Team captain Brian Skrudland led the Panthers from 1993 to 1997, including the glorious trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 1996.

The Panthers had a record-breaking season as an NHL expansion team, which this photo-collage poster celebrated. From the Expansion Draft to their first-ever game, a 4-4 tie with the Chicago Blackhawks ...

Bill Torrey became a legend when he turned the struggling New York Islanders into a dynasty in the 1970s and 1980s. After a 21-year career with the Islanders, Torrey answered Panthers owner H. Wayne H ...

Bob Kudelski came to the newly established Panthers in a trade in January 1994. He made his presence known and his command of the game earned him a spot on the NHL All-Star Team alongside teammate Joh ...

Panthers owner H. Wayne Huizenga had a great deal of experience in business and sports management, but did not have much specific experience with hockey. In early 1993, just months before the franchis ...

Rawr! When the Panthers unveiled their uniforms, players were sporting these clawed gloves. The gloves never made it onto the ice, though, so the claws live on only in Panthers legend.

Panthers history was enshrined in a commemorative gold puck celebrating the team’s first NHL game, a 4-4 tie with the Chicago Blackhawks. The team posted a 33-34-17 record in the inaugural season. ...

NHL teams are allowed to name up to three alternate captains, whose jerseys are marked with an “A” near the shoulder. Dave Lowry was one such alternate captain for the Panthers from 1993-1994 and agai ...

Have you ever kept a scoresheet during a live sporting event? A game official filled in this hand-written scoresheet and game report during the first-ever Panthers game, a 4-4 tie with the Chicago Bla ...

The Panthers played their first home game on October 12, 1993 in the Miami Arena. The result was a 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins — Panthers fans would have to wait until the next game to see the ...