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The National Hockey League announced Tuesday that a minority owner of the Florida Panthers had been suspended due to its activity on social networks.
Doug Cifu entered a sputum with a fan of Toronto Maple Leafs who turned into discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Cifa mentioning Canada as the “51st state”.
Florida and Toronto are currently faced in the second round of the Stanley Cup qualifiers.
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View of a Florida Panthers logo on a jersey worn by a member of the Bell Center team. (Images of David Kirouac-Imagn)
The series was rather Chippy, which started with a high success of Florida Sam Bennett on the Leafs goalkeeper Anthony Stolarz – later in the match, Stolarz fell ill on the bench and has not played since.
A fan, with the name “Dr. Grizzo”, published on X, “Hey, what’s worse, using head fire to win a series or use famine as a weapon to win a war?”
CIFU replied: “In fact, being an anti -Semitic of Dope Pleurnichard is clearly worse. Loser.”
The defender of the Florida Panthers Dmitry Kulikov (7) and the center of Toronto Maple Leafs Bobby Mcmann (74) are fighting during the third period of the fourth match of the second round of the Stanley 2025 cup qualifiers in Bank Arena. (Compulsory credit: Kim Klement NEITZEL-IMAGN images)
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“Do not approve to use famine as a weapon made of me a bigot?” The fan responded, adding a disparaging comment on the conservative political opinions of CIFU.
CIFU wrote: “Eat S — 51st state anti-Semitic loser. Israel now and forever. Until ever [sic] The last Hamas rat is eliminated. “”
CIFU then made its private account and disabled its account.
“Two days ago, I published regrettable and inflammatory comments on social networks. My behavior does not reflect the standards of the organization of Florida Panthers and the family of the viola. I sincerely apologize to all those affected by my comments. I am committed to working with the NHL to modify my actions.”
The Florida Sam Reinhart’s Panthers center (13) and the Toronto Maple Leafs center of Toronto Auston Matthews (34) skate during the second period of the fourth match of the second round of the Stanley 2025 Cup qualifiers in Bank Arena. (Images of Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagne)
The series is equal to two games each with match 5 in Toronto on Wednesday evening.
