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Time of India
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Sergei Bobrovsky calls third final ‘a blessing' as Panthers eye another NHL title
Sergei Bobrovsky calls third final 'a blessing' as Panthers eye another NHL title (Image Source: Getty Images) A big thing is happening in Florida, and hockey fans are feeling the buzz. The Florida Panthers are back in the Stanley Cup Final, and it's not the first time. In fact, it's their third straight year playing for the Cup. With the team full of energy and hope, fans are waiting to see if history will be made once again. Sergei Bobrovsky calls third trip to the final a blessing On Sunday, June 2, 2024, Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky spoke after practice at the Baptist Health IcePlex in Fort Lauderdale. He shared his thoughts on the Panthers reaching the Stanley Cup Final again. 'It's a blessing to be in the Final three years in a row,' he said. 'We passed three really good teams. Now, it's a big challenge ahead.' — northstarbet (@northstarbet) Having beaten the Carolina Hurricanes in five games during the Eastern Conference Final, the Panthers clinched their place. Next, they face the Edmonton Oilers. This is a rematch from the 2023 final. Florida won that series and hopes to win again this year. With this latest win, the Panthers became the ninth team in NHL history to reach the Final in three straight seasons. Only two teams have done that in the last 40 years, Florida and Tampa Bay. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like One of the Most Successful Investors of All Time, Warren Buffett, Recommends: 5 Books for Turning... Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Click Here Undo This groups the Panthers among famous names like the New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings, and Montreal Canadiens. Also Read: ' They're A Really Good Team': Florida Panthers Prepare For Intense Stanley Cup Final Rematch Against Fiery Edmonton Oilers Matthew Tkachuk and Paul Maurice reflect on the journey Star forward Matthew Tkachuk said the team thought about this moment all summer. 'You think about the chance to compete again,' he said. 'It's hard to get here. Not many players get that chance even once.' Head coach Paul Maurice has led the Panthers in all three Final runs. He said something felt different about this team from the very start. 'I don't feel like I'm the reason,' he said. 'These guys are just built differently. It's been fun to watch.' Since 2022, Florida has played more games than any other NHL team, 308, including playoffs. They also have the most playoff wins in that time, with 41 victories. Maurice said the players know how to lead themselves, and he steps in only when needed. As Florida gets ready for Game 1, the goal is clear—bring the Stanley Cup back to South Florida one more time.
Miami Herald
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Miami Herald
As stage gets bigger, Panthers' Sergei Bobrovsky stays grounded eyeing Stanley Cup repeat
Sergei Bobrovsky knows what's ahead of him and the Florida Panthers. They're about to play in their third consecutive Stanley Cup Final with a chance to repeat as champions after winning it all for the first time last year. It's the biggest stage of the NHL season. Bobrovsky also knows that, at its core, what's ahead is just another game. That's how Bobrovsky operates. After 15 NHL seasons, including a lot of good but also its share of rough times, the goaltender has become a creature of living in the moment. He can't let what happened in the past affect him. He can't let what might happen creep into his mind. That mentality, he and the Panthers hope, will work to their advantage when Game 1 against the Edmonton Oilers begins at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rogers Place as a rematch of last season's Cup Final gets underway. 'You enjoy the moment and savor the moment,' Bobrovsky said. 'You're not trying to cut yourself off thinking about what's ahead or what's happened in the past. You're just trying to take advantage of the opportunity. It's a great opportunity. There's only two teams left, and we're one of them and we have opportunity to win it all. It's an exciting time, and I want to enjoy every bit of it.' Bobrovsky has had an exciting postseason — and his teammates certainly have enjoyed it. Through the first three rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs, Bobrovsky has a 2.11 goals against average and .912 save percentage. He has three shutouts in 17 games — one in each round — and has held opponents to two goals or fewer in 11 of those 17 games. His 6.04 goals save above average according to Natural Stat Trick are the most among all goals this postseason. 'There's not much that can get him off his game,' defenseman Dmitry Kulikov said. 