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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joel Quenneville insisted when he agreed to coach the Florida Panthers last spring the perpetually struggling club was close to figuring it out.
Following a sluggish start, it looks as if Quenneville might be right.
Mike Hoffman had a goal and an assist, rookie Chris Driedger stopped 31 shots and the Panthers ended an eight-game losing streak on Pittsburgh ice with a 4-1 victory over the Penguins on Sunday night.
“It was good that we played a full 60 minutes,” said center Vincent Trochek, who set up Brett Connolly’s goal late midway through the first period that gave the Panthers a lead they would never relinquish.