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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 by The Associated Press (AP) Florida Panthers goaltender Chris Driedger, left, defends the goal against Tampa Bay Lightnings Daniel Walcott (85) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Tam...

Axe: Crunch fan favorite Daniel Walcott makes history in first NHL game Updated May 12, 2021; Posted May 12, 2021 Syracuse Crunch forward and fan favorite Daniel Walcott made his NHL debut on Monday night with the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Florida Panthers.SYR Facebook Share “Is this the year? Is this it? You gonna do it this year?” After 248 games with the Crunch, Walcott can finally answer his inquisitors with a “yes.” But there’s more to the story than simply playing in a N...

Chicago (24-26-6) saw its season come to a close on Monday night with a 5-4 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars, finishing on the outside looking in at the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This is where we expected them to be at the close of this season, not playing in the postseason and looking forward to next year, as they continue to go forward in their rebuilding process. •   While the expectation from the outside was that Chicago would not be playing in the postseason, the expectations inside the cl...

Long-time Syracuse Crunch fan favorite Daniel Walcott makes NHL debut for Tampa Bay Updated May 10, 10:34 PM; Posted May 10, 7:29 PM Daniel Walcott has played 248 games over six seasons with the Syracuse Crunch. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com SYR SYRSYR Facebook Share Syracuse, N.Y. -- One of the Syracuse Crunch’s all-time models of persistence was rewarded with a career-defining moment on Monday night. Forward Daniel Walcott, one of the most popular players in franchise history, made ...

Panthers beat Lightning, secure home ice for first round Chris Driedger stopped 30 shots to record his third shutout of the season and the Florida Panthers secured home-ice advantage for the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the regular season finale for both clubs on Monday night. The Canadian Press VIDEO SIGN OUT Chris Driedger stopped 30 shots to record his third shutout of the season, Juho Lammikko scored a short-handed goal, and the Fl...

Lightning start all-Black forward line Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers on Monday night. The Canadian Press VIDEO SIGN OUT SUNRISE, Fla. — Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Ta...

The Chargers started the all-black route by playing against the Panthers, creating NHL history Daniel Walcott (Daniel Walcott) is already very excited to participate in his first NHL game. When he saw how his debut took place, he became even more excited. On Monday night, the Tampa Bay Chargers started three black forwards in the regular season final against the Florida Panthers, which is rare in NHL history-if not the absolute first. Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith fought together for ...

Defending champion Lightning make NHL history by starting an all-black forward line as Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper says he hopes it will become the norm The Tampa Bay Lightning started three black forwards in their regular-season finale on Monday night, a rarity in NHL history, if not an absolute first Daniel Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith played together against Florida - likely the first time three black forwards were ever on the same line Roughly 3 percent of NHL players are bla...

Bantering Points: 5/11/21 Share this story Rangers News: Larry Brooks examines New York’s salary cap situation in the wake of the Ryan Lindgren extension (NY Post) Brooks also explains why he doesn’t expect the Blueshirts to try and pry Jack Eichel out of Buffalo (NY Post) Mollie Walker notes that even in the wake of exit interviews, David Quinn’s future with the organization is still up in the air (NY Post) Colin Stephenson hears that Mika Zibanejad has walked back his earlier claims, bl...

Tampa Bay Lightning lose to Florida Panthers, 4-0 Share this story Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images Chris Driedger posted a 30-save shutout and four different Florida Panthers scored as they beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 in the final game of the season. MacKenzie Weegar, Juho Lammikko, Carter Verhaeghe, and Alex Wennberg scored against Andre Vasilevskiy, who had 26 saves on 30 shots in the loss. Overshadowing the loss was the NHL debut of one of the most popular players in S...