NHL Admits Refs Cost Panthers

Not surprisingly, the NHL has admitted that the referees blew a goaltender interference call Tuesday night, which ultimately cost the Panthers the game.

Colin Campbell, NHL’s vice president of operations, made the statement after Toronto’s Colton Orr barreled into Panther’s goaltender Scott Clemmensen. The resulting goal gave the Maple Leafs the lead, and ultimately led them to the victory.

Well, how nice. The NHL almost apologizes in this instance, telling the Panthers, “Hey, we screwed up.”

Big whoop.

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Refs Steal Another Game From Panthers

After a questionable call made the Panthers losers on opening night, an unquestionably bad call did them in again tonight. Goaltender Scott Clemmensen was tackled, leading to the Maple Leafs game winning goal.

If there was ever a time to place a game under protest, it is tonight’s game.

The Panthers are off to their usual lucky ways, having as many as four points stolen from them in the first seven games of the season.

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Panthers Beat Islanders; Powerless Play Continues

On a night where they honored former builder Bill Torrey, the Florida Panthers scored late and hung onto a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders. Radek Dvorak scored the game winning goal in the third period, and the Panthers moved back to .500.

However, things were not all good. The Cats were unable to do anything on the power play again, dropping their convergence rate to 4.4 percent.

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Panthers Crash, Burn on Home Ice

Five days after their most convincing win of the season, the Florida Panthers looked like last year’s bunch that finished in the bottom three of the NHL. The Cats came out flat, and lost to the Dallas Stars 4-1.

The only good news is that the top line finally got a goal, as Stephen Weiss scored one from Michael Frolik and David Booth.

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Panthers Blitz Lightning, Win Second Straight

Some catching up to do – Thursday the Florida Panthers got their first victory of the season over the Calgary Flames. It’s always a great feeling to beat Jay Bouwmeester and Olli Jokinen. The Sun Sentinel breaks down that game.

Last night, in the home opener, the Cats scored four first period goals en route to a 6-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Panthers Blow Game Late, Remain Winless

Despite another strong work ethic game, the Florida Panthers lost for the second time in as many nights. Daniel Sedin scored both Vancouver goals, and Roberto Luongo made 41 saves.

Rusty Olesz scored the Panthers lone goal, on a lucky deflection off a Vancouver defenseman’s skate.

So far, Florida has not led for one second out of 120 minutes of play.

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Panthers Lose Opener On Questionable Goal

Despite dominating nearly the entire contest, the Florida Panthers lost their opening game against the Edmonton Oilers 3-2. New Panther Marty Reasoner scored a pair of goals, but Shawn Horcoff scored the winning goal off his skate.

The goal was reviewed, where it looked like there was a slight kicking motion, but the call was not overturned.

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