Blood, bias and the Battle of Florida: how the NHL’s dirtiest rivalry exposed hockey’s old-boy rot
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Florida Panthers defenseman Uvis Balinskis, bottom, and Tampa Bay Lightning Dylan Duke scuffle during the third period of an NHL preseason game on Saturday in Sunrise, Florida.Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP The Florida Panthers–Tampa Bay Lightning rivalry was once a regional sideshow, a quirky matchup between two southern expansion teams playing to half-empty arenas and polite indifference. […]