Panthers Beginning

[bthomp05]

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Crosby/Malkin No Help
Panthers 4 - Penguins 0

Series:

VS PIT 5-2 W
VS PIT 3-2 W
AT PIT 4-3 W
AT PIT 6-5 W

Playoff Stats:

Horton 10-3-13
Thompson 4-9-13
Frolik 4-6-10
Bergeron 1-8-9
Recchi 1-6-7

Fedorov 8-1 2.77GAA

Panthers are 8 - 1, with 39 GF, 27 GA

Recap:

Crosby and Malkin were shut down bad as the Panthers rolled over the Penguins in 4 games. The Panthers out scored the Penguins with a margin of 18 to 12.

Thompson, still lacking a bit from last years playoffs, picked up 7 points to tie Horton for the lead with 13 pts on the team. Frolik and Recchi also picked up thier game and have 10 and 7 pts respectively.

Fedorov is now 4th in the league with a GAA of 2.77 and outwitt fluery 4 games to none.

The Panthers will now rest for 6 days before they take on Nash and his Rangers.

Other Series:

Van beat Det 4-1
LA beat Dal 4-0

NYR beat Bos 4-2

[bthomp05]

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3rd Round
Rangers (8-5) VS Panthers (8-1)

Its been more then 13 years since these two teams have met in the playoffs and that was back in the 96/97 season. Where in the 1st round the Rangers won 4-1.

Times have changed since then as youthful superstar Nathan Thompson now leads the Panthers and veteran forward Rick Nash rulez the Rangers.

During the season the Panthers lead the series 3 - 1 and outscored the Rangers 19 to 10.

The Panthers will be looking to exact revenge for the 96/97 playoff as thier quest for the Cup continues with a stop in The Big Apple.

Rangers Lines:

Nash-Anisimov-Lisin
A.Koistitsyn-Boyle-Callahan
Grachev-Drury-Stillman*
Rissmiller-Murray-Voros

Willinns-Seabrook
Staal-Redden
Del Zotto-Giradi

Lundqvist-Friesen

*italic denotes past Panther player

Top Scorer: Nash 13-10-23
Top Goalie: Lundqvist 8-5, 2.33GAA
Team Stats: 51 GF (1st), 34 (13th), 13.5 PP (10th), 84.6 PK (4th)
Injuries : None


Panthers Lines:


Booth-Thompson-Lukes
Frolik-Thoresen-Recchi
Horton-Taffe-Rienprecht
Semenov-Moore-Belak

Hannan-Smith

Allen-Volchenkov
Babchuk-Bergeron

Fedorov-Salak

Top Scorer: Horton/Thompson 10-3-13/4-9-13
Top Goalie: Fedorov 8-1, 2.77 GAA
Team Stats: 39 GF (4th), 27 (9th), 13.5 PP (11th), 67.7 PK (16th)
Injuries: Matthias (Broken hand) - late May 2011


The Conference Finals begin tonight with the game in Florida. Fedorov will start for the Panthers and Lundqvist will start for the Rangers.

Other Series:

VAN vs LA

[mikko1995]

Re: Panthers Beginning

You crushed Pens! Now let Thompson show the way to the Stanley Cup Finlas.

[bthomp05]

Re: Panthers Beginning

You crushed Pens! Now let Thompson show the way to the Stanley Cup Finlas.

Now thats the spirit. :-) i sure hope he does.

[bthomp05]

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Panthers Pounce in 5
Panthers 4 - Rangers 1

Series:

VS NYR 7-2 W
VS NYR 4-0 W
AT NYR 6-5 L
AT NYR 4-3 W
AT NYR 4-1 W

Playoff Stats:

Thompson 9-14-23
Horton 10-7-17
Lukes 5-11-16
Frolik 5-10-15
Booth 8-6-14

Fedorov 12-2, 2.39 GAA

Panthers are 12 - 2, with 63 GF, 39 GA

Recap:

Nash and his Rangers were outplayed and outmatched as the Panthers rolled over them in 5 games. The Panthers out scored the Rangers 24 to 12 and thier aggresive checking strategy seemed to put them off guard.

Team Captian Nash, who was leading the playoff scoring race with 23 pts, was practically silent during the series only putting up 5 points while Panthers lead man Thompson was on fire with 10.

Fedorov was granted his 1st shutout of the 10/11 playoffs in game 2 and posted a GAA of 2.40 for the series while opposition goalie Lundqvist was a 4.60 GAA.

The Panthers will rest for a couple of days before taking on the Canucks in the Stanley Cup Finals. Interesting note here, if the Rangers had won it would have been Rangers vs Canucks, oww the good old Bure-Linden days.

