{"id":430763,"date":"2025-12-07T10:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/430763\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:25:23","slug":"panthers-celebrate-6-7-weekend-with-a-7-6-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/430763\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers celebrate &#8216;6-7&#8217; weekend with a 7-6 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The final score of the Florida game Saturday: Panthers 7, Columbus Blue Jackets 6.<\/p>\n<p>And on the scoreboard, it read \u201c6 7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Panthers, meet a phenomenon. <\/p>\n<p>The viral term \u201c6-7\u201d was the talk of the Panthers\u2019 locker room after their overtime win, even though the back-to-back Stanley Cup champions \u2014 like pretty much everybody else on the planet \u2014 have no idea what it means.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what is going on with this 6-7 thing,\u201d said Panthers forward Sam Bennett, who scored the winning goal in overtime. \u201cBut it\u2019s funny that\u2019s how it ended tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It seems possible that Bennett knows more about the craze than he\u2019s letting on. In the on-ice postgame interview with Panthers sideline reporter Katie Engleson of Scripps Sports, Bennett <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FlaPanthers\/status\/1997469623789433126?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made the juggling hands gesture<\/a> that has become synonymous with whatever 6-7 is.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-7 craze is so popular that <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/6-7-word-of-year-dictionarycom-f905630f251cc8969100853d7e64ca79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dictionary.com announced the phrase<\/a> as its word of the year, even though it\u2019s not actually a word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry, because we\u2019re all still trying to figure out exactly what it means,\u201d the site said in October when it made the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The popular theory is that 6-7 gained popularity from rapper Skrilla\u2019s song from 2024 called \u201cDoot Doot (6-7)\u201d that made it into TikTok videos and other social media mentions. NFL players have used it in touchdown celebrations as well.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s like the Panthers knew a game like this was coming. They played Saturday and play again at home Sunday, which means they\u2019re playing on Dec. 6 and Dec. 7 \u2014 so, yes, they\u2019re calling this \u201c6-7 weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, 6-7 night, 6-7 score, I\u2019m sure the kids will have a lot of fun with that,\u201d Panthers forward Brad Marchand said. \u201cI know my kids were up there doing the ol\u2019 6-7 dance. It\u2019s fun when those things happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Panthers coach Paul Maurice made clear that he has \u201cno idea\u201d what any of it means.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will reiterate there\u2019s a whole bunch of things I don\u2019t need to know or investigate, research, or understand better than I do now,\u201d Maurice said. \u201cSo, let\u2019s all just leave it right there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NHL: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/NHL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUNRISE, Fla. 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