What league does Florida Panthers play in?

Florida Panthers play in the NHL.

When was Florida Panthers founded?

Florida Panthers was founded in 1993 in Sunrise, FL, USA, USA.

Where is Florida Panthers based?

Florida Panthers is based in Sunrise, FL, USA.

Who is the head coach of Florida Panthers?

The head coach of Florida Panthers is Doug MacLean.

Who is the captain of Florida Panthers?

The captain of Florida Panthers is Brian Skrudland.

What arena does Florida Panthers play in?

Florida Panthers play their home games at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, FL, USA.

Who is the general manager of Florida Panthers?

The general manager of Florida Panthers is Bryan Murray.

What are the team colors of Florida Panthers?

The team colors of Florida Panthers are Red + Blue + Gold + White.

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1996-1997 Season

Florida Panthers were 35-28-19 in the 1996-97 NHL season with 89 points, 7th overall.

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1996-1997 Florida Panthers Player Stats

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Florida Panthers — 1996-1997 Skater Stats
#	N	Skater	Regular Season						Postseason
#	N	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
NHL
1.		Ray Sheppard (RW)	68	29	31	60	4	4	5	2	0	2	0	-4
2.		Scott Mellanby (RW)	82	27	29	56	170	7	5	0	2	2	4	-1
3.		Róbert Švehla (D)	82	13	32	45	86	2	5	1	4	5	4	-4
4.		Radek Dvorak (RW)	78	18	21	39	30	-2	3	0	0	0	0	0
5.		Rob Niedermayer (RW/C)	60	14	24	38	54	4	5	2	1	3	6	-1
6.		Johan Garpenlöv (RW)	53	11	25	36	47	10	4	2	0	2	4	0
7.		Bill Lindsay (LW)	81	11	23	34	120	1	3	0	1	1	8	0
8.		Dave Lowry (LW)	77	15	14	29	51	2	5	0	0	0	0	-3
9.		Martin Straka (C)	55	7	22	29	12	9	4	0	0	0	0	-2
10.		Per Gustafsson (D)	58	7	22	29	22	11
11.		Tom Fitzgerald (RW)	71	10	14	24	64	7	5	0	1	1	0	-1
12.		Gord Murphy (D)	80	8	15	23	51	3	5	0	5	5	4	0
13.		Ed Jovanovski (D)	61	7	16	23	172	-1	5	0	0	0	4	-4
14.		Brian Skrudland (C)	51	5	13	18	48	4
15.		Jody Hull (RW)	67	10	6	16	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	-1
16.		Mike Hough (LW)	69	8	6	14	48	12	5	1	0	1	2	-2
17.		David Nemirovsky (RW)	39	7	7	14	32	1	3	1	0	1	0	-2
18.		Terry Carkner (D)	70	0	14	14	96	-4	5	0	0	0	6	-3
19.		Rhett Warrener (D)	62	4	9	13	88	20	5	0	0	0	0
20.		Paul Laus (D)	77	0	12	12	313	13	5	0	1	1	4	-3
21.		Stu Barnes (C)	19	2	8	10	10	-3
22.		Steve Washburn (C)	18	3	6	9	4	2
23.		Chris Wells (C)	47	2	6	8	42	5	3	0	0	0	0	-1
24.		Kirk Muller (C)	10	1	2	3	4	-2	5	1	2	3	4	-3
25.		Jason Podollan (RW)	19	1	1	2	4	-3
26.		Brad Smyth (RW)	8	1	0	1	2	-3
27.		Craig Martin (RW)	1	0	0	0	5	0
28.		Craig Ferguson (C)	3	0	0	0	0	-1
29.		Jason Woolley (D)	3	0	0	0	2	1
30.		Geoff Smith (D)	3	0	0	0	2	-
31.		Craig Fisher (C)	4	0	0	0	0	-2

Florida Panthers — 1996-1997 Goalie Stats
#	N	Goalie	Regular Season									Postseason
#	N	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
NHL
1.		John Vanbiesbrouck (G)	57	2.29	.919	27	19	10	2	3347:00	1454	5	2.38	.929
2.		Mark Fitzpatrick (G)	30	2.36	.914	8	9	9	0	1680:00	705
3.		Todd MacDonald (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0:00	-

1996-1997 Florida Panthers Staff

Head CoachDoug MacLean
Asst. CoachLindy Ruff
Asst. CoachDuane Sutter
Goaltending CoachBilly Smith
General ManagerBryan Murray
Asst. General ManagerChuck Fletcher
Team ManagerMarni Share Bloomster
Amateur ScoutBilly Dea
Amateur ScoutRon Harris
Amateur ScoutPaul Henry
Amateur ScoutWayne Meier
Amateur ScoutTim Murray
Amateur ScoutMarty Nanne
Asst. Equipment ManagerJon Korman
Asst. Equipment ManagerTim LeRoy
Athletic TrainerMike Spilman

1996-1997 Florida Panthers Captains

"C"

Brian Skrudland

"A"

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1996-1997 Florida Panthers Demographics

