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| 1996 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS |
| #4 Florida (4) vs #5 Boston (1) |
| DATE |
VS |
RESULT |
ATT. |
GOALS |
| 4/17 |
BOS |
6-3 W |
14,703* |
Sheppard (2), Hough, Hull, Woolley, Garpenlov |
| 4/22 |
BOS |
6-2 W |
14,703* |
Jovanovski, Sheppard, Lowry (2), Woolley, Garpenlov |
| 4/24 |
@BOS |
4-2 W |
14,922 |
Hull (2), Mellanby, Hough |
| 4/25 |
@BOS |
2-6 L |
14,810 |
Lindsay, Sheppard |
| 4/27 |
BOS |
4-3 W |
14,703* |
Skrudland, Laus, Lowry, Lindsay |
| 1996 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS |
| #1 Philadelphia (2) vs #4 Florida (4) |
| DATE |
VS |
RESULT |
ATT. |
GOALS |
| 5/2 |
@PHI |
2-0 W |
17,380 |
Barnes, Lowry |
| 5/4 |
@PHI |
2-3 L |
17,380 |
Sheppard, Lowry |
| 5/7 |
PHI |
1-3 L |
14,703* |
Laus |
| 5/9 |
PHI |
4-3 W-OT |
14,703* |
Niedermayer (2), Barnes, Lowry |
| 5/12 |
@PHI |
2-1 W-2OT |
17,380 |
Barnes, Hough |
| 5/14 |
PHI |
4-1 W |
14,703* |
Lindsay, Niedermayer, Lowry, Garpenlov |
| 1996 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS |
| #2 Pittsburgh (3) vs #4 Florida (4) |
| DATE |
VS |
RESULT |
ATT. |
GOALS |
| 5/18 |
@PIT |
5-1 W |
17,355 |
Lowry (2), Fitzgerald (2), Mellanby |
| 5/20 |
@PIT |
2-3 L |
17,181 |
Sheppard, Lindsay |
| 5/24 |
PIT |
5-2 W |
14,703* |
Sheppard, Dvorak, Barnes (2), Straka |
| 5/26 |
PIT |
1-2 L |
14,703* |
Lowry |
| 5/28 |
@PIT |
0-3 L |
17,355 |
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| 5/30 |
PIT |
4-3 W |
14,703* |
Mellanby, Lindsay, Straka, Niedermayer |
| 6/1 |
@PIT |
3-1 W |
17,355 |
Hough, Fitzgerald, Garpenlov |
| 1996 STANLEY CUP FINALS |
| #2 Colorado (4) vs #4 Florida (0) |
| DATE |
VS |
RESULT |
ATT. |
GOALS |
| 6/4 |
@COL |
1-3 L |
16,061 |
Fitzgerald |
| 6/6 |
@COL |
1-8 L |
16,061 |
Barnes |
| 6/8 |
COL |
2-3 L |
14,703* |
Sheppard, Niedermayer |
| 6/10 |
COL |
0-1 L-3OT |
14,703 |
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| # |
PLAYER |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
+/- |
GW |
| 10 |
Dave Lowry |
22 |
10 |
7 |
17 |
39 |
8 |
2 |
| 26 |
Ray Sheppard |
21 |
8 |
8 |
16 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| 14 |
Stu Barnes |
22 |
6 |
10 |
16 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
| 11 |
Bill Lindsay |
22 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
18 |
6 |
1 |
| 27 |
Scott Mellanby |
22 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
44 |
-10 |
0 |
| 55 |
Jovanovski |
22 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
52 |
2 |
0 |
| 44 |
Niedermayer |
22 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
12 |
-8 |
2 |
| 21 |
Fitzgerald |
22 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
34 |
3 |
2 |
| 6 |
Woolley |
13 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
| 3 |
Laus |
21 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
62 |
3 |
0 |
| 29 |
Garpenlov |
20 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
0 |
| 24 |
Svehla |
22 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
32 |
3 |
0 |
| 18 |
Hough |
22 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
| 12 |
Hull |
14 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| 28 |
Straka |
13 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
-2 |
0 |
| 9 |
Dvorak |
16 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 20 |
Skrudland |
21 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
18 |
6 |
0 |
| 5 |
Murphy |
14 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
| 2 |
Carkner |
22 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
| 23 |
Warrener |
21 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
| 40 |
Washburn |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 34 |
Vanbiesbrouck |
22 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
| 25 |
Smith |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
| 30 |
Fitzpatrick |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| # |
NAME |
GP |
W |
L |
GAA |
MINS |
SO |
SV% |
| 34 |
John Vanbiesbrouck |
22 |
12 |
10 |
2.25 |
1,332 |
1 |
.932 |
| 30 |
Mark Fitzpatrick |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6.00 |
60 |
0 |
.800 |
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Totals |
22 |
12 |
10 |
2.45 |
1,397 |
1 |
.926 |
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| Packed House |
| Before a packed house at Miami Arena, the Panthers defeat the Boston Bruins, 6-3, in their first-ever playoff game on April 14, 1996. |
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| What A Goal! |
| In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against Boston, Bill Lindsay scores a spectacular goal with 4:57 left in the third period to break a 3-3 tie and give the Panthers their first-ever playoff series victory on April 27, 1996. |
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| Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun |
| In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Philadelphia Flyers, Mike Hough scores in double OT to give the Panthers a 3-2 lead in the series on Mary 12, 1996. Florida eliminates the Flyers two days later in Miami. |
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| We Are The Champions (Of The Eastern Conference) |
| The Panthers go on the road and defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-1 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals to win the Prince of Wales Trophy as champions of the Conference on June 1, 1996. They fly to Colorado after the game to begin preparations for the Stanley Cup Finals. |
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| All Good Things Must Come To An End |
| The Panthers and Colorado Avalanche play one of the classic games in Stanley Cup Finals history on June 10, 1996. The match remains scoreless until Colorado's Uwe Krupp connects at 4:31 of the third overtime period to give the Avalanche the victory and its first-ever Stanley Cup Finals. |
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Wins |
Losses |
| Home |
7 |
4 |
| Road |
5 |
6 |
| Total |
12 |
10 |
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| Name |
Goals |
| Dave Lowry |
10 |
| Ray Sheppard |
8 |
| Stu Barnes |
6 |
| Bill Lindsay |
5 |
Rob Niedermayer
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5 |
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| Name |
GWG |
| Dave Lowry |
2 |
| Stu Barnes |
2 |
| Rob Niedermayer |
2 |
| Tom Fitzgerald |
2 |
| Mike Ho |
2 |
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