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Miami Herald
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Panthers stay mum on Marchand-Gostibehere dustup in Game 1 of Eastern Conference final
If Florida Panthers winger Brad Marchand had thoughts on the dustup between him and Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere on Tuesday, he kept them to himself. The two tussled in the third period of Florida's 5-2 win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final after Gostisbehere intentionally shot a puck at Marchand in retaliation for Marchand 'trying to take a run at me,' as Gostisbehere put it. Marchand was assessed a four-minute double-minor penalty for roughing and a 10-minute misconduct after the scrap. 'I'm not much of a thinker,' Marchand said after morning skate Thursday. 'I don't have much thought on that situation.' The Panthers have stayed relatively low-key with their reactions to the play. Panthers coach Paul Maurice, who rarely speaks about plays that could lead to discipline, declined to give his thoughts on the incident postgame Tuesday. On Wednesday, when asked how he would categorize a play when a player intentionally shoots a puck at another player, he simply said 'it's somebody else's problem,' alluding to that being something the league deals with. Added defenseman Aaron Ekblad: 'We block shots all the time, so what's the difference? ... Intent or not, it hurts the same.' Gostisbehere was not fined by the NHL's Department of Player Safety. Panthers named SBJ team of year The Florida Panthers on Wednesday were named the 'Sports Team of the Year' by the Sports Business Journal. The announcement was made at SBJ's 18th annual Sports Business Awards, which celebrate excellence in the business of sports and factor all facets of the team's operations both on and off the ice. The Panthers were also nominated for 'Team of the Year' in 2023. The other nominees for Sports Team of the Year were the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, WNBA's Indiana Fever, MLS' Inter Miami CF, MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers, NFL's Washington Commanders and USA Gymnastics. 'The Florida Panthers are honored to be named 'Sports Team of the Year,' a humbling acknowledgment of how far our team has come under the passionate and steadfast leadership of the Viola family,' Panthers president and CEO Matt Caldwell said in a statement. 'We are grateful to Sports Business Journal for this tremendous recognition that represents the unwavering and unified commitment of our players, coaches, staff members and ownership to success both on and off the ice.' In addition to winning the franchise's first Stanley Cup last June, the Panthers sold out of season ticket allotment for the first time in franchise history and generated a more than $125 million impact on the local economy through the last two Stanley Cup Playoff runs, both of which ended in the Stanley Cup Final. The club also secured a new media rightsholder partnership with Scripps Sports, which increased access to Panthers hockey to more than 2.6 million households for free and doubled viewership in the first year. The Panthers also amended and extended the Arena Operating Agreement for the County-owned facility Amerant Bank Arena to stay in Broward County long-term, opened their new practice facility Baptist Health IcePlex and reopened a revitalized War Memorial Auditorium concert venue in Fort Lauderdale. Charlotte Checkers The Panthers aren't the only team under the organization's umbrella having postseason success. The Charlotte Checkers, who are the Panthers' American Hockey League affiliate, on Wednesday advanced to the conference finals of the Calder Cup playoffs after completing a three-game sweep of the Hershey Bears, the affiliate for the Washington Capitals and the back-to-back defending Calder Cup champions. This puts Charlotte two rounds away from winning the Calder Cup for the second time in team history and first since 2019. The Checkers became the Panthers' AHL affiliate beginning with the 2021-22 season. This season is the furthest they have advanced while affiliated with Florida. Forward Rasmus Asplund, who played in six games with the Panthers this season, leads the Checkers with four goals and is tied for the team lead with six points through their first two rounds of the Calder Cup playoffs. Others players on the Checkers roster who spent time with the Panthers this season include defenseman Tobias Bjornfot (two goals, three assists in playoffs), forward Jesse Puljujarvi (four assists in playoffs) and defenseman Matt Kiersted (one assist in playoffs). Goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen, who the Panthers acquired at the trade deadline, has played all eight games in net, posting a 1.85 goals against average and .918 save percentage.
