The purpose of this page is to document the 2015 Panther Rookie Tournament in Estero, FL

General Resources:

Tournament Schedule

Panther Tournament Roster

Video Feed Courtesy of host team Tampa Bay Lightning

Twitter Feed:

Tweets by @FlashbackZach

Game 1: 9/12/15

Florida vs. Washington

Final: Florida 2 – Washington 1 (SO)

Goal 1: Connor Brickley – Gif

Shootout Goal: Jayce Hawryluk – Gif

Game Recap

Afterthoughts:

“It’s big you know, just trying to get some momentum back,” – @ConnorBrickley on scoring the first #FlaPanthers goal of the tourney. — Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) September 12, 2015

Game 2: 9/13/15

Florida vs. Nashville

Final: Florida 2 – Nashville 5

Goal 1: Connor Brickley

Goal 2: Michael Matheson

Matheson scores on the 5 on 3 power play! 5-2 Preds with 5:47 left #RookieTourney pic.twitter.com/xPnbDl0UI8 — Pucking Panthers (@PuckingPanthers) September 13, 2015

Game Recap

Afterthoughts:

“Everything is starting to settle in and I think the third game will be our best,” — @ConnorBrickley on #EsteroTourney. — Florida Panthers PR (@FlaPanthersPR) September 13, 2015

Kyle Rau did Kyle Rau things: very good defensively, never backs down, speedy, in everyone’s face. — The Sunshine Skate (@SunshineSkateFL) September 13, 2015

Goalies are hard to predict and sample sizes are very important and it could be worse, but that said: not very impressed by Stevens today. — The Sunshine Skate (@SunshineSkateFL) September 13, 2015

Next Game: 9/15/15

Florida vs. Tampa

Final: Florida 1 – Tampa 4

Goal 1: Connor Brickley – Deflected off Matheson

Afterthoughts:

Connor Brickley making a statement with third goal in third game of rookie tournament. #brickley — Harvey Fialkov (@hfialkov) September 15, 2015

#FlaPanthers Dale Tallon impressed with Matheson and his speed, says Gudbranson grew to 6’6″ — Cats on the Prowl (@Cats0ntheprowl) September 15, 2015

That wraps up the Cat’s rookie tournament! Thanks to all those who used the blog as a resource!