Florida Panthers Facts

Plays in: National Hockey League
Team Colors: Red + Blue + Gold + White
Town: Sunrise, FL, USA Map
Founded: 1993

1996-1997 Florida Panthers Roster Facts

Nationalities

25 players
4 players
2 players
2 players
1 player

Experience

Florida Panthers: 4 619 GP
NHL: 11 183 GP
WC: 161 GP
OG: 30 GP
SHL: 500 GP
Czechia: 37 GP
AHL: 2 266 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Charlotte Checkers (AHL)
Savannah Ghost Pirates (ECHL)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Amerant Bank Arena
Location: Sunrise, FL, USA
Capacity: 19 250
Construction Year: 1998

Florida Panthers Games

Florida Panthers — 1996-1997 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
11/14/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	St. Louis Blues	Florida Panthers	-	NHL
11/12/2026 07:30 PM GMT-5	Florida Panthers	Detroit Red Wings	-	NHL
11/10/2026 07:30 PM GMT-5	Columbus Blue Jackets	Florida Panthers	1 - 4	NHL
11/08/2026 01:00 PM GMT-5	Boston Bruins	Florida Panthers	4 - 1	NHL
11/07/2026 12:30 PM GMT-5	Washington Capitals	Florida Panthers	4 - 3	NHL

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Latest Transactions

Florida Panthers — Latest Transactions
Date	Status		Player	Team	Source
10/19/2026	Up/Down	joining	Cole Schwindt (F)	Charlotte Checkers	Details
10/19/2026	Up/Down	leaving	Sam Lafferty (F)	Charlotte Checkers	Details
10/13/2026	Up/Down	joining	Cooper Black (G)	Charlotte Checkers	Details
10/08/2026	Up/Down	leaving	Alexander Petrovic (D)	Charlotte Checkers	Details
09/27/2026	Confirmed	joining	Nathan Bastian (F)	Dallas Stars	Details
09/21/2026	Confirmed	joining	Samu Salminen (F)	Univ. of Denver	Details
08/19/2026	Confirmed	leaving	Nolan Foote (F)	Philadelphia Flyers	Details
07/31/2026	Confirmed	leaving	Tomas Nosek (F)	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Details

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Florida Panthers History and Standings

Florida Panthers — Season History
season	league	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	TP	GF	GA	P/GP	rank	postseason
2026-2027	NHL	19	8	2	-	2	7	22	60	56	1.16	7	-
2025-2026	NHL	82	32	8	-	4	38	84	251	276	1.02	14	Did not make playoffs
2024-2025	NHL	82	37	10	-	4	31	98	252	223	1.2	5	Champion
2023-2024	NHL	82	42	10	-	6	24	110	268	200	1.34	3	Champion
2022-2023	NHL	82	36	6	-	8	32	92	290	273	1.12	8	Final loss
2021-2022	NHL	82	42	16	-	6	18	122	340	246	1.49	1	Conference SF loss
2020-2021	NHL	56	37	-	-	5	14	79	189	153	1.41	4	Conference QF loss
2019-2020	NHL	69	35	-	-	8	26	78	231	228	1.13	15	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2018-2019	NHL	82	36	-	-	14	35	86	267	280	1.05	19	Did not make playoffs
2017-2018	NHL	82	44	-	-	8	30	96	248	246	1.17	16	Did not make playoffs
2016-2017	NHL	82	35	-	-	11	36	81	210	237	0.99	23	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	NHL	82	47	-	-	9	26	103	239	203	1.26	7	Conference QF loss
2014-2015	NHL	82	38	-	-	15	29	91	206	223	1.11	20	Did not make playoffs
2013-2014	NHL	82	29	-	-	8	45	66	196	268	0.8	29	Did not make playoffs
2012-2013	NHL	48	15	-	-	6	27	36	112	171	0.75	30	Did not make playoffs
2011-2012	NHL	82	38	-	-	18	26	94	203	227	1.15	14	Conference QF loss
2010-2011	NHL	82	30	-	-	12	40	72	195	229	0.88	28	Did not make playoffs
2009-2010	NHL	82	32	-	-	13	37	77	208	244	0.94	28	Did not make playoffs
2008-2009	NHL	82	41	-	-	11	30	93	234	231	1.13	14	Did not make playoffs
2007-2008	NHL	82	38	-	-	9	35	85	216	226	1.04	22	Did not make playoffs
2006-2007	NHL	82	35	-	-	16	31	86	247	257	1.05	21	Did not make playoffs
2005-2006	NHL	82	37	-	-	11	34	85	240	257	1.04	21	Did not make playoffs
2003-2004	NHL	82	28	-	15	4	35	75	188	221	0.91	24	Did not make playoffs
2002-2003	NHL	82	24	-	13	9	36	70	176	237	0.85	27	Did not make playoffs
2001-2002	NHL	82	22	-	10	6	44	60	180	250	0.73	28	Did not make playoffs
2000-2001	NHL	82	22	-	13	9	38	66	200	246	0.8	27	Did not make playoffs
1999-2000	NHL	82	43	-	6	6	27	98	244	209	1.2	8	Conference QF loss
1998-1999	NHL	82	30	-	18	-	34	78	210	228	0.95	17	Did not make playoffs
1997-1998	NHL	82	24	-	15	-	43	63	203	256	0.77	25	Did not make playoffs
1996-1997	NHL	82	35	-	19	-	28	89	221	201	1.09	7	Conference QF loss

