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MacKinnon’s Hat Trick Leads Halifax Over Portland
If you were among the disappointed when the Florida Panthers lost the NHL Draft Lottery and the chance to draft Seth Jones first overall a couple of weeks ago, then the clips below should make you feel a whole lot better. Saturday night, Nathan MacKinnon, expected to be taken by the Panthers second overall in next month’s entry draft, and the Halifax Mooseheads faced off against Jones’ Portland Winterhawks in the Memorial Cup tournament with MacKinnon stealing the spotlight with a second period hat trick in a 7-4 win. To make the hat trick even more impressive, MacKinnon scored three different ways: at even strength, on the power play and short-handed. He’ll be quite the pick for the Panthers if the Colorado Avalanche do indeed take Jones first overall. The 2013 NHL Entry Draft will take place on June 30th in Newark, New Jersey.
If you missed it, NHL Network will be airing the game Sunday Morning at 11am EST. MacKinnon and the Mooseheads will be back in action later on Sunday against the Saskatoon Blades, which will be shown Monday on NHL Network at 1pm EST.
Enjoy Panthers fans!
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Panthers Home Schedule Ends With A Thud
Maybe the Florida Panthers knew something when they had their end of season festivities following Tuesday night’s win over the New York Rangers instead of Thursday’s home finale against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The playoff bound Leafs built a two-goal first period lead and never looked back en route to a 4-0 win over the Cats.
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Panthers Finally Play Spoiler In Win Over Rangers
The Florida Panthers were reduced to the role of spoiler for other teams fighting for the playoffs weeks ago. Unfortunately for them (and fortunately for those wanting the Cats to finish with the worst record for draft pick purposes), they haven’t been relishing that role. Everyone of the teams the Panthers played during their current six game winning streak were in playoff position and all easily walked away with the two points. That all seemed like good news for Tuesday night’s opponent, the New York Rangers, as they needed two points to clinch a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. As the evening unfolded, the Blue Shirts would only need a win to punch their ticket. That win will have to come another day as the Panthers gutted out a 3-2 win in front of a slanted New York crowd at the BB&T Cetner.
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Panthers Limping Towards Finish Line, Drop 6th Straight
So much for the notion that a road trip can help bring a team together. The Florida Panthers closed out their last road trip of the season (they only have one road game remaining in Tampa on 4/27) in underwhelming fashion, falling to the Boston Bruins 3-0. On the road trip, the Cats lost all four games (extending their losing skid to six games overall) while being outscored 20-5.
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Panthers Squander Early Lead In Devils Rout
Thursday night, the Florida Panthers put up a tough fight for 40 minutes against the New York Rangers before a disastrous third period turned a close game into a rout. Saturday against the New Jersey Devils, it only took 20 minutes for the wheels to completely come off and turn a 2-0 lead into a 6-2 drubbing.
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Strong Rangers Third Period Blows Panthers Away
For two periods, it looked like the Florida Panthers might be able to at least put a scare into the New York Rangers playoff hopes. Despite a 3-1 deficit (thanks to late second period goal from Mats Zuccarello), the Panthers were playing pretty well against a squad desperate for a win.
Then the third period happened….
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Panthers Sloppy In Defeat Against Islanders
Only six more games left….
Hopefully, in the very near future, we can look back at this season as something the Florida Panthers needed to go through to get to a better a place. The proverbial learning experience. Even with that in mind, it doesn’t make it any easier to watch this season’s remaining games. Tuesday night, the Cats were dropped by the surging New York Islanders 5-2 in sloppy defensive effort reminiscent of….well, last Thursday in Winnipeg.
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Defense M.I.A As Jets Thrash Panthers
The seven goals scored by the Winnipeg Jets against the Florida Panthers Thursday night’s 7-2 win will show up as goals against goalies Jacob Markstrom and Scott Clemmensen but there’s plenty of blame to go around to the guys in front of them. The Panthers team defense was as bad as it’s been as Markstrom, Florida’s starting netminder, received little support in surrendering six of those goals.
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Clemmensen, Panthers Withstand Senators Barrage In Victory
There are a few teams that, no matter what, seem to have the Florida Panthers number. One of them, the Ottawa Senators, rolled into the BB&T Center Sunday night, less than 24 hours after the Cats fell to the Washington Capitals. To make matters worse, the Senators, who already dominated Florida twice back in January, were starting Craig Anderson in goal. The former Panther has haunted Florida since leaving, posting a 9-0-1 record, including a shutout in Ottawa on January 21.
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Panthers Rally Too Little, Too Late Against Capitals
If Florida Panthers fans can find one bright spot in next year’s division realignment plan, it’s that they no longer have to face the Washington Capitals six times a season. Over the past few years, no team has frustrated the Cats more than their division rival from the US capital. This season alone has been a microcosm of that frustration as the Panthers entered Saturday’s game 0-2-1, including a pair of blowout losses on the road. This game took on much of that same look as the Caps built a 4-0 lead through two periods. Despite a furious third period rally, the Panthers fell 4-3 in their final game against Washington as a division opponent.
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