Battle of the Sunshine State

Battle of the Sunshine State: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning are both teams located within the state of Florida along Interstate 75, representing different geographical areas within the state. The two teams have played in the same division since 1993 (Atlantic Division from 1993–98 and Southeast Division since 1999. Despite the Lightning outperforming the Panthers in many ways, including winning the Stanley Cup, the Panthers hold a dominating series record of 55-28-10-7, the best record the Panthers have against any team in the Real NHL.

Now, in the SIM League, nothing had change a bit.  Tampa Bay won the first game 3-2, and Florida took the second game with an amazing win 5-1

“We were the first NHL team in Florida,” explains GM St-Pierre.  “And, when they came in a year later, we wanted to show that we were the better team in the state.”

Stay tunes.......this is just the beginning!!!!