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Florida Panthers' 30-year wait over! Cats make history, win Stanley Cup
cbs ^ | 6-24-24 | no one cares

Posted on 06/24/2024 8:59:11 PM PDT by FLNittany

The Florida Panthers made history Monday night in front of more than 19,000 fans at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, beating the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 to win their first Stanley Cup.

As expected, Game 7 was a hard-fought contest with both teams going toe to toe throughout the game.

Panthers' Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe scored goals, Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves.

This time, they were on the right side of history — after avoiding what would have been a historic collapse. The Panthers won the first three games of the series, then lost the next three and needed a win on Monday to avoid joining the 1942 Detroit Red Wings as the only teams to lose the final after taking a 3-0 lead in the title round.

It wasn't easy. Not even close. But it's done. It took until the very end for the Panthers to deny Connor McDavid his first title, and Edmonton what would have been its first Cup since 2006.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: fl; nhl; panthers
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Way to get it done Cats! Just smothered the Oilers when it mattered most. Nicely done.
1 posted on 06/24/2024 8:59:11 PM PDT by FLNittany
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2 posted on 06/24/2024 9:02:38 PM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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Congratulations from a decades-long Lightning fan. It couldn’t have happened to a better team, except for Tampa Bay of course 😉


3 posted on 06/24/2024 9:03:15 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Stanley likes the state of Florida.


4 posted on 06/24/2024 9:10:54 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Cody's Wish: thank you.)
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Edmonton what would have been its first Cup since 2006

Terrible job by the CBS AI sports beat reporter. Edmonton LOST the Stanley Cup final in 2006. The last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Canadiens in 1993!

5 posted on 06/24/2024 9:13:56 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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“Florida team with Man wins Stanley Cup.”


6 posted on 06/24/2024 9:22:47 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Awesome comeback by the Oil falls short. Congrats to the Panthers. 🏒


7 posted on 06/24/2024 9:24:48 PM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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Let no one forget that the National Hockey League knelt in solidarity with Communist organizations such as Black Lives MatterTM. Good riddance. May they disappear into the dustbin of history.



8 posted on 06/24/2024 9:25:18 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Also congrats to the Tennessee Volunteers for winning the College World Series.


9 posted on 06/24/2024 9:31:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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And then you have the Toronto Maple Leafs that last won it in 1967. A little under a 60-year wait.


10 posted on 06/24/2024 9:32:33 PM PDT by BEJ
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If you look at the box score that game couldn’t have been closer.
Tenn: 6-13-1
A&M: 5-13-1

Hell of a series and I am an A&M fan.

Congrats to the real UT.


11 posted on 06/24/2024 9:33:42 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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Strange series. Bobrovsky became ordinary for the 3 games Edmonton won, though that was partly on his teammates for hanging him out to dry. Then he was suddenly elite again. Meanwhile McDavid played like the greatest player in the world for a couple of games, then was a non-factor in the last two.


12 posted on 06/24/2024 9:37:02 PM PDT by lasereye
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Just a heads up-

so has 90% of industry/institution yet only us sport’s fans are the ones reminded.

Plenty of us are sport’s fans.


13 posted on 06/24/2024 9:51:43 PM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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Congratulations, Florida panthers 🐆.


14 posted on 06/24/2024 10:17:47 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

How do these people get jobs reporting anything? They always get something wrong.


15 posted on 06/25/2024 12:16:41 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

The last time the Oilers won the Cup was in 1990 (with Messier and others following the 1988 Gretzky trade).


16 posted on 06/25/2024 2:00:16 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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The longest droughts in the NHL are:
1967-Toronto Maple Leafs (last Cup before modern expansion)
1970-Buffalo Sabres (finals series appearances in 1975 & 1999)
1970-Vancouver Canucks (finals series appearances in 1982,
1994, and 2011).
1975-Philadelphia Flyers (also appeared in 1976, 1980, 1985,
1987, 1997, & 2010 finals).
1979-Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes/Utah Hockey Club (has not appeared beyond 2nd round of NHL playoffs).

NBA—1951-Rochester/Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City/Sacramento Kings
1958-St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks
1968-Phoenix Suns (has never won a championship)
1970-Buffalo Braves/San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers (has never won a championship)_


17 posted on 06/25/2024 3:06:55 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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So true. I watched games 4 and 5 and I could not believe that Panther's D was nowhere to be found. I'm glad they let Bobo stay in net for game 7, and he proved himself.

Us Floridians like having the Cup, between the Lightning and Panthers, we're good!

18 posted on 06/25/2024 3:20:26 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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There’s something wrong about a city that never has winters winning the Stanley Cup.....


19 posted on 06/25/2024 3:36:27 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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A Florida team wins a championship played on ice. Now they can hold a dog sled race in Miami.


20 posted on 06/25/2024 3:49:33 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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