<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Thursday, March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024

Linkedin Pinterest

Panthers will wait to pick Game 1 goalie

The Columbian
Published: April 8, 2012, 5:00pm

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Florida Panthers coach Kevin Dineen says he does not plan to divulge his starting goaltender for Game 1 of the playoffs against New Jersey before Friday.

Jose Theodore started 51 games for the Panthers this season, but the team lost each of his last seven starts — four of those in either overtime games or shootouts. Scott Clemmensen got the nod in the regular-season finale against Carolina and made 35 saves to help Florida clinch the Southeast Division title and home-ice advantage for its first playoff series in 12 years.

Over the last month, Clemmensen’s goals-against-average is 1.19 in four starts. Theodore’s is 2.27 in 12 starts.

Dineen says it’s a difficult decision. The series opens on Friday night.

Loading...