In today’s Quickcast:
Search is on for a paddle boarder who went missing off Key Biscayne
Peter D’Oench reports Luciano Mercenari left on a trip to Stiltsville late Monday and never returned.
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Tantalis welcomes the Panthers’ beachside celebration
The Florida Panthers will hold a Championship Celebration parade and rally on A1A this Sunday. Sergei Bobrovsky went undrafted and had little fanfare when he signed his first NHL contract in May 2010. Long before he played his first game in North America a few months later, he stood out.
It was summer that year and veteran Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Brian Boucher was on the ice with the 6-foot-2 Russian, who spoke almost no English but sure could stop the puck. Boucher went over to goalie coach Jeff Reese and said of his teammate, "I’m in trouble." Reese did not disagree.
"I was impressed from the hop," Boucher said. "I’d never seen anybody move the way he moved — his flexibility, his power. He wasn’t the biggest guy. And I just couldn’t believe that a guy that talented was missed. Like, how was he missed? How was he not drafted? That was my first impression of him: absolute greatness." The guy everybody calls "Bob" just solidified that impression by backstopping the Florida Panthers to the first Stanley Cup title in franchise history, making 23 saves — many of them spectacular — in a 2-1 Game 7 win Monday night against Edmonton.
"He’s been our best player all year long, all playoffs long," forward Sam Bennett said. "When need him the most, he stood on his head again tonight. It’s just incredible."
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