Sara Civian

2 days ago | bleacherreport.com | Sara Civian

EDMONTON -- We've waited long enough after almost a week without playoff hockey. The 2025 Stanley Cup Final is only one sleep away. It is, of course, a rematch of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers. The Panthers ended up hoisting the Cup, but it didn't come as easily as they thought it might with their 3-0 start to the series. The Oilers pushed back to force a Game 7, and fell by just one goal as the Panthers avoided a historically bad collapse.

6 days ago | thecivreport.substack.com | Sara Civian

Is something fundamentally wrong with the Dallas Stars? What about the Carolina Hurricanes? Both teams have stayed competitive for years, cruising through regular season after regular season while we wonder if this will be the year either will finish the job. Our wondering is done for the season, as both teams fell in their respective conference final in five games.

1 week ago | bleacherreport.com | Sara Civian

They didn't get swept this time around, but the Carolina Hurricanes have again fallen in the Eastern Conference Final. They showed their first signs of life in the final while facing elimination in a 3-0, Game 4 win, but it was too little, too late. The Florida Panthers' three straight wins to start the series were enough to cruise to a 4-1 series victory and a 5-3 Game 5 to cap it off.

1 week ago | thecivreport.substack.com | Sara Civian

Happy Wednesday, hockey fans. We’re in the middle of the last week of May, and both conference finals could theoretically end in their next respective games. The Hurricanes avoided a sweep with Monday’s Game 4 win, so they’re back in Raleigh tonight looking for their second straight win to stave off elimination against the Panthers. Darius Rucker from Hootie & the Blowfish will be there. The Dolphins have made him cry more than enough. Will the Canes?

1 week ago | thecivreport.substack.com | Sara Civian

The Canes have finally won an Eastern Conference Final game for the first time in 19 years. They looked like themselves for the first time this series in a 3-0 win over the Panthers. The hard work starts now as they try to mount an historic comeback.