Carter Verhaeghe

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Carolina Hurricanes Game 1 | 05/20/2025

The Panthers didn’t look any worse for wear coming out of a Game 7 and jumping right into another series two days later. In fact, they did to Carolina what they’d just finished doing to Toronto, taking a win in dominant fashion while on the opponent’s home ice. With a final 5-2 score, Florida comfortably […]

Verhaeghe and Reinhart celebrating the opening goal.

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 4 | 05/11/2025

That was a match that was Florida Panther hockey from start to finish. The Cats came into home ice down 0-2 and needed to win both games at home to get back into the series. Florida rose to the occasion, took the 2-0 shutout win on Sunday, and tied the series 2-2 heading into Game […]

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 3 | 05/09/2025

Everything that could’ve gone wrong in Toronto did go wrong. Every fluke bounce went for the Leafs, Florida’s defense not doing as good of a job as it could, Bob letting in goals that fans know he could stop, and officiating that could be called questionable at best. Both games up north were winnable for […]

Florida Panthers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2025 Series Preview

Florida fans saw the video making the rounds online ahead of the Leafs’ Game 4 with an all too familiar chant: “We want Florida.” Well, you wanted Florida, you got Florida. The Cats dispatched the Lightning in five games, with all games ending in regulation, while the Senators took the Leafs to a Game 6, […]

Florida and Tampa Bay shake hands after the conclusion of Game 5.

Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 2025 Series Recap

Florida is who some feared they are, a sleeping playoff monster awaiting the playoffs to defend their Championship Title. The majority of analysts picked the Lightning to win the series in as few as five games or as many as seven, and the Cats proved them all wrong once again. The Panthers broke open games […]

Lundell celebrates his goal with his teammates on the bench.

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Game 5 | 04/30/2025

Jon Cooper took the words right out of my mouth: “They have an exceptional team. Not just an average team, an exceptional team.” Down a defenseman in Aaron Ekblad, who got a two-game suspension for his hit on Hagel in Game 4, Florida was back to its Game 1 & 2 defensive pairings. The Panthers […]

Big celebration from Lundell, Schmidt, and Marchand on the first goal of the game.

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Game 4 | 04/28/2025

The match was so over until it wasn’t. After a scoreless first period, the next two periods had three goals each. The Cardiac Cats were out in full force as they spent much of the game trailing by one goal until the defense came back in full force offensively to give the Panthers the lead […]

Bobrovsky makes a save while Mikkola defends against Point.

3 Takeaways from the Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Lightning Game 2 | 04/24/2025

Tempers flared and boiled over in Game 2 at Amalie Arena. The Panthers took a strong 2-0 series lead on the back of stellar defense that suffocated the Lightning’s offense. Florida fans, while happy with the win, are far more concerned with the status of Barkov, who took a dirty hit from Hagel in the […]

Tkachuk celebrates his goal with his teammates at the bench.

3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Lightning Game 1 | 04/22/2025

There were plenty of questions and doubts surrounding the Florida Panthers coming into Game 1 of the playoffs after ending their season with a rough couple of weeks. That season-ending needs to be taken with a grain of salt, given how many players the Cats were resting on any given night, especially the final game […]

NHL Playoff Series Preview: Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Different year, same first-round matchup, welcome back to the Battle of Florida. The in-state rivalry is back for the fourth time in five years, but slightly different than last year’s. Tampa holds home ice advantage this time around, as they finished second in the division while Florida finished third. The Cats were in the division […]