Good guys kicking arse in battles of Florida

[WrestlingRasta]

Florida (Fort Myers) Everblades get a sweep over Jacksonville in the first round of the ECHL playoffs (with four overtime games amazingly enough) and the Panthers take out Tampa 4 games to 1.  Round 2 for defending champs Blades starts Friday.  Defending champs Panthers await their next opponent.  South Florida hockey on fire!

[Jason Bryant]

Florida (Fort Myers) Everblades get a sweep over Jacksonville in the first round of the ECHL playoffs (with four overtime games amazingly enough) and the Panthers take out Tampa 4 games to 1.  Round 2 for defending champs Blades starts Friday.  Defending champs Panthers await their next opponent.  South Florida hockey on fire!

I’ve got an Everblades puck around here somewhere from their expansion season.

[WrestlingRasta]

10 hours ago, Jason Bryant said:

I’ve got an Everblades puck around here somewhere from their expansion season.

If you come across it could you send me a pic?   Some of my peeps would get a kick out of it.

Edited May 1 by WrestlingRasta

[WrestlingRasta]

Blades win game 1 in what looked like was gonna be a blow out, up 5-0 going into the third but Orlando got 3 to make it interesting. None the less a great night with my boys.
Game 2 tonight, can’t decide if I want to return on a solo mission or just watch from home (on Flo no less)

Panthers and Toronto kick off their series Monday.  Folks weren’t too high on Florida heading into the Tampa series, don’t think they realized Florida had a lot of injuries (and suspension) at the end of the regular season. But they rested up and showed they are defending champs for a reason. They are the definition of team hockey. Going to be a good series. 

Edited May 3 by WrestlingRasta

[WrestlingRasta]

Jets vs Blues Game 7 is nuts!!

[Scouts Honor]

yes it was.

 i was thinking the night before with the avs giving up 3 in the third, then a late emptynetter, was crazy

but that happened last night... wow 

[WrestlingRasta]

1 minute ago, Scouts Honor said:

yes it was.

 i was thinking the night before with the avs giving up 3 in the third, then a late emptynetter, was crazy

but that happened last night... wow 

Yes what an amazing game!  When both Tampa and Florida each hit two goals in 11 seconds in their game five, a strong reminder that it’s not over till that final horn. 

Friday night I took my boys to the Everblades game 1 of round 2.  At the nine minute mark Blades were up 5-1.  Said to the boys if it’s stays like this we’re leaving at 5 minute mark.  At the five minute mark it was 5-3…

Went back solo Saturday night game 2, final score was 6-1….but I wasn’t  leaving early. Don’t think I ever will again. 

[WrestlingRasta]

After some hiccups from both Florida squads, the ship has been corrected and the good guys are looking good again. Blades dropped game three on the road before closing it out in game five, not even allowing the series to come back to Ft Myers. We await the winner of Trios Riverries (3 games) and Norfolk (2). 
 

Panthers drop the first two on the road of their second round, really taking a while to wake up.  But wake up they did and have really put a physical pounding on Toronto the last two games to make it 2-2. Thinking (hoping) their physicality pays dividends in what is now a best of three.