Florida Panthers

American hockey team
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Awards And Honors:
Stanley Cup (2024)
Date:
1993 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
ice hockey

Florida Panthers, American professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida (near Fort Lauderdale), that plays in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Panthers won the Stanley Cup in 2024. The team was founded in 1993 and took its name from the endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor couguar). Unlike most expansion teams, the Panthers were immediately competitive, coming within one win of qualifying for the playoffs in each of their first two seasons. In 1995–96 the team, led by the standout goaltending of John Vanbiesbrouck, earned a postseason berth and proceeded to upset two higher seeds ...(100 of 526 words)