Utah, Marchand and Florida Panthers
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Miami Herald |
Maurice said after practice Wednesday the team was targeting Friday’s game against Utah for Marchand’s Panthers debut but also said they wouldn’t rush him into the lineup for the sake of getting him ...
Sports Illustrated |
Despite being traded from the Boston Bruins to the Florida Panthers just over three weeks ago, forward Brad Marchand has been out of the team's lineup due to an upper-body injury.
Yahoo! Sports |
Florida worked the puck around before Sasha Barkov found Sam Bennett with a perfect back door feed. Bennett deposited the puck behind Karel Vejmelka to give the Cats a 1-0 lead just 2:28 into the seco...
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Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad was suspended 20 games this week after the NHL said he violated the league's performance-enhancing substance policy.
Brad Marchand is ready for his Florida debut. The Panthers said Marchand — who, because of an upper-body injury, hasn't appeared in a game with Florida since being acquired in a trade with Boston three weeks ago — will be in the lineup Friday night when the team plays host to the Utah Hockey Club.
Brad Marchand capped his Panthers debut by setting up Sam Bennett's winner with 41.1 seconds left in overtime, and Florida defeated Utah, 2-1.
Marchand, who was greeted by plenty of fans around the ice during warm-ups and even flicked a puck into the stands toward one group as a souvenir, got the loudest reception of any of Florida’s skaters when the game-opening unit was announced.
Marchand, who, because of an upper-body injury, hasn’t appeared in a game with Florida since being acquired in a trade with Boston three weeks ago