EDMONTON — Dylan Holloway got wind of the storm delaying the Florida Panthers' trip north.
The Edmonton Oilers winger wasn't tracking the weather system that walloped the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area earlier this week, resulting in torrential rain, flooding and significant travel headaches.Despite there being 48 hours off between Game 2 and 3 of the final, the Panthers elected to fly to the Alberta capital Wednesday. The Oilers, meanwhile, travelled Tuesday after losing 4-1 on Monday to fall behind 2-0 in the best-of-seven title series.
The Panthers eventually got to Edmonton shortly after 8 p.m. local time — roughly 22 hours before the puck was set to drop Thursday for Game 3.Florida, not surprisingly, downplayed the longer travel day and quick turnaround. "I'm joking around with that, but there's some people struggling right now in Florida. It's a serious thing that happened there. But our day was not serious.""We had some guys go behind the scenes to do things they usually don't to get us off the ground," he said."Happy to finally take off.""If we had to leave morning, we would have," he said."It's no excuses this time of the year. We would embrace the challenge.
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