After the game, he received the Panthers' Player of the game award, and during his acceptance speech, he showed his great confidence with a bold statement.
He kept it short and sweet, and his teammates clearly appreciated the message:
The fact that he believes the Panthers will force the tenure of a seventh game highlights the mindset of Florida's locker room, even if the Bruins have a 3-2 lead over them.
The rest of the series will be interesting to follow!
As reported on Hockey Patrol - Tkachuk Makes a Bold Declaration After Game 5
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AVRIL 27 | 457 ANSWERS Matthew Tkachuk Gives Incredible Speech Following Game Five Win Which of the following series do you pay more attention to? | ||
Colorado - Seattle | 61 | 13.3 % |
Boston - Florida | 113 | 24.7 % |
Toronto - Tampa Bay | 153 | 33.5 % |
Edmonton - Los Angeles | 130 | 28.4 % |
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Sam Reinhart | 4 | - | 4 | |
Carter Verhaeghe | - | 3 | 3 | |
Aleksander Barkov | - | 2 | 2 | |
Vasily Podkolzin | 1 | - | 1 | |
Matthew Tkachuk | 1 | - | 1 | |
Connor Brown | - | 1 | 1 | |
Aaron Ekblad | - | 1 | 1 | |
Anton Lundell | - | 1 | 1 | |
Eetu Luostarinen | - | 1 | 1 | |
Jake Walman | - | 1 | 1 | |
Sam Bennett | - | - | - | |
Sergei Bobrovsky | - | - | - | |
Evan Bouchard | - | - | - | |
Leon Draisaitl | - | - | - | |
Mattias Ekholm | - | - | - | |
Gustav Forsling | - | - | - | |
Trent Frederic | - | - | - | |
Jonah Gadjovich | - | - | - | |
A.J. Greer | - | - | - | |
Adam Henrique | - | - | - | |
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