'He can have an off day for him, which is a pretty good day for a good goalie in the NHL, but he always bounces back because he has this foundation — he has his routine every day that he does. And when he's [in] net, we feel very, very confident.' Especially since they know the work he puts in to get ready for each game. Bobrovsky has a regimented plan of attack for every day. After being in the league as long as he has and having the success he has — two Vezina Trophies, finalist for a third, top-10 in the NHL in goaltender wins and finally a Stanley Cup champion — Bobrovsky and only Bobrovsky truly understands what he needs to be ready. And his teammates marvel at it. 'He knows exactly what his body needs,' forward Carter Verhaeghe said. 'He's so dialed in. If there's a pro that you want to emulate, it's him. But his routines aren't like any other. I've seen Bobby do it ever since I've been here. It's special. He's special.' It has the Panthers on the cusp of doing something special by repeating as Stanley Cup champions if they can knock of the Oilers in the Cup Finals again. That's the moment the Panthers are in — and the moment Brobrovsky is prioritizing. 'I guess it's experience,' Bobrovsky said. 'I've been around for a little bit, and I know how tough it is to get into that stage. It has to be lots of things coming together. I just want to be thankful and appreciate and be humble about the opportunity.'
CBC
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Defending champion Panthers advance to 3rd straight Stanley Cup final after eliminating Hurricanes
Aaron Beard Florida will face winner of the Western final between Dallas and Edmonton he horn sounded to signal a third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final, and the Florida Panthers celebrated merely by hopping over the boards and several heading over to to congratulate goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. It was a subdued celebration seemingly more befitting a regular-season win for the reigning Cup champs. "I remember a few years ago, it felt like such an accomplishment from where we were at one point," forward Matthew Tkachuk said, adding: "It's all business and we've got a bigger goal in mind." The Panthers closed out the Carolina Hurricanes in five games Wednesday night with a 5-3 victory in the Eastern Conference final, pushing ahead for good when Carter Verhaeghe broke a tie off a feed from Aleksander Barkov with 7:39 left. Florida beat the Hurricanes in the Eastern final for the second time in three seasons. The Panthers will face the winner of the Western final between Dallas and Edmonton, with the Oilers up 3-1 in that best-of-seven series to put them within a win of a rematch with Florida for the Cup. Sam Bennett added an empty-net goal with 54 seconds left by skating down a loose puck straight out of the penalty box after Florida had held up against a critical late power play for the Hurricanes. That capped a wild night that saw the Hurricanes jump to a 2-0 lead by capitalizing on giveaways, and Florida answer with three second-period goals, only to see Carolina's Seth Jarvis beat Bobrovsky midway through the third to tie it at 3. "That was all the elements that make our sport great," Florida coach Paul Maurice said. "They're all over us. And we're serving up pizzas and we don't look like we should've made the playoffs, and then the next thing you know we look pretty good." When it was over, the Panthers posed for pictures on Carolina's home ice during the presentation of the Prince of Wales Trophy for the conference winner. Some Hurricanes fans remained defiant, offering scattered "Let's go, Oilers!" chants. The angst is appropriate considering how Florida has now twice ended Carolina's push to its first Cup Final since winning the franchise's lone title in 2006 when now-coach Rod Brind'Amour was captain. Florida had won the first three games of this series but lost 3-0 at home Monday night as the Hurricanes averted a second straight sweep against Florida. But by the final horn Wednesday, the Panthers had won all three games in Raleigh in the series, pushed their road winning streak in these playoffs to five games and earned an eighth postseason road win overall. "They're a great team and it's obvious the last couple of years, they're the standard, obviously," Brind'Amour said. "I thought our guy battled really hard all series." Tkachuk, Evan Rodrigues and Anton Lundell scored on consecutive shots during Florida's second-period flurry — two of those coming in a 30-second span — while Bobrovsky finished with 20 saves. Barkov's assist on Verhaeghe's winner also stood out as its own terrific individual effort. Florida's captain was jostling with Carolina's Dmitry Orlov in a battle near the boards on the left side when he turned toward the crease, stepped inside of Eric Robinson and sent the puck over to Verhaeghe for the finish that silenced a Hurricanes home crowd in full-throated roar after Jarvis' tying score. "He took on one guy, then two guys and then gave the puck to me with a pretty open net," Verhaeghe said. "So it was an unbelievable play by Barky at a critical time." Sebastian Aho scored twice in the first period for Carolina, both on neutral-zone giveaways — the first being one from Gustav Forsling that hit Aho in stride for a a breakaway chance that ended up in the net. Aho added another off a giveaway from Niko Mikkola with little more than a minute left in the first for a 2-0 lead. Carolina has won at least one postseason series in its current run of seven straight playoff appearances, though three have now ended in the Eastern final. Two of those had ended in sweeps in a losing conference-final losing streak that reached 15 games — dating to sweeps in 2009, 2019 and the 2023 first tilt with the Panthers — before Monday's Game 4 win.