Quinton Howden

Playing makeshift hockey in Pompano's Glacier Ice and Snow Arena three times a week. Getting injured overseas. Not what you would call ideal preperation for the grueling, condensed, 48-game season the Panthers faced after the lockout ended....

The education came in various ways to all of them. For forward Jonathan Huberdeau, who scored on the first shot of his first NHL game, it started in his second, struggling game. "I learned you've got to be consistent, night after night," he said....

The Panthers got off to a great start and finished up strong with victories in their season opener and finale. The middle 46 games of this abbreviated season, however, were mostly ones to forget. The Panthers won just 15 games and finished in last place...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Maple Leafs at Panthers The Toronto Maple Leafs may have clinched their first playoff berth since 2004 in a victory last Saturday, but that is the only win in their last four games. Fifth-place Toronto will try to get back...

The Sports Xchange By Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange Panthers 3, Rangers 2 SUNRISE, Fla. -- The New York Rangers, who could have clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a win, were upset by the last-place Florida Panthers, losing 3-2...

Finally, the Panthers successfully played the role of spoiler and forced the New York Rangers to keep their champagne bottles corked or whatever refreshment that goes with clinching a playoff berth. Instead, behind the sparkling goaltending of rookie...

The Sports Xchange By Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange Rangers miss opportunity to clinch playoff berth in loss to Panthers SUNRISE, Fla. - On a night in which the New York Rangers got significantly closer to their third straight playoff berth, there...

CORAL SPRINGS — The first goal is always the hardest to score, just ask Panthers rookies Quinton Howden and Nick Bjugstad. Early in their NHL careers, both promising prospects remain without a goal, and with only three games left to rectify the...

BOSTON 'Boston Strong' took on two different meanings Sunday afternoon. The playoff-bound Bruins were too strong for the injury-decimated, NHL-cellar dwelling Panthers in a hard-fought 3-0 loss at a sold-out TD Garden that mercifully ended one of the...

(Updated: Fixing Boston's winless streak in first graph) The Boston Bruins attempt to snap their four-game winless streak when they host the league-worst Florida Panthers on Sunday afternoon. Boston, which trails the Northeast Division-leading...

With just ten games left in the season, the Washington Capitals are in the midst of a battle for their eighth and possibly the last Southeast Division Championship ever awarded. The Florida Panthers, on the other hand, are just trying to close out the...

CORAL SPRINGS – Newly signed rookie Nick Bjugstad took part in his first pro practice Friday morning, and was on the Panthers’ third line with fellow 2010 first-round draft pick Quinton Howden and Jack Skille. Bjugstad, a 6-foot-6, 220-...