NBC Sports
22-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Tussle with Florida's Brad Marchand, Carolina's Shayne Gostisbehere stands out ahead of Game 2
RALEIGH, N.C. — Aaron Ekblad shrugged it off. Paul Maurice called it 'somebody else's problem,' while casually taking a drink from a cup. Roughly 12 hours had passed since Florida's Brad Marchand and Carolina's Shayne Gostisbehere locked up in a punch-throwing tussle during the Panthers' Game 1 win in the Eastern Conference final, ending with Marchand being escorted to the locker room tunnel while barking back toward center ice. It was part of a testy third-period sequence in which Marchand made a run at Gostisbehere along the boards and Gostisbehere retaliated by firing a puck directly into Marchand from his own blue line. The reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers said all the right things in turning down the temperature from that scrap. 'I mean, it happens, it is what it is,' said Ekblad, the defenseman who scored the second of Florida's two tone-setting first-period goals. It's unclear if that mood will last through the puck drop for Game 2 of the best-of-seven series, though. 'Maybe, I don't know,' Carolina forward Seth Jarvis said. 'I'm sure it'll be just as physical as it was. We've seen a lot of each other the last couple of years. I mean, it's playoffs now. Everyone's battling. But I don't see anything too extra coming out of it.' The Panthers won 5-2 to open the rematch of the 2023 conference final swept by Florida with four one-goal wins, including a four-overtime epic. They had clinched their third straight trip to the conference final by winning a Game 7 in Toronto and visited a team that was 5-0 at home in the playoffs but never trailed and continued their postseason mastery of Carolina. It marked their sixth road win of the playoffs with a performance showing off Florida's championship mettle. Yet it also stood out for the third-period scrap between Marchand — long known as a talented player with a knack for agitation before his trade-deadline arrival from Boston — and Gostisbehere in a 4-1 game. Gostisbehere intentionally shooting the puck at Marchand far from the net was reminiscent of Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson doing a similar thing to Anaheim's Scott Niedermayer at the end of the second period of Game 4 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Final with the score tied at 2. That incited a scrum, in which Alfredsson sucker-punched Travis Moen. The Ducks went on to win that night 3-2, then in Game 5 to hoist the Cup. This sequence began with Marchand trying to hit Gostisbehere along the boards with about 12 minutes left after the Carolina defenseman had gotten rid of the puck. Andrei Svechnikov soon sent it back to a trailing Gostisbehere as Carolina started to clear the zone, and Gostisbehere found Marchand skating directly in front of him. So he fired a shot from his own blue line, sending the puck into Marchand's left elbow. The two immediately locked up, first by crossing high sticks and then flailing about while throwing punches and grabs at each other with Marchand having dropped gloves but Gostisbehere still wearing his. By the time officials separated the two, they were down on the ice, and Marchand made a brief stop in the penalty box for double-minor roughing penalties before being sent off with a game-misconduct penalty. Marchand didn't talk to reporters, leaving Gostisbehere — assessed a two-minute roughing penalty — to describe a 'heated' exchange. 'I was pretty (ticked) off,' Gostisbehere said. 'He tried to take a run at me. I shot the puck at him. It is what it is. Had a little tuffle.' Asked for his impression of the incident afterward, Maurice demurred by saying, 'Yeah, I've got one, I'm keeping that to myself,' then offered nothing more. Ekblad, meanwhile, sounded almost casual when asked his thoughts about a player firing a puck at another. 'I mean, we block shots all the time, so what's the difference?' Ekblad said, prompting laughter from reporters. 'Intent?' the reporter asked. 'Intent or not,' Ekblad said, 'it hurts the same.' Still, the ending indicated the incident wasn't so easily dismissed for the Panthers. In the final seconds, forward Jonah Gadjovich skated over as Gostisbehere played the puck a final time to deliver a bump and a few words, followed by linemate A.J. Greer skating in with a harder shove. That had officials stepping in a final time after the horn to intervene in a shove-filled gathering between Gadjovich and Carolina's Jesperi Kotkaniemi, with Greer and Hurricanes rookie defenseman Scott Morrow on the periphery. It could offer a reminder to the Hurricanes to avoid unnecessary scraps when it's hard enough just to beat the reigning Cup champs. That lesson was available early when top-line center Sebastian Aho being called for a first-period retaliation penalty after being popped twice by Florida's Anton Lundell, a call that set up Florida's power-play scoring start. 'Retaliation penalties are not going to get it done,' Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. 'So you know you're going to have a lot of opportunities to retaliate and you just can't. We did a pretty good job with it, but it just takes one. That's my point. You can't have that one because that really puts you behind the game, and now it's different. 'It's understanding that and I think finding a way not to let that get to you. ... You know, stick to what is gonna win us games.'
