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Aleksander Barkov of the Florida Panthers attends the team's practice in Tampere, Finland, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, as the Florida Panthers prepare to play two games against the Dallas Stars in the 2024 NHL Global Series. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

A treat for fans in Tampere: Panthers, Stars send 7 Finns out for opening faceoff

The Florida Panthers and the Dallas Stars didn’t make the Finnish fans wait long to see their homeland’s players take the ice on Friday

By AP News
Published - Nov 01, 2024, 03:06 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 05:44 PM EST

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — The Florida Panthers and the Dallas Stars didn't make the Finnish fans wait long to see their homeland's players take the ice on Friday.

They started all of them.

Florida had its four Finns — Tampere native Aleksander Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, Niko Mikkola and Anton Lundell — all on the ice together to start the game. Dallas did the same, sending out its three Finnish players in Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz and Esa Lindell for the first shift.

And Barkov got the scoring party started early, with an assist on Evan Rodrigues' game-opening goal 28 seconds into the contest — then a goal of his own later in the opening period. It was Barkov's first NHL goal in Finland; he played two other games there with the Panthers in 2018.

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