The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team who play in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida/Miami, Florida suburb of Sunrise. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Facts

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Founded: 1993-94 NHL season

Arena: BankAtlantic Center (Previously known as the National Car Rental Center, and later, Office Depot Center) (capacity 19,452)

Former Home Arena: Miami Arena (1993-1998)

Team color jersey: Navy blue jersey with white, red and gold stripes at the bottom of sleeve and torso with red and gold stripes over the shoulders. Team logo (a leaping panther) centered on chest.

White jersey: White jersey with identical striping and logo as team color jersey.

Third Jersey: Red jersey with navy, gold and white stripes at bottom of sleeve and torso with navy and white stripes over the shoulders. Team logo is identical to other jerseys with the exception of a broken hockey stick in the panther's paws.

Logo design: a Florida panther (puma subspecies)

Mascot: Stanley C. Panther

Conference Championships: 1 (1995-96)

Stanley Cup Finals appearances: 1 (1995-96; lost to Colorado, 0-4)

Rivals: Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers

Franchise history

Blockbuster Video magnate Wayne Huizenga was awarded an NHL franchise for his native Miami in 1992. The team played at the Miami Arena, and its first major stars were New York Rangers goaltender castoff John Vanbiesbrouck, rookie Rob Niedermayer, and Scott Mellanby, who scored 30 goals. They had one of the most successful first seasons of any expansion team, finishing one point below .500 and narrowly missing out on the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

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Washington Capitals 2 Florida Panthers 0 - (end 2nd pd)
DCAbloob (Everett Will) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:20:26 -0000
Washington Capitals 2 Florida Panthers 0 - (end 2nd pd)
Congratulations to Florida Panthers defenseman Bryan McCabe who's playing his 1,000th regular-season game tonight.... http://bit.ly/4i6IIC
LiteMiami (101.5 LITE FM) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:15:19 -0000
Congratulations to Florida Panthers defenseman Bryan McCabe who's playing his 1,000th regular-season game tonight.... http://bit.ly/4i6IIC
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2greenfish (K.Collins) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:00:09 -0000
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Twitterpeek at work RT @dcabloob: :Washington Capitals 1 Florida Panthers 0 - (early 1st pd) - WAS Tyler Sloan GOAL
Seriously, Redskin jerseys in Florida at a Caps/Panthers game?
pckhdsthghts (Puckhead's Thoughts) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:38:15 -0000
Seriously, Redskin jerseys in Florida at a Caps/Panthers game?
#Caps about ready to take on the Florida Panthers. Home on home games. We wiil be there tomorrow at the phone booth. LETS GO CAPS!!!
fireton (Frank Ireton) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:31:50 -0000
#Caps about ready to take on the Florida Panthers. Home on home games. We wiil be there tomorrow at the phone booth. LETS GO CAPS!!!

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