Fox Sports
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Tussle with Florida's Marchand, Carolina's Gostisbehere stands out ahead of Eastern final's Game 2
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aaron Ekblad shrugged it off. Paul Maurice called it 'somebody else's problem,' while casually taking a drink from a cup. Roughly 12 hours had passed since Florida's Brad Marchand and Carolina's Shayne Gostisbehere locked up in a punch-throwing tussle during the Panthers' Game 1 win in the Eastern Conference final, ending with Marchand being escorted to the locker room tunnel while barking back toward center ice. It was part of a testy third-period sequence in which Marchand made a run at Gostisbehere along the boards and Gostisbehere retaliated by firing a puck directly into Marchand from his own blue line. The reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers said all the right things Wednesday in turning down the temperature from that scrap. 'I mean, it happens, it is what it is,' said Ekblad, the defenseman who scored the second of Florida's two tone-setting first-period goals. It's unclear if that mood will last through the puck drop for Thursday's Game 2 of the best-of-seven series, though. 'Maybe, I don't know,' Carolina forward Seth Jarvis said. 'I'm sure it'll be just as physical as it was. We've seen a lot of each other the last couple of years. I mean, it's playoffs now. Everyone's battling. But I don't see anything too extra coming out of it.' The Panthers won 5-2 on Tuesday night to open the rematch of the 2023 conference final swept by Florida with four one-goal wins, including a four-overtime epic. They had clinched their third straight trip to the conference final by winning a Game 7 in Toronto only two days earlier and visited a team that was 5-0 at home in the playoffs but never trailed and continued their postseason mastery of Carolina. It marked their sixth road win of the playoffs with a performance showing off Florida's championship mettle. Yet it also stood out for the third-period scrap between Marchand — long known as a talented player with a knack for agitation before his trade-deadline arrival from Boston — and Gostisbehere in a 4-1 game. Gostisbehere intentionally shooting the puck at Marchand far from the net was reminiscent of Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson doing a similar thing to Anaheim's Scott Niedermayer at the end of the second period of Game 4 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Final with the score tied at 2. That incited a scrum, in which Alfredsson sucker-punched Travis Moen. The Ducks went on to win that night 3-2, then in Game 5 to hoist the Cup. This sequence began with Marchand trying to hit Gostisbehere along the boards with about 12 minutes left after the Carolina defenseman had gotten rid of the puck. Andrei Svechnikov soon sent it back to a trailing Gostisbehere as Carolina started to clear the zone, and Gostisbehere found Marchand skating directly in front of him. So he fired a shot from his own blue line, sending the puck into Marchand's left elbow. The two immediately locked up, first by crossing high sticks and then flailing about while throwing punches and grabs at each other with Marchand having dropped gloves but Gostisbehere still wearing his. By the time officials separated the two, they were down on the ice, and Marchand made a brief stop in the penalty box for double-minor roughing penalties before being sent off with a game-misconduct penalty. Marchand didn't talk to reporters afterward nor Wednesday, leaving Gostisbehere — assessed a two-minute roughing penalty — to describe a 'just heated' exchange. 'I was pretty (ticked) off,' Gostisbehere said. 'He tried to take a run at me. I shot the puck at him. It is what it is. Had a little tuffle.' Asked for his impression of the incident afterward, Maurice demurred by saying, 'Yeah, I've got one, I'm keeping that to myself," then offered nothing more Wednesday. Ekblad, meanwhile, sounded almost casual when asked his thoughts about a player firing a puck at another. 'I mean, we block shots all the time, so what's the difference?' Ekblad said, prompting laughter from reporters. 'Intent?' the reporter asked. 'Intent or not,' Ekblad said, 'it hurts the same.' Still, the ending indicated the incident wasn't so easily dismissed for the Panthers. In the final seconds, forward Jonah Gadjovich skated over as Gostisbehere played the puck a final time to deliver a bump and a few words, followed by linemate A.J. Greer skating in with a harder shove. That had officials stepping in a final time after the horn to intervene in a shove-filled gathering between Gadjovich and Carolina's Jesperi Kotkaniemi, with Greer and Hurricanes rookie defenseman Scott Morrow on the periphery. It could offer a reminder to the Hurricanes to avoid unnecessary scraps when it's hard enough just to beat the reigning Cup champs. That lesson was available early when top-line center Sebastian Aho being called for a first-period retaliation penalty after being popped twice by Florida's Anton Lundell, a call that set up Florida's power-play scoring start. 'Retaliation penalties are not going to get it done,' Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "So you know you're going to have a lot of opportunities to retaliate and you just can't. We did a pretty good job with it, but it just takes one. That's my point. You can't have that one because that really puts you behind the game, and now it's different. 'It's understanding that and I think finding a way not to let that get to you. ... You know, stick to what is gonna win us games.' ___ AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno contributed to this report. ___ AP NHL playoffs: and recommended
