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He then went on to call his team a pee wee team.

Pee wee, indeed.

It turned out to be the smallest crowd in franchise history with an announced attendance of just 7,311.

Bad attendance seems like it’s going to be a reoccurring thing when it comes to Panthers games this season, especially after they reduced the capacity of their building by covering up sections of the upper deck and are coming off a home-opener that featured the smallest opening night crowd in the history of the franchise.

Meanwhile, as the game carries on without Maroon, Gorges has been a marked man on basically every shift. Would you call that a dirty hit given how low Gorges went, or just an unfortunate play?

That was Briere’s 300th career goal, too. It technically came with 0.4 seconds on the clock after review, but that ensuing faceoff obviously didn’t mean much. The Avalanche got the 2-1 victory.