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Tomas Vokoun is a 6-foot, 195-pound goaltender from Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. He was traded to the Florida Panthers from the Nashville Predators on June 22, 2007 in exchange for a first- and second-round pick in 2008 and a second-round pick in 2007. Vokoun played eight seasons in Nashville - all but one of his 384 career National Hockey League games before becoming the Panthers' No. 1 goaltender for the 2007-08 season. He replaced Ed Belfour and Alex Auld, who shared net-minding duties for one season after the departure of Roberto Luongo and were not re-signed. Vokoun, whose favorite player growing up was legendary Czech goalie Dominik Hasek, was only an 11th round pick (226th overall) b...
Tomas Vokoun is a 6-foot, 195-pound goaltender from Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. He was traded to the Florida Panthers from the Nashville Predators on June 22, 2007 in exchange for a first- and second-round pick in 2008 and a second-round pick in 2007. Vokoun played eight seasons in Nashville - all but one of his 384 career National Hockey League games before becoming the Panthers' No. 1 goaltender for the 2007-08 season. He replaced Ed Belfour and Alex Auld, who shared net-minding duties for one season after the departure of Roberto Luongo and were not re-signed. Vokoun, whose favorite player growing up was legendary Czech goalie Dominik Hasek, was only an 11th round pick (226th overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1994 draft. He played one game for the Canadiens before the Predators plucked him away in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. Vokoun won 25 or more regular-season games his final four seasons with the Predators, helping lead them to their first ever playoff appearances his final three seasons. He joined the Panthers with a career 161-159-46 record, 2.55 goals-against average and .913 save percentage. Vokoun missed 20 games during the 2006-07 season because of a hand injury and sat out the final eight games of the 2005-06 regular season and the playoffs because of a blood clot in his leg. In 2005-06, he still finished fourth in voting for the Vezina Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL's top goalie. Before his blood condition in 2006, Vokoun led the Czech Republic to a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He was named an All-Star during the 2003-04 season. Vokoun made 29 saves in his homecoming to Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 27, 2007, and was cheered when announced during pregame introductions and when a video montage of him was shown during a first-period timeout at Sommet Center. The Panthers lost 4-3, however, after Jerred Smithson scored with 13 seconds left in the third period for the Predators. While a Predator, Vokoun was a popular figure off the ice because he spent much of his free time visiting young cancer patients at the children's hospital at Vanderbilt University and watched games with them while injured last season from a luxury suite at Sommet Center he bought for them. Tomas Vokoun currently lives in Parkland, Florida.
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Panthers pounce in 3rd
South Florida Sun-SentinelBefore Thursday's game against Carolina, Panthers coach Pete DeBoer talked about the importance of having a hot goalie, which he said the Hurricanes had in Cam Ward. Ward was starting for the 12th time in Carolina's last 13 games after returning from...Tags: Jassen Cullimore, Richard Zednik, Florida Panthers, Cory Stillman, Football
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Bouwmeester, Horton lead Panthers to 4-2 win over Hurricanes
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jay Bouwmeester and Nathan Horton scored early in the third period to break a tie, and the Florida Panthers beat Carolina 4-2 on Thursday night to snap the Hurricanes' winning streak at a season-high four games. David Booth had...Tags: Jassen Cullimore, Disasters, Florida Panthers, Cory Stillman, Hurricanes
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Vokoun earns No. 200
South Florida Sun-SentinelThis four-game trip started off poorly for goalie Tomas Vokoun and the Panthers. But they headed home Tuesday night a happy bunch. The Panthers earned five out of six points in their final three games, beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at Air Canada...Tags: Bryan McCabe, Soccer, Florida Panthers, Jacques Martin, Vesa Toskala
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Panthers top Leafs 4-2
South Florida Sun-SentinelStephen Weiss, Ville Peltonen, Michael Frolik and Gregory Campbell scored goals to lead the Florida Panthers to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. Former Maple Leafs defenseman Bryan McCabe added an assist and goaltender Tomas...Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Joe Nieuwendyk, Bryan McCabe, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Florida Panthers
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Caps get some paybacks against Flyers
In a statement game against a ''we don't like them'' rival, the unusual happened as Washington Capitals red overcame Philadelphia Flyers orange -- on the ice and in the stands. The Capitals did some payback Tuesday night, beating the Flyers 2-1 in a...Tags: Homes, Soccer, Verizon Communications, Meteorological Disasters, Field Hockey
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Capitals slip past Flyers in shootout for 7th straight victory and 12th in 13 games
The surging Washington Capitals and their fans finally stood up to the Philadelphia Flyers. The Capitals edged the Flyers 2-1 in a shootout on Tuesday night for their seventh straight win. The victory helped avenge the only loss they've had in a month...Tags: Scott Niedermayer, Verizon Communications, Soccer, Florida Panthers, Field Hockey
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NHL Capsules
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sergei Samsonov scored his 200th career goal and the Carolina Hurricanes withstood a late rally to beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 Tuesday night. Ray Whitney and Tuomo Ruutu also scored for the Hurricanes, who extended their...Tags: New Jersey Devils, Homes, Carolina Hurricanes, Scott Niedermayer, Soccer
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In a statement game against a ''we don't like them'' rival, the unusual happened as Washington Capitals red overcame Philadelphia Flyers orange -- on the ice and in the stands.
The Capitals did some payback Tuesday night, beating the Flyers 2-1 in a shootout to avenge the only loss they've had in a month and ease some of the sting from last year's first-round playoff series loss. Jose Theodore made 33 saves and stopped all...Tags: Homes, Soccer, Verizon Communications, Field Hockey, Meteorological Disasters
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Panthers take care of Leafs 4-2
TORONTO (AP) — Bryan McCabe helped deflect the boos of the Toronto Maple Leafs' fans from him to their own team. McCabe, a former Leafs defenseman who was traded to Florida in the offseason, had an assist on the game's first goal and the Florida...Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Joe Nieuwendyk, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Bryan McCabe, Florida Panthers
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Fallen Leaf McCabe not bitter
South Florida Sun-SentinelPanthers defenseman Bryan McCabe smiled when he thought about the reception he might receive from Maple Leafs fans tonight. "They booed me when I played there, so I wouldn't expect anything different," McCabe said. "But we'll see. Who knows? I'm just...Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Pavel Kubina, Bryan McCabe, Mike van Ryn, Vehicles
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On the scrap heap: Crosby gets testy
South Florida Sun-SentinelBrett McLean was stunned when Sidney Crosby jumped him late in the second period Saturday. Immediately after the centers faced off, Crosby grabbed McLean's jersey with both hands. After a scrap in which neither landed a punch, Crosby pushed McLean to the...Tags: Richard Zednik
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Nathan Horton leads Panthers past Penguins, 6-1
South Florida Sun-SentinelWhen all else was failing in the second period, the desperate Penguins tried to pummel the Panthers. The visitors, as badly in need of a win Saturday afternoon, didn't back down and kept delivering blows that mattered — on the scoreboard. The...Tags: Florida Panthers, Basketball
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