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The Florida Panthers were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Tampa Bay Lightning, losing 4-0 in Game 6 of the best-of-7 Stanley Cup First Round at Amalie Arena on Wednesday.
Axe: Crunch fan favorite Daniel Walcott makes history in first NHL game
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
Syracuse Crunch forward and fan favorite Daniel Walcott made his NHL debut on Monday night with the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Florida Panthers.SYR
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“Is this the year? Is this it? You gonna do it this year?”
After 248 games with the Crunch, Walcott can finally answer his inquisitors with a “yes.”
But there’s more to the story than simply playing in a National Hockey League game for the first time.
Walcott, along with Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith, became the first all-Black forward line to start a game in NHL history.
Tampa Bay Lightning lose to Florida Panthers, 4-0
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Chris Driedger posted a 30-save shutout and four different Florida Panthers scored as they beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 in the final game of the season. MacKenzie Weegar, Juho Lammikko, Carter Verhaeghe, and Alex Wennberg scored against Andre Vasilevskiy, who had 26 saves on 30 shots in the loss.
Overshadowing the loss was the NHL debut of one of the most popular players in Syracuse Crunch history, Daniel Walcott. The 27-year-old forward played 10:03, dolled out 7 hits, fired one shot on goal, and a had a fight. Yup, that sounds like a Daniel Walcott night.