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Hurricanes extend franchise-record win streak to 10 games in 4-0 win over Panthers

RALEIGH, N.C. — Two well-publicized Carolina Hurricanes streaks continued Friday, with the team picking up its franchise-record 10th consecutive win while earning a point in a franchise-record 16th consecutive game.

Tribune News Service · Dec 31, 2022

Matthew Tkachuk: ‘Playoffs starts now’ for underachieving Panthers, sub .500 at Christmas

The Florida Panthers, they’re not afraid to admit, needed a break — badly.

Miami Herald · Dec 27, 2022

Oilers deal Panthers first regulation loss at home this season

SUNRISE, Fla. — When puck dropped Saturday at FLA Live Arena, the expectation was the Florida Panthers would need to contain the Edmonton Oilers’ one-two punch of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. The two, after all, entered Saturday as the NHL’s top point scorers — McDavid with 31 (15 goals,…

Miami Herald · Nov 13, 2022

Panthers pull off third straight comeback to win first playoff series since 1996

WASHINGTON — Carter Verhaeghe wheeled his arm into a fist pump and, suddenly, two and a half decades of frustration for the Florida Panthers were over.

Miami Herald · May 14, 2022

Dave Hyde: Carter Verhaeghe had a long journey to his big Florida Panthers moment

SUNRISE, Fla. — Carter Verhaeghe is the same 26 years old as Aleksander Barkov, but made his minor-league debut seven years ago when Barkov was on his third stellar season with the Florida Panthers.

Tribune News Service · May 12, 2022

Panthers force overtime in final minutes, beat Capitals in OT to even series at 2-2

The Florida Panthers were all but doomed. There were less three minutes separating them from a near-insurmountable series deficit and, with no goaltender in their net and an extra skater on the ice, they were one shot away from overtime or one away from an almost-certain Game 4 loss to…

Miami Herald · May 10, 2022

Panthers shake off slow start (and maybe save their season) with Game 2 eruption vs. Caps

SUNRISE, Fla. — If the Florida Panthers couldn’t see an awful end approaching, the desperate fans packed inside FLA Live Arena on Thursday certainly could, groaning at every misplayed puck and blown power-play chance for more than 15 minutes in the first period until, finally, there was relief. Later, there…

Miami Herald · May 6, 2022

Panthers’ Brunette opens up about an ‘awful’ 2021 and how he stays so calm under pressure

Andrew Brunette did not know what was going to come next. It was a feeling he had before: When he retired from the NHL after 1,110 games and 268 goals in 2013, he thought about coaching, going to work in a front office or maybe even getting on television —…

Miami Herald · May 3, 2022

Panthers run winning streak to 11 behind Barkov's hat trick, clinch home ice for first round of playoffs

Tuesday turned out to be a great day for the Florida Panthers.

Miami Herald · Apr 20, 2022

Panthers’ new defensemen won’t be Ekblad replacements, but they’ll still play needed role

Bill Zito, at least as far as he can recall, had not made a game-time trip into the Florida Panthers’ dressing room all season, but he had a headache right before the puck dropped on the Panthers’ game against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday, so he happened to make his…

Miami Herald · Mar 22, 2022