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Laid back celebration following Eastern Conference Final shows Panthers maturity, understanding of bigger goal to reach
The Florida Panthers are heading back to the Stanley Cup Final. That statement, on its own, should lead to an incredible amount of excitement and enthusiasm. But these are not the Panthers of, well, three years ago. Back in 2023, when the Panthers made their first of what has now become three consecutive trips to the annual championship series, it was beyond a big deal. Entering that postseason, Florida had won exactly four playoff series in the team's existence, three of which came during the team's improbable run to the Final in their third season back in 1996. In the 26 years bridging that postseason with the Panthers' Presidents' Trophy winning year in 2022, there was more than a little frustration in and around the franchise. That's why it was completely acceptable and warranted when the team had an epic celebration following their win in Game 4 of the conference final back in 2023. Between the buildup during that postseason – advancing as an eight seed – and the overall lack of success on a franchise-level until that point, it was quite understandable why the festivities following that victory were as exuberant as they were. Last season, when the Panthers defeated the New York Rangers in six games to advance to their second straight Cup Final, the celebrations were a bit more tempered. That's why when the Cats knocked out the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night in Raleigh to move on to the Stanley Cup Final for a third straight season, there wasn't much of a celebration at all. Well, at least not what some would think is acceptable for winning a conference title. 'It's not easy to do, to be three times in a row in the Stanley Cup Final,' said Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. 'It's a big achievement for us, but again, the biggest step is ahead of us, and we're all excited about it.' Were the Panthers clearly happy they had earned their third straight Price of Wales Trophy? Of course. It's an amazing achievement, one that some players will go an entire career without realizing. 'I didn't even think about it. I just reacted how I reacted,' said Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk. 'I think it was different than a few years ago. I remember a few years ago, like it felt like such an accomplishment from where we were at one point. I know we talked about it last year, it's part of the journey, and same way with this year. It's all business, and we've got a bigger goal in mind.' Nobody on the roster is throwing any shade or disrespect to what they have accomplished to this point. It's incredibly difficult and few teams even have the chance to fight for it. But this team is seasoned. Battle tested. They've been around the block and understand that they have one main goal in mind. 'I think going into this year, we knew what the goal was,' said Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues. 'It's an accomplishment, winning the conference, but I think we all knew from day one what the goal was, and that's to win a Stanley Cup. We've got four more to go, and I think that's more of the mentality that that every guy in this room has.' Interestingly, the 'bigger goal' mentality is one shared universally throughout the locker room. That includes the new guys, the players who were not part of last season's Stanley Cup championship but still have an astute understanding of the situation they now find themselves in, and the expectation that comes with it from one man to the next. 'We're obviously very focused,' said Panthers forward Brad Marchand. 