Robert Young joined October 2009

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Robert Young

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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

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Anyone and everyone that do what they do for the love of their sport, not the money or fame.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Florida Panthers, Ipswich Town.

  • Favorite Coaches

    Sven-Göran Eriksson

  • All Time Sports Moment

    USA's Olympic hockey gold in Lake Placid 1980; beating the "unbeatable" Soviets with a bunch of college players... Anything is possible!

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Panthers emerging victorious in a rare shootout win against the NY Rangers last season at the B.A.C.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

  • Ruth or Mays?

  • Unitas or Montana?

  • Jordan or Russell?

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

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    Dave Tiseo commented on Highway Robbery at Sunrise: Florida Panthers Mugged by Penguin Ref

    Haha@ Kevin Bollocks I'm glad that someone finally wrote this article! The Panthers journalists in the major papers barely mentioned the BS call at the end...

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      Major papers and their beat writers shy away from controversy that puts the NHL in a...

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    Aaron Brenker commented on Highway Robbery at Sunrise: Florida Panthers Mugged by Penguin Ref

    Love this article. The fact that the refs made that call so late was disgusting. The Panthers played a hell of a game, and showed that...

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      The Panthers had a good game and one point is not bad against the Penguins. It's...

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    C L commented on Highway Robbery at Sunrise: Florida Panthers Mugged by Penguin Ref

    The fact of the matter is, however, that the linesman followed the rulebook to the letter of the law. See Rule 33.4 33.4 Reporting to Referee...

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      I'm not doubting the linesman had the right to make the call, I am well aware...

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    Sergey Zikov commented on Highway Robbery at Sunrise: Florida Panthers Mugged by Penguin Ref

    The call was made for a high stick by Horton on Jordan Staal, which yes, absolutely was a penalty. However when I first saw it, I...

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      Not only do we seem to have watched a different game, but you seem to have...

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    New Article: Highway Robbery at Sunrise: Panthers Mugged by Penguin Ref

    You would think the defending Stanley Cup Champions would not need any breaks and dodgy calls to beat the upstart Florida Panthers. However, apparently the refs thought otherwise and handed the victory to the Penguins on a silver platter...

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    Dave Tiseo commented on The Florida Panthers Find Their Wings in Buffalo

    Thanks for the write up -- I've not been able to watch a Panthers game for a few weeks since I left Miami and got back...

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