Florida Panthers Retired Numbers

#1 Roberto Luongo (G)

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Florida Panthers — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Denis Malgin (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions	NL	18	6	18	24	10
2.	Christopher Tierney (F)	2026-2027	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	25	3	19	22	2
3.	Jayce Hawryluk (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	14	2	20	22	10
4.	Grigori Denisenko (F)	2026-2027	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	26	7	12	19	12
5.	Chase Priskie (D)	2026-2027	Barys Astana	KHL	24	4	14	18	22
6.	T.J. Brennan (D)	2026-2027	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	ICEHL	17	3	15	18	20
7.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2026-2027	HK Sochi	KHL	15	2	14	16	4
8.	Jesse Puljujärvi (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	NL	16	6	9	15	44
9.	Logan Shaw (F)	2026-2027	Toronto Marlies	AHL	14	4	11	15	4
10.	Noah Gregor (F)	2026-2027	Manitoba Moose	AHL	12	6	8	14	2

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Florida Panthers — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'2"	201 lbs	30.00
2025-2026	View Roster	6'1"	196 lbs	29.06
2024-2025	View Roster	6'2"	198 lbs	29.07
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	198 lbs	28.79
2022-2023	View Roster	6'1"	194 lbs	28.07

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aleksander Barkov (F)	806	286	496	782
2.	Jonathan Huberdeau (F)	671	198	415	613
3.	Olli Jokinen (F)	567	188	231	419
4.	Aaron Ekblad (D)	821	123	290	413
5.	Sam Reinhart (F)	404	199	204	403

Franchise All-Time Goals

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aleksander Barkov (F)	806	286	496	782
2.	Sam Reinhart (F)	404	199	204	403
3.	Jonathan Huberdeau (F)	671	198	415	613
4.	Olli Jokinen (F)	567	188	231	419
5.	Carter Verhaeghe (F)	455	173	188	361

Franchise All-Time Assists

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aleksander Barkov (F)	806	286	496	782
2.	Jonathan Huberdeau (F)	671	198	415	613
3.	Aaron Ekblad (D)	821	123	290	413
4.	Stephen Weiss (F)	654	145	249	394
5.	Olli Jokinen (F)	567	188	231	419

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Paul Laus (D)	530	14	72	1702
2.	Peter Worrell (F)	342	16	42	1375
3.	Scott Mellanby (F)	552	157	354	953
4.	Ed Jovanovski (D)	362	33	102	619
5.	Bill Lindsay (F)	506	67	165	609

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aaron Ekblad (D)	821	123	290	413
2.	Aleksander Barkov (F)	806	286	496	782
3.	Jonathan Huberdeau (F)	671	198	415	613
4.	Stephen Weiss (F)	654	145	249	394
5.	Dmitri Kulikov (D)	643	33	140	173

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	P/GP
1.	Claude Giroux (F)	18	3	23	1.28
2.	Matthew Tkachuk (F)	261	105	315	1.21
3.	Pavel Bure (F)	223	152	251	1.13
4.	Brady Tkachuk (F)	19	10	20	1.05
5.	Sam Reinhart (F)	404	199	403	1.00

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Jonathan Huberdeau (F)	2021-2022	NHL	80	30	85	115	1.44	54
2.	Matthew Tkachuk (F)	2022-2023	NHL	79	40	69	109	1.38	123
3.	Aleksander Barkov (F)	2018-2019	NHL	82	35	61	96	1.17	8
4.	Pavel Bure (F)	1999-2000	NHL	74	58	36	94	1.27	16
5.	Sam Reinhart (F)	2023-2024	NHL	82	57	37	94	1.15	31

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Pavel Bure (F)	2000-2001	NHL	82	59	33	92	1.12	58
2.	Pavel Bure (F)	1999-2000	NHL	74	58	36	94	1.27	16
3.	Sam Reinhart (F)	2023-2024	NHL	82	57	37	94	1.15	31
4.	Carter Verhaeghe (F)	2022-2023	NHL	81	42	31	73	0.90	46
5.	Matthew Tkachuk (F)	2022-2023	NHL	79	40	69	109	1.38	123

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Jonathan Huberdeau (F)	2021-2022	NHL	80	30	85	115	1.44	54
2.	Matthew Tkachuk (F)	2022-2023	NHL	79	40	69	109	1.38	123
3.	Jonathan Huberdeau (F)	2018-2019	NHL	82	30	62	92	1.12	40
4.	Matthew Tkachuk (F)	2023-2024	NHL	80	26	62	88	1.10	88
5.	Aleksander Barkov (F)	2018-2019