'You could just see the guys have been here before, we're excited that we got through the round, but that's where it stops. The toughest team that we're going to face is coming up next. If you don't do the job there again, you didn't win anything. So yeah, we're excited, but it's just like any other round. There's a huge job to do moving forward, and we have to prepare for that now.' It's yet to be determined who and where the Panthers will be facing and traveling to when they open the Stanley Cup Final sometime next week. They may be entering the first Final rematch we've seen since 2009, which was the last time the same opponents faced off in consecutive Cup Finals (back then it was Detroit and Pittsburgh, who split the two series). As it stands, the Edmonton Oilers hold a 3-1 series lead over the Dallas Stars. Whether or not we see a Panthers-Oilers second act remains to be seen, but from a Florida perspective, nobody seems to be worried about a potential opponent. If the Panthers continue to play their style of hockey at the level they've set over the past several postseasons, the team is fully confident that things will work out in their favor. At the moment, the Cats are taking in their latest achievement while simultaneously preparing for the final battles to come. 'We appreciate and we value where we are right now,' said Bobrovsky. 'But we know that the most important step is ahead of us.' It will be fun to see how things play out. Stay tuned! LATEST STORIES FROM THE HOCKEY NEWS - FLORIDA Paul Maurice Gives Promising Injury Update On Panthers Forward Three takeaways: Panthers win exciting Game 5, special teams play big role Florida Panthers have come a long way, now in third straight Stanley Cup Final Panthers take Game 5 in Carolina, advance to third straight Stanley Cup Final Charles Barkley Doubting Panthers Ahead Of Game 5 Photo caption: May 28, 2025; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Florida Panthers celebrate the win against the Carolina Hurricanes after game five of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Lenovo Center. Mandatory Credit: James Guillory-Imagn Images
Time of India
3 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Florida Panthers Stanley Cup final tickets: Matthew Tkachuk and Sergei Bobrovsky ride for the NHL glory
Image Via Getty In a defining moment in the franchise's history with which they are about to compete, fans are abuzz with excitement. With their sights on the second straight Stanley Cup title, the Panthers are going to electrify the 2025 NHL Finals with their energy. Usually, the defending champions in the past would have lost their momentum, but that is not the case for Florida this season, as they have kept their dreams alive throughout the playoffs with the intent to win the title. Sergei Bobrovsky and Matthew Tkachuk lead the Florida Panthers into the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals The 2025 NHL Playoffs have seen the Panthers playing like a well-oiled machine. This means that with every passing series, the team gains strength under the reins of head coach Paul Maurice. A very confident Sergei Bobrovsky in goal for the Florida Panthers has underpinned their defense, allowing the forwards, led by Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett, to go on a relentless offensive attack. Tkachuk's key moments in momentum swings have propelled them, particularly during this dominant run of victories. Florida's campaign began with a strong statement against Tampa Bay. Physically and emotionally draining, the series of games against the Lightning was an experience for all involved in it, yet the Panthers were able to smoothly transition into the second round, facing a very hungry opponent, the tough Toronto Maple Leafs. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Walmart Photos Which Are Not For Everyone Old Money Style Undo Not giving even a single indication of tiredness or hesitation, in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Panthers had a field day with the Carolina Hurricanes. Marchand has had an enormous impact since being brought in during the mid-season trade, blending very well with Florida's core alongside his aggressive style of play and leadership in clutch situations. For fans who want to see this historic run live, ticket availability has become an intriguing matter. If the Panthers contend for Games 1 and 2 at home, prices for entry would start at $482 for Game 1 and would rise to $550 for Game 2 at Amerant Bank Arena. These tickets would be made available through StubHub, marking a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for fans to be part of what could be the series clincher at home. Called the team to beat in the playoff bracket for the NHL, the Florida Panthers have become intense with each successive series. The whole performance from the Panthers makes it clear—they are not defending champions but an organization that is ready to create a legacy. Also Read: How the Florida Panthers became the NHL's most hated and admired playoff team Standing just one step away from solidifying the dynasty are the Florida Panthers, with just one of those supreme goaltenders in the form of Sergei Bobrovsky shutting down any out-of-town opposition and a highly effective forward in Matthew Tkachuk. The Stanley Cup Finals are starting at the moment, and all eyes will be following its progress to witness history promisingly being repeated in favor of Florida. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
