Florida Panthers News

Carolina's quest to snap its franchise-record tying losing streak just got a little harder, as the Hurricanes will be without center Eric Staal for tonight's game against the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic Center.

Bryan McCabe remembers his first NHL game with pure clarity. ``It was Boston in Boston,'' the Panthers defenseman said Thursday, recalling his debut on Oct.

Since drafting Alex Ovechkin first overall in 2004, the Capitals haven't had much success when he has been unable to take the ice.

Florida Panthers winger David Booth said Thursday he expects to start exercising in the next day or two, though doctors won't allow him to do anything more strenuous than about 10 minutes on a bike.

Florida goalie Tomas Vokoun simply wouldn't let the Carolina Hurricanes end their losing streak.

Carolina's quest to snap its franchise-record tying losing streak just got a little harder, as the Hurricanes will be without center Eric Staal for tonight's game against the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic Center.

Although the Crunch power play has been struggling recently, the other half of the special teams has turned it on, as the club has killed off 15 consecutive man-advantages against, including killing off all 10 penalties against them in Sundaya s contest at Adirondack.

David Booth had just two goals when he suffered his concussion 10 days ago, but the winger was generating the most scoring chances for the struggling Panthers.

Things can turn around pretty quickly in hockey, especially early in a season. The Panthers sure hope that's the case for them.

Panthers coach Peter DeBoer and Carolina Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice, close friends for many years, exchanged text messages the other day about their early-season predicaments.

The pair will join the team tonight and are expected to make their National Hockey League debuts as the Panthers face the St.

For Panthers fans it was nice to finally note another a Wa TM to the column and to see the forwards explode in a rare offensive Floridian fireworks display.

The Dallas Stars will try to notch a point in their fifth straight game tonight, when they host the Florida Panthers at American Airlines Center in Marc Crawford's 1,000th game as a NHL head coach.

Fewer than 100 Florida Panthers are alive in the wild today, hanging on in the southern tip of Florida.

After posting a record of 7-10-1 against the Eastern Conference last season, the Blues are 1-2 against the East this season, with a win over Carolina and losses to Atlanta and Pittsburgh.

Steven Reinprecht had a natural hat trick in a 5:11 span of the first period, and Rostislav Olesz scored in the second round of a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 6-5 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night.

Last season, Ribeiro scored the only hat trick of his career against Vokoun in a 4-1 Stars win over Florida.

For the Florida Panthers, they can't build that new arena in Quebec City fast enough.

Despite their early-season success, the Senators know they need to improve their power play.

The fans already have. The players: not so much. They have not faced up to the reality that surrounds this club and what it takes to be successful here.