If you thought there were fireworks during Game 4 between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers, you were in for a treat if you stuck around for the postgame commentary.
Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice and forward Sam Bennett remained in denial after the Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 4 on Sunday night.
The Florida Panthers were in a jolly mood on Friday night in Boston and, well, why not? Florida took out the Bruins 6-2 in a game in which the Bruins did not really challenge the Panthers much until late in the second period.
SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers did not look as desperate as they probably needed to be at the start of Wednesday’s second game of their playoff series with the Boston Bruins.
FORT LAUDERDALE — Aaron Ekblad, like every other athlete, has had rough games before. He usually bounces right back. The Florida Panthers expect nothing less tonight when they play host to the Boston Bruins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at 7:30 (ESPN).
FORT LAUDERDALE — When asked about his team’s power play struggles against the Boston Bruins this season on Monday night, Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice channeled his inner Reg Dunlop.
FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers had Sam Bennett back on the ice Tuesday afternoon with coach Paul Maurice saying the team’s second-line center could return to game action against the Boston Bruins.
After quite a wait, the Panthers finally have their round two opponent, the Boston Bruins. Boston’s opening series went the distance to Game 7 on Saturday, where they pulled out the OT win over the Maple Leafs.
FORT LAUDERDALE — There are six professional hockey teams in the state of Florida. This season, all six made the playoffs. In the NHL, the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning met in the first round.
FORT LAUDERDALE — Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice was not one of the three finalists for the Jack Adams Award, which goes to the top coach in the NHL.
On the surface, the Florida Panthers opening-round playoff series looked like a rout. It was anything but. That fact is not lost on coach Paul Maurice or any of his players.
Back in Sunrise after splitting the games in Tampa, the Panthers looked to rebound and close out the series. Still no Bennett or Lomberg for Florida, so HC Paul Maurice rolled with the same lines as Games 3 & 4.
SUNRISE — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper was obviously not happy his team had two goals disallowed in its Game 5 loss to the Panthers on Monday night.
If Paul Maurice was upset with his Florida Panthers for their less-than-enthusiastic performance Saturday, he didn’t show it afterward. Instead, Maurice preferred to focus on the positives but mentioned the negatives and what was needed to correct the flaws.
TAMPA — Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice did not seem too upset following his team’s Game 4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday evening. He just wanted to escape a very warm press workroom where his press conference was being held.
Once again, Carter Verhaeghe was the overtime hero for the Florida Panthers. His latest in a long line of clutch moments for the Panthers in their 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning gave them a commanding 2-0 series lead against his former team.
SUNRISE — Paul Maurice said Saturday that if he was not coaching in these Stanley Cup playoffs, the series he would watch as a fan would be the one between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning.
FORT LAUDERDALE — When the Florida Panthers beat Buffalo last Saturday, it was mentioned to coach Paul Maurice that we were now going to see which team wanted to avoid the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
FORT LAUDERDALE — When it comes to getting to the core of an issue, you can usually find no better person to ask than Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice.
Apparently even clinching a playoff spot won’t keep Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice happy after a loss. After suffering a 3-2 loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday night, Maurice was quite frustrated with his players, so much that it meant that he was giving the media free reign use anything they think he might say.
The Florida Panthers are making a statement across the NHL why they are the defending Eastern Conference champions. They currently sit second in the Atlantic Division with a record of 14-7-2 with 30 points, just three points behind the Boston Bruins.
Aleksander Barkov will be out of action for the next few days due to a knee injury, according to Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice.
The Panthers failed to complete the series sweep on Wednesday, falling to the Maple Leafs in Game 4, 2-1.
What the world saw on Wednesday from Maurice was raw. It was uncensored, uncalculated and unapologetic. I loved it, because the Panthers deserved it.
The NHL announced Thursday that Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice was fined $25,000 for comments he made about officiating.
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