Florida's Rob Neidermayer and New Jersey's Scott Neidermayer played key roles in their respective team's success

There are quite a few reasons to be excited about the prospects of a playoff series between the Florida Panthers and New Jersey Devils in the spring of 2000.

Pavel Bure was lighting up the NHL as one of the league’s most exciting goal scorers while Martin Brodeur was just starting to solidify himself as one of the best goaltenders in league history.

Heading into the series, one of the matchups getting a fair amount of the spotlight featured two players who were more familiar with one another than most.

That’s because they were brothers.

Panthers forward Rob Neidermayer and Devils defenseman Scott Neidermayer were integral players on their respective teams and would be a key to success if either was going to embark on a long playoff run.

Prior to the start of the playoff series, The Hockey News highlighted brothers Rob and Scott Neidermayer going toe-to-toe during its April 28, 2000, edition: Vol. 53, Issue 33.

Authoring the cover story was longtime Panthers beat writer for the Miami Herald David J. Neal.

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