Winnipeg Free Press
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Tussle with Florida's Marchand, Carolina's Gostisbehere stands out ahead of Eastern final's Game 2
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aaron Ekblad shrugged it off. Paul Maurice called it 'somebody else's problem,' while casually taking a drink from a cup. Roughly 12 hours had passed since Florida's Brad Marchand and Carolina's Shayne Gostisbehere locked up in a punch-throwing tussle during the Panthers' Game 1 win in the Eastern Conference final, ending with Marchand being escorted to the locker room tunnel while barking back toward center ice. It was part of a testy third-period sequence in which Marchand made a run at Gostisbehere along the boards and Gostisbehere retaliated by firing a puck directly into Marchand from his own blue line. The reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers said all the right things Wednesday in turning down the temperature from that scrap. 'I mean, it happens, it is what it is,' said Ekblad, the defenseman who scored the second of Florida's two tone-setting first-period goals. It's unclear if that mood will last through the puck drop for Thursday's Game 2 of the best-of-seven series, though. 'Maybe, I don't know,' Carolina forward Seth Jarvis said. 'I'm sure it'll be just as physical as it was. We've seen a lot of each other the last couple of years. I mean, it's playoffs now. Everyone's battling. But I don't see anything too extra coming out of it.' The Panthers won 5-2 on Tuesday night to open the rematch of the 2023 conference final swept by Florida with four one-goal wins, including a four-overtime epic. They had clinched their third straight trip to the conference final by winning a Game 7 in Toronto only two days earlier and visited a team that was 5-0 at home in the playoffs but never trailed and continued their postseason mastery of Carolina. It marked their sixth road win of the playoffs with a performance showing off Florida's championship mettle. Yet it also stood out for the third-period scrap between Marchand — long known as a talented player with a knack for agitation before his trade-deadline arrival from Boston — and Gostisbehere in a 4-1 game. Gostisbehere intentionally shooting the puck at Marchand far from the net was reminiscent of Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson doing a similar thing to Anaheim's Scott Niedermayer at the end of the second period of Game 4 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Final with the score tied at 2. That incited a scrum, in which Alfredsson sucker-punched Travis Moen. The Ducks went on to win that night 3-2, then in Game 5 to hoist the Cup. This sequence began with Marchand trying to hit Gostisbehere along the boards with about 12 minutes left after the Carolina defenseman had gotten rid of the puck. Andrei Svechnikov soon sent it back to a trailing Gostisbehere as Carolina started to clear the zone, and Gostisbehere found Marchand skating directly in front of him. So he fired a shot from his own blue line, sending the puck into Marchand's left elbow. The two immediately locked up, first by crossing high sticks and then flailing about while throwing punches and grabs at each other with Marchand having dropped gloves but Gostisbehere still wearing his. By the time officials separated the two, they were down on the ice, and Marchand made a brief stop in the penalty box for double-minor roughing penalties before being sent off with a game-misconduct penalty. Marchand didn't talk to reporters afterward nor Wednesday, leaving Gostisbehere — assessed a two-minute roughing penalty — to describe a 'just heated' exchange. 'I was pretty (ticked) off,' Gostisbehere said. 'He tried to take a run at me. I shot the puck at him. It is what it is. Had a little tuffle.' Asked for his impression of the incident afterward, Maurice demurred by saying, 'Yeah, I've got one, I'm keeping that to myself,' then offered nothing more Wednesday. Ekblad, meanwhile, sounded almost casual when asked his thoughts about a player firing a puck at another. 'I mean, we block shots all the time, so what's the difference?' Ekblad said, prompting laughter from reporters. 'Intent?' the reporter asked. 'Intent or not,' Ekblad said, 'it hurts the same.' Still, the ending indicated the incident wasn't so easily dismissed for the Panthers. In the final seconds, forward Jonah Gadjovich skated over as Gostisbehere played the puck a final time to deliver a bump and a few words, followed by linemate A.J. Greer skating in with a harder shove. That had officials stepping in a final time after the horn to intervene in a shove-filled gathering between Gadjovich and Carolina's Jesperi Kotkaniemi, with Greer and Hurricanes rookie defenseman Scott Morrow on the periphery. It could offer a reminder to the Hurricanes to avoid unnecessary scraps when it's hard enough just to beat the reigning Cup champs. That lesson was available early when top-line center Sebastian Aho being called for a first-period retaliation penalty after being popped twice by Florida's Anton Lundell, a call that set up Florida's power-play scoring start. 'Retaliation penalties are not going to get it done,' Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. 'So you know you're going to have a lot of opportunities to retaliate and you just can't. We did a pretty good job with it, but it just takes one. That's my point. You can't have that one because that really puts you behind the game, and now it's different. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. 'It's understanding that and I think finding a way not to let that get to you. … You know, stick to what is gonna win us games.' ___ AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno contributed to this report. ___ AP NHL playoffs: and
