Showing posts with label Panthers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Panthers. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Islanders beat Panthers on Alan Quine's 2OT goal (VIDEO)

Alan Quine was barely bigger than a hockey puck when the New York Islanders last won a playoff series (1993 for all you tearful fans) and, after the 23-year-old spent most of this season in the minors, the team adding him to the roster as an emergency call-up two weeks ago.

And are they happy they did.


Quine put the Islanders in position to end that 23-year drought between playoff series wins. His slap shot at 16 minutes of the second overtime — after 96 minutes of play — narrowly beat Florida goalie Roberto Luongo, and New York topped the Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.




The game started Friday and ended Saturday at 12:16 a.m.. Now the Islanders — up 3-2 in the series — will try for the clincher in Brooklyn on Sunday.

"Right in my wheelhouse," Quine said of the power-play winner, "and I just ripped it."

Isles' goalie, Thomas Greiss, continued his spectacular series stopping 47 shots for the Islanders. He's saved 92 of the last 95 shots he's faced.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Jaromir Jagr makes no effort to stop blackmailer from releasing post-sex selfie (PHOTO)

Jaromir Jagr might have been one of the hottest skaters around the net a few years back, but these days, at least when it comes to blackmailers, the 25 year NHL veteran is cooler than the ice.


After an apparent bedroom romp last week, the 43-year-old Jagr shrugged off his 18-year-old partner's alleged extortion attempt, doing nothing to stop the scheming Czech model from releasing a picture of him sleeping in a bed alongside her in a post-coital selfie.

Jagr plainly refused to pay the bribe, which amounted to a paltry $2,000, according to Czech tabloid Blesk.




After threatening to leak the image to the media if Jagr didn’t come up with the two grand, the winger told the blackmailers to do whatever they please with the photo.

Blesk identified the two-time Stanley Cup champion and confirmed bachelor's latest conquest as “Catherine from Moravia,” a social media-happy brunette who should have done a little more research on Jagr before the Fargo-esque extortion plot.

And while the unmarried Jagr — who’ll begin next season next month with the Florida Panthers — basically turned this sleazy episode into a win-win for himself, his alleged blackmailer has the additional problem of having to explain her actions to reported boyfriend Czech junior player Domink Rudl.

And Jagr has the photographic proof.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Mark Sanchez celebrates victory by getting first Philly cheesesteak (PHOTOS)

Mark Sanchez has waited a long time for this — and I'm not talking about his first victory as a starter since beating the Jaguars on Dec. 9, 2012.

We're talking about his first ever Philly cheesesteak.




The former Jets quarterback, making his first start for the Eagles in place of injured starter Nick Foles, was solid in a 45-21 rout of the Panthers at Lincoln Financial Field on the eve of his 28th birthday but had yet time to ever savor the pride of Philadelphia.

So after the game, he hit the legendary Geno's to celebrate:

Sanchez, the Jets first-round pick (fifth overall) in 2009 who was cut last March, completed 20-of-37 passes for 332 yards, two touchdowns and no turnovers as the Eagles (7-2) pulled a game ahead of the Cowboys in the loss column in the NFC East.

In his Jets career, spanning 68 starts, the often maligned quarterback never once threw for more than 300 yards without committing a turnover.



A week ago, Sanchez relieved the injured Foles and led the Eagles to a 31-21 victory over the Texans in Houston. 

The taste of both victory and Geno's. That's a pretty good night.