at #Sabres game, rushes for yet another touchdown against Dolphins defense.
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. @FlaPanthers coach Paul Maurice: Barkov not worse, that’s a good thing. If he continues to progress, could be in good shape.
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George Richards
1 year
Anyone up for a spin around the ice?
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5 years
This is what the #FlaPanthers brought in for their media. Could it be considered tampering? ⁦ @9Artemi
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Tkachuk seemed puzzled by the request as well. And kept apologizing.
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4 months
For a game 2500 miles away…
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The line outside Amerant Bank Arena for the Panthers watch party tonight. LOVE TO SEE IT 🙌🏼
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4 years
#FlaPanthers coach Joel Quenneville says Anthony Duclair will open camp on the top line with Huberdeau and Barkov after scoring 23 for the Sens last season. Good opportunity for him — and a lot of people in camp. Story coming.
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The #FlaPanthers and Miami Heat become the first NHL/NBA teams from the same metro area to advance to their respective conference finals on the same night. Both are No. 8 seeds and are in their Final Four.
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Good morning #FlaPanthers fans. I hope you will join me at Florida Hockey Now for in-depth coverage of your team. We are going to have a lot of fun and have big plans for the future. More to come!
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2 years
The #FlaPanthers are practicing with pucks for games that never happened…
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5 years
It appears Sergei Bobrovsky and Artemi Panarin are en route from Russia to Miami International, scheduled to arrive this afternoon...meeting with the #FlaPanthers is tomorrow.
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10 months
Sounds like the #FlaPanthers have placed Mike Reilly on waivers. Florida will be at 22 players on the roster when that goes down. Could they be making room for a certain 3-time Cup champion? ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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They might be shutting the #PanthersParade down. Lightning striking all around
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