Three Panthers — John Vanbiesbrouck, Robert Svehla and Esa Tikkanen — represented their respective countries at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Tikkanen’s Finnish team ended up winning the bronze medal that ...

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

Excitement continued to build as the Panthers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in the Semifinal and reached the 1996 Conference Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The team’s 1996 playoffs adventure continued into May with their first trip to the Eastern Conference Semifinal, where they faced the heavily favored Philadelphia Flyers.

An NHL rule was introduced in September 1996 prohibiting fans from throwing objects onto the ice, including plastic rats. The Panthers and Miami Arena reminded fans of this new rule in a March 1997 Br ...

On February 3, 1998, future Hall-of-Famer Dino Ciccarelli scored his 600th career goal in a 1-1 tie against the Detroit Red Wings at home. A month later, the Panthers featured him on the cover of Brea ...

The 1995-1996 team featured an unusually strong group of rookies: Doug MacLean (as coach), David Nemirovsky, Rhett Warrener, Ed Jovanovski and Radek Dvorak. Here we see them chronicled in the Panthers ...

With the final home game at Miami Arena at the end of the 1997-1998 season, six players from the inaugural season still remained Panthers. Those players helped shape the budding franchise, contributin ...

The franchise’s first trip to the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal in 1996 was a milestone for the young Panthers. Not only was it their first trip ever to the playoffs, but they would also notch their ...

The Panthers made a run to (so far!) their only Stanley Cup Final in 1996, when they shocked everyone by dispatching the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins on the way.