Hindustan Times
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Tussle with Florida's Marchand, Carolina's Gostisbehere stands out ahead of Eastern final's Game 2
RALEIGH, N.C. — Aaron Ekblad shrugged it off. Paul Maurice called it 'somebody else's problem,' while casually taking a drink from a cup. Roughly 12 hours had passed since Florida's Brad Marchand and Carolina's Shayne Gostisbehere locked up in a punch-throwing tussle during the Panthers' Game 1 win in the Eastern Conference final, ending with Marchand being escorted to the locker room tunnel while barking back toward center ice. It was part of a testy third-period sequence in which Marchand made a run at Gostisbehere along the boards and Gostisbehere retaliated by firing a puck directly into Marchand from his own blue line. The reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers said all the right things Wednesday in turning down the temperature from that scrap. 'I mean, it happens, it is what it is,' said Ekblad, the defenseman who scored the second of Florida's two tone-setting first-period goals. It's unclear if that mood will last through the puck drop for Thursday's Game 2 of the best-of-seven series, though. 'Maybe, I don't know,' Carolina forward Seth Jarvis said. 'I'm sure it'll be just as physical as it was. We've seen a lot of each other the last couple of years. I mean, it's playoffs now. Everyone's battling. But I don't see anything too extra coming out of it.' The Panthers won 5-2 on Tuesday night to open the rematch of the 2023 conference final swept by Florida with four one-goal wins, including a four-overtime epic. They had clinched their third straight trip to the conference final by winning a Game 7 in Toronto only two days earlier and visited a team that was 5-0 at home in the playoffs but never trailed and continued their postseason mastery of Carolina. It marked their sixth road win of the playoffs with a performance showing off Florida's championship mettle. Yet it also stood out for the third-period scrap between Marchand — long known as a talented player with a knack for agitation before his trade-deadline arrival from Boston — and Gostisbehere in a 4-1 game. Gostisbehere intentionally shooting the puck at Marchand far from the net was reminiscent of Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson doing a similar thing to Anaheim's Scott Niedermayer at the end of the second period of Game 4 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Final with the score tied at 2. That incited a scrum, in which Alfredsson sucker-punched Travis Moen. The Ducks went on to win that night 3-2, then in Game 5 to hoist the Cup. This sequence began with Marchand trying to hit Gostisbehere along the boards with about 12 minutes left after the Carolina defenseman had gotten rid of the puck. Andrei Svechnikov soon sent it back to a trailing Gostisbehere as Carolina started to clear the zone, and Gostisbehere found Marchand skating directly in front of him. So he fired a shot from his own blue line, sending the puck into Marchand's left elbow. Marchand didn't talk to reporters afterward nor Wednesday, leaving Gostisbehere — assessed a two-minute roughing penalty — to describe a 'just heated' exchange. 'I was pretty off,' Gostisbehere said. 'He tried to take a run at me. I shot the puck at him. It is what it is. Had a little tuffle.' Asked for his impression of the incident afterward, Maurice demurred by saying, 'Yeah, I've got one, I'm keeping that to myself," then offered nothing more Wednesday. Ekblad, meanwhile, sounded almost casual when asked his thoughts about a player firing a puck at another. 'I mean, we block shots all the time, so what's the difference?' Ekblad said, prompting laughter from reporters. 'Intent?' the reporter asked. 'Intent or not,' Ekblad said, 'it hurts the same.' Still, the ending indicated the incident wasn't so easily dismissed for the Panthers. In the final seconds, forward Jonah Gadjovich skated over as Gostisbehere played the puck a final time to deliver a bump and a few words, followed by linemate A.J. Greer skating in with a harder shove. That had officials stepping in a final time after the horn to intervene in a shove-filled gathering between Gadjovich and Carolina's Jesperi Kotkaniemi, with Greer and Hurricanes rookie defenseman Scott Morrow on the periphery. It could offer a reminder to the Hurricanes to avoid unnecessary scraps when it's hard enough just to beat the reigning Cup champs. That lesson was available early when top-line center Sebastian Aho being called for a first-period retaliation penalty after being popped twice by Florida's Anton Lundell, a call that set up Florida's power-play scoring start. 'Retaliation penalties are not going to get it done,' Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "So you know you're going to have a lot of opportunities to retaliate and you just can't. We did a pretty good job with it, but it just takes one. That's my point. You can't have that one because that really puts you behind the game, and now it's different. 'It's understanding that and I think finding a way not to let that get to you. ... You know, stick to what is gonna win us games.' Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno contributed to this report. NHL playoffs: /hub/stanley-cup and /hub/nhl
