FLORIDA PANTHERS

Chychrun is only 23 years old, but he is already viewed among the best young players in the league at his position.

The Panthers are 10-1-1 in their last 12 games.

Aleksander Barkov had two goals and an assist for the Panthers.

The Flames snapped a four-game skid and won on home ice for the first time since Nov. 29.

MacKenzie Weegar, Jonathan Huberdeau, Anthony Duclair, Sam Bennett and Patric Hornqvist all had goals for the Panthers.

The Panthers are 7-0-1 since the extended Christmas break and they improved to 20-3-0 at home.

The NHL revealed its All-Star Game rosters on Thursday and as expected, Jonathan Huberdeau was selected as part of the Atlantic Division squad.

Aleksander Barkov scored his team-leading 15th goal and also had an assist for Florida.

On Tuesday the League announced Brunette would be behind the bench for the Atlantic Division during the 2022 NHL All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas.

Carter Verhaeghe had two goals and Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist as Florida.

Florida’s Joe Thornton played in his 1,700 regular season game.

Anthony Duclair, Ryan Lomberg and Lucas Carlsson each scored for Florida while teammate Patric Hownqvist added a pair of tallies.

Sam Bennett scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves to lead the Florida Panthers past the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on New Year’s Day in Sunrise.

After shuffling nearly a dozen players in and out of COVID-19 protocols over the past several weeks, a replenished Florida roster resumed its post-Christmas schedule with back-to-back home games against two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.

Anthony Duclair scored twice, Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and four assists, and the Florida Panthers romped to a 9-3 rout of the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning.

Rookie Anton Lundell opened the scoring for Florida, which improved to 19-7-4 on the season.

The NHL is emerging from an extended holiday break with taxi squads and other roster revisions, a move made to guard against more disruptions to the season amid more players and coaches going into COVID-19 protocol Sunday.

The league announced Monday night that it would begin its annual holiday break early, postponing an additional five games that had been scheduled for later this week.

The annual holiday concert was scheduled for Sunday evening at the Sunrise venue.

The NHL has shut down two more teams through Christmas.

The Florida Panthers’ game scheduled for Saturday afternoon against the Minnesota Wild has been postponed because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within the Panthers’ organization.

The NHL has postponed all games for the Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers through at least the Christmas weekend amid worsening COVID-19 test results across the league.

Matt Kiersted scored his first career goal for Florida, which had seven players out for virus-related reasons.

Over the past few days, teams from across the NHL landscape have placed multiple players on the league's Covid list.

Sam Reinhart and Jonathan Huberdeau scored for the Panthers.

Joe Thornton and Brandon Montour scored in the third period for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky had 23 saves.

Pavel Buchnevich scored a wrap-around goal 53 seconds into overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat the Florida Panthers 4-3.

On Episode 46 of the Chirping the Cats, it's all about Panthers forward Ryan Lomberg.

Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers continued their string of comebacks by rallying from three one-goal deficits to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3.

Anton Lundell scored twice, including the go-ahead goal, and the Florida Panthers came back from three down for the second straight game to beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4.

Trailing 4-1, the Panthers scored four goals on a season-high 26 shots in the third period.

Florida was bidding to become the first team in NHL history to start 12-0-0 at home.

It was just the third regulation loss of the season for the Panthers.

Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist for Florida, and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky added 32 saves in the win.

Frank Vatrano scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves to help the Panthers remain perfect at home.

The Panthers scored at least four goals for the 11th time this season.

On Episode 45 of the Chirping the Cats podcast, host David Dwork is joined by Mike Kelly of the NHL Network and Sportlogiq.

Officially, Barkov is week-to-week with a lower-body injury.

Barkov went down during the second period after a knee-to-knee hit by Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield.

Florida has a four-game winless streak (0-2-2) since starting the season 10-0-1.

With a 10-2-1 record and 21 points in the bank, no other Panthers team has started a season with so much success.

Florida has now lost two straight games after starting the season with a 10-0-1 record.

The loss dropped Florida to 10-1-1, which is still the best record in the NHL.

The Florida Panthers have matched the best 11-game start in NHL history.

Episode 44 of the Chirping the Cats podcast features one of the newest Panthers players, forward Sam Reinhart.

Aleksander Barkov scored twice, Aaron Ekblad had a goal and assist, and Brandon Montour also scored for the Panthers.

Chase Priskie was born and raised in South Florida and attended countless Panthers games as a child.

On Episode 43 of the Chirping the Cats, host David Dwork dives into the Florida Panthers' hot start to the season and some of the things that are standing out after the first nine games.

