by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Florida Panthers, Homepage, NHL
You can’t beat the Ducks for jargon. A while ago, I wrote an article about coach Dallas Eakins called something like, “Less Psychobabble, More Hockey” in response to the constant stream of pop psychological (nonsense) that extruded itself from his mouth. Then the...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 14, 2022 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Funny coincidence: The LA Kings hosted South Asian Heritage Night with Florida in town Sunday evening. Two nights before, I had given a talk to students at Gujarat National Law University on the topic of “Kinetic Motion as Cultural Expression: The Case for Canadian...
by Kenneth Cross | Nov 13, 2021 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning
By Kenneth Cross TAMPA – The Florida Panthers are doing best to stoke a rivalry with the back-to-back Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning, but with the history of these franchises, the Panthers have a long way to go to get up to speed. However, on Saturday...
by Kenneth Cross | Oct 20, 2021 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning
By Kenneth Cross TAMPA – The presence of Nikita Kucherov for the Tampa Bay Lightning is somewhat synonymous with the presence of Tom Brady at quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He’s the cog in the machine, the grape in the wine, or any analogy that...
by Kenneth Cross | May 27, 2021 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Nashville Predators, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – A championship mentality, the cohesion of a stellar set of lines and special teams units and the “elite” play of the NHL’s top goalie in Andrei Vasilevskiy saw the Tampa Bay Lightning halt the Florida Panthers, 4-0, on Wednesday night,...
by Kenneth Cross | May 22, 2021 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – The defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning had the flex of a champion on Saturday afternoon as they jumped to a 2-0 lead just 7:24 into the first period en route to a dominating 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the best of seven...