Originally lured over to the sunshine state from Sweden by the alluring Floridian wife that is mine, I soon found it was easy enough to call these beaches of swirling sunbeams and warm winters - home.

Since I am a lifelong - slightly obsessive - sports fan, it felt natural to start looking for a local sport to follow upon arrival. Due to soccer being a minor sport here, and no decent local teams exist, the options were a bit limited for someone not born and bred on American pastimes such as football or baseball. Of the big four sports here in the U.S.A. only hockey was ever a viable option for me, but, luckily enough a local team of prominence did exist – the Florida Panthers.

Being a Swede I had been exposed to hockey from an early age and as the country itself I always held the game as my second sport. After a Thanksgiving stuffing of the NY Rangers at the Bank Atlantic Center I was hooked and hence forth adopted the Panthers as my team of choice.

My sanity deteriorated quickly from this point and I soon found me and my wife being in regular attendance at the B.A.C. in Sunrise. I had developed a crazed fervor for the sport equal to that of my everlasting soccer zeal.

Paired with my interest in writing, I began my hockey freelancing with a blog named the ‘Roblogg’s Panthers Portal’ and it quickly reached a growing audience and has received plenty of praise for its in-depth articles. You'll be finding some, but not all, of those articles here from now on.

http://floridapanthers.roblogg.com/

I aim to continue that work here on Bleacher Report as a Featured Columnist - bringing to both - my considerable hockey zest, perspectives and analysis.

/Rob