Leading Panthers practice on Monday, for the first time as interim head coach, was Andrew Brunette.

Charlie Coyle had the only score in the shootout and the Boston Bruins beat Florida 3-2 Saturday night, ending the Panthers’ season-opening winning streak at eight games.

Aleksander Barkov scored in overtime and the Florida Panthers — playing a day after coach Joe Quenneville resigned amid a sex scandal — beat Detroit 3-2 on Friday to run their season-opening winning streak to eight.

Joel Quenneville has quit as coach of the Florida pro hockey team following a report about the handling of sexual assault claims from a player at the Blackhawks during Quenneville's tenure there.

An investigation found then-Blackhawks coach Quenneville did not prioritize addressing sexual assault allegations.

State Representative Chip LaMarca and FAU players from women’s soccer explain the impact that the Florida NIL bill had in college sports.

Over 200 FAU female athletes and FAU starting QB N’Kosi Perry ink deals, both being the first of their kind.

The legend of how Florida Panthers right winger Scott Mellanby killed a rat with his stick in the locker room prior to the team's 1995 home opener has stood the test of time.

It wasn't too long ago - this time last year, even that the Miami Heat were an afterthought. EXPAND The Florida Panthers' new ad campaign Florida Panthers2. The Florida Panthers hired Joel Quenneville. Hey, the Florida Panthers are still a thing, all right? Sure, hockey hasn't exactly caught fire in South Florida, but the Panthers are still Miami's team.

Keynote speaker Vincent Viola, philanthropist and owner of the Florida Panthers, wows the audience with a gift of $500K to UNCFs mission in Florida. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL After delivering a genuinely moving and distinctly patriotic keynote address, Vincent Viola played the role of Santa Claus and announced a $500,000 donation to UNCF (United Negro College Fund). Vincent J. Viola is the Chairman, Owner and Governor of Sunrise Sports & Entertainment, the Florida Panthers Hockey Club, the BB&T Center, and SSEs additional operating entities. The event was a celebration of the educational mission of UNCF and highlighted the achievements of Broward Countys current and futures collegiate scholars. The event closed out a yearlong 75th anniversary celebration of UNCF in South Florida and nationally.

Salah Foundation Childrens Hospital at Broward Health becomes Official Pediatric Hospital of the clubBy Joy OglesbySUNRISE, FLORIDA The Florida Panthers today announced the extension of their partnership with Broward Health. As part of the partnership, Salah Foundation Childrens Hospital at Broward Health will become the Official Pediatric Hospital of the club. Were excited to continue our partnership with a world-class hospital like Broward Health, said Panthers Vice President of Corporate Partnerships & Premium Sales Katerina Perez. We are very excited to have partnered with the Florida Panthers, said Gino Santorio, President/CEO, Broward Health. This agreement enables Broward Health to more fully engage with our community through a sport and team we all love.The Florida Panthers Foundation will award Bro-ward Health with a Comm-unity Champions grant during the 2019-20 season which will go towards their Child Life program.

The numbers break down like this: Just 2.25 percent of those surveyed chose Heat fans as most annoying, 0.19 percent said the same of Marlins fans, and only 0.21 percent picked Dolphins fans. However, with Jimmy Butler in the fold and a gritty team in 2019, cocky Heat fans could be back next year. Marlins and Dolphins fans barely registered in this survey. NHL-wise, Panthers fans, like Marlins fans, barely made a blip in the poll. Panthers fans hit at just 0.36 percent, second only to Arizona Coyote fans as least annoying, with Boston Bruins fans ranking highest at 19.7 percent.

Believe it or not, every major team in South Florida has set itself up for near-future success. Miami Dolphins. Miami Heat. Florida Panthers. Miami Marlins.

Not far from the hustle of downtown Fort Lauderdale sits Holiday Park. But Gary Olsen, a Fort Lauderdale resident since 2002, sued the city June 21, claiming it "unlawfully proceeded with the lease." When reached for comment last week, a Panthers spokesman said, The Florida Panthers are excited about the war memorial benefit corporation partnership with the city of Fort Lauderdale on a world-class community-focused sports and recreation facility. Leading up to the citizen vote on the bond, Olsen says he saw green signs around Fort Lauderdale sponsored by the "Friends for a Safer Green Fort Lauderdale" advocating for residents to vote yes on the parks bond. Olsen figured it was a group that is dedicated to protecting the parks in Fort Lauderdale, but he was surprised to learn it is led by a developer.