Aaron Ekblad
3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Utah Hockey Club Game 01/08/2025
The Panthers started the day with exciting news as it was officially announced that the Winter Classic is coming to South Florida next year. The Panthers are set to host the outdoor game at IoanDepot Park in Miami on January 2nd with the New York Rangers as their opponent. Coming off a tightly contested loss […]
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3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Pittsburgh Penguins Game 01/03/2025
Florida wanted to rebound after the loss to Carolina on Thursday. Despite it being a loss that the refs had a large hand in, it was still a loss. The Panthers came out better to start this match with the Penguins, but with the same officiating crew as the previous day, the calls went as […]
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3 Takeaways From the Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Lightning Game 12/23/2024
One hit in the first period rendered the outcome of this rematch meaningless for Florida fans. Cats fans are far more concerned about the health of Matthew Tkachuk, who exited the game toward the end of the first period after a knee-to-knee contact with Nikita Kucherov. Tkachuk had to be helped off the ice and […]
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3 Takeaways From the Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Lightning Game 12/22/2024
It is the first iteration of the Battle for Florida this year and the first meeting of the two Florida-based teams since the Panthers eliminated the Lightning from the playoffs en route to their Stanley Cup. The Lightning had a different look this year with no Stamkos and instead picked up Guentzel in the offseason. […]
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3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & St. Louis Blues Game 12/20/2024
The Panthers returned home from their long west coast road trip for their first match with the Blues. After a dominant win over the Wild, this game was a low-scoring affair that needed overtime to be decided. Florida’s defensemen once again stepped up to the offensive side of things as they generated a decent amount […]
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3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Minnesota Wild Game 12/18/2024
Florida concluded its road trip in St. Paul to take on the Minnesota Wild. Emotions ran high between the teams, with multiple scrums breaking out, and few teams playing as well as the Panthers when they’re playing emotional hockey. The Cats played hard and physical, not giving Minnesota much open ice to work with. Strong […]
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3 Takeaways from Florida Panthers vs. Calgary Flames 12/14/2024
Florida must hate playing during their Western Canada road trip. Just like last season, they’re struggling to play out west at the moment, and for the second straight game, they get shut out, this time against the Flames. Bad bounces and turnovers remain a problem right now, and the offense has stalled out, scoring just […]
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3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers/Carolina Game 11/30/2024
The Panthers journeyed back to Sunrise for the second half of the back-to-back against Carolina. This time, Spencer Knight got the start against Spencer Martin, who started Friday’s game as well. A tight first period made it look like it was going to be a goalie duel, but the Panthers opened the scoring in the […]
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3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 11/27/2024
Coming into Wednesday night Florida was on a four-game losing streak; be it low energy, sloppy play, or just bad luck, the Cats were in a bad slump. With division rival Toronto in town and what was reported as an intense Florida practice on Tuesday, the Panthers finally found their game again come game time. […]
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Florida Panthers Weekly Recap: 11/12-16/2024
It was a bit of a mixed-bag week for the Cats as they had back-to-back home games against New Jersey and capped off the homestead with a game against Winnipeg. There was an abundance of PIMs going around as each game featured one 1v1 fist fight and a multitude of team fights. Florida struggled against […]
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