Team News:

Booth (May 22 2011):
The victem of a clean hit by Redden, Booth suffered a minor bruised knee in the last game of the series. Listed as not series, the 1st line winger will wear a brace during the series and continue to play with Thompson and Lukes.

Matthias (May 24 2011):
Having suffered a broken hand in the last game of the season, Matthias was finally cleared to play in his first Stanley Cup series game, which will begin tonight against the Canucks. Taffe (Has played incredible during the 10/11 playoffs) will be a healthy scratch.

Other Series:

Van beat LA 4-0

[mikko1995]

Re: Panthers Beginning

Now for the Cup second year in a row!

[bthomp05]

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Now for the Cup second year in a row!

You can say that again. :-) Thanks Mikko. Its going to be a tough series, the only time I played Vancouver in the 10/11 season and they beat me 4 to 2, so I guess we will see. Loungo is a beast.

[bthomp05]

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Stanley Cup Finals
Canucks (12-2) VS Panthers (12-2)

Once again a newbie show hits the ice for the finals. This will be the first time the Canucks (missed the playoffs last year, but was 4th in points this year in the league) and Panthers (Beat Pheonix in 4 games for the Cup last year, Pheonix did not make the playoffs this year) face off in a Stanley Cup finals.

Last time the Canucks were here back in 93/94 they were beaten 4 to 3 by the Rangers. They have a completely new team since then and have another incredible goalie at the Helm with Luongo. You can bet they will be a force on the ice with the Swedish twins and the man that the fans call LOU....

On the other side of the Ice we have last years Stanley Cup champions, the Panthers. Basically the same team as last year with the additions of Horton-Thoresen-Belak-Volchenkov-Babchuk-Bergeron-Hannan, you can expect the Florida crew to play hard and take no prisoners. Thier hard hitting play and aggressive forcheck has gotten them this far in 14 games and there is no reason why they would change that philosophy. Thompson will lead the attack as Smith and goalie Fedorov protect the net, HERE IS GOOD LUCK FOR STANLEY CUP NUMBER 2.


Canucks Lines:

D.Sedin-H.Sedin-Bernier
Raymond-Kesler-Grabner
Burrows-Berglund-Demitra
Pettinger-Sonne-Samuelsson

Mitchell-Edler
Rome-Biesha
Weaver-Jucina

Luongo-Huet

Top Scorer: Raymond/D.Sedin 8-8-16/8-8-16
Top Goalie: Luongo 12-2, 1.93GAA
Team Stats: 12-2, 55 GF, 27 GA, 27.5 PP, 88.4 PK
Injuries : None


Panthers Lines:

Booth-Thompson-Lukes
Frolik-Thoresen-Recchi
Horton-Matthias-Rienprecht
Semenov-Moore-Belak

Hannan-Smith
Allen-Volchenkov
Babchuk-Bergeron

Fedorov-Salak

Top Scorer: Thompson 9-14-23
Top Goalie: Fedorov 12-2, 2.39 GAA
Team Stats: 12-2, 63 GF, 29 GAA, 20.0 PP, 64.4 PK
Injuries: Booth (Bruised Knee) - will play with a brace.


The Quest for the Cup starts tonight in Florida as one of the most Southern East teams takes on the most Northern West Team for the Stanley Cup Finals. Fedorov will start for the Panthers as Loungo starts for the Canucks.

[GoldenJet]

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Turning up the diffuculty anytime soon?

[Axeshun]

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Turning up the diffuculty anytime soon?

Heh, I might have to agree with Jet here, maybe it's time to kick it up a notch? Maybe?

Nevertheless it should be a great series.

[SENS_AK27]

Re: Panthers Beginning

Keep up the good work BThompson!

[bthomp05]

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Turning up the diffuculty anytime soon?

Heh, I might have to agree with Jet here, maybe it's time to kick it up a notch? Maybe?

Nevertheless it should be a great series.

Maybe if I ever hit the 215 pt mark during the season. :-)
To be honest right now I'm having a hell of a time with the Canucks. They are all over me, the series is tied 2 a piece.

[bthomp05]

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Keep up the good work BThompson!

Thanks Sens. The Canucks are proving to be a handle full.

[Bure10Beezer34]

Re: Panthers Beginning

Sounds like Vancouver is giving you a challenge. I don't think I would want to face Luongo for the Cup! Hopefully you get two more wins!

[bthomp05]

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Sounds like Vancouver is giving you a challenge. I don't think I would want to face Luongo for the Cup! Hopefully you get two more wins!

Its weird, the first 4 games were incredible hard. Lou was incredible.. But it was like the Canucks ran out of steam. You will see what I mean when I post again.