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4 unusual facts about Florida Panthers


Florida State Road 823

A northward continuation of Flamingo Road beyond I-595 (the end of SR 823) provides access to Sawgrass Mills, one of the largest enclosed shopping centers in the United States, and the BB&T Center, home of the Florida Panthers National Hockey League team.

Heat–Knicks rivalry

This also applies to a certain extent to other Miami/New York rivalries, such as the ones between the NFL's Miami Dolphins and New York Jets, the NHL's Florida Panthers and New York Rangers and Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins and New York Mets, and New York Yankees when the Marlins defeated the Yanks in the 2003 World Series.

Ron Megan

His son, Wade Megan (born July 22, 1990), was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the 5th round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Tranås Municipality

Played most of his career in Leksands IF but also made a couple of seasons in the NHL with Florida Panthers.


1996 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Florida Panthers won the series in seven games, and represented the NHL Eastern Conference in the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals.

Beamsville, Ontario

Paul Laus, a former Florida Panthers defenceman and Ryan Christie, who played seven games with the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames are also Beamsville natives.

Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida

The NHL rescheduled its Saturday, October 22 regular-season game between the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers to Monday, December 5.

Jonathan Zaslow

Formerly, during the NHL season he hosted Panthers Unrestricted Weekend every Saturday from 9-10am with Florida Panthers play-by-play man Randy Moller where the duo looked at everything revolving around the Panthers.

Kelowna Rockets

Todd MacDonald, 1993 Florida Panthers draft choice, became the team's top goalie, nominated for the best in the West award.

Neck guard

On February 10, 2008, Florida Panthers forward Richard Zedník was behind the play and skating into the right corner of the Buffalo Sabres' zone, when teammate Olli Jokinen lost his balance after being checked by Clarke MacArthur.

Robbinsdale Cooper High School

Former NHL Hockey player Lance Pitlick, a defenseman who played between 1994 and 2002 for the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers.


see also

Aleksander Barkov

Aleksander Barkov, Jr. (born 1995), Russian-Finn ice hockey player for the Florida Panthers of the NHL

Markström

Jacob Markström (born 1990), Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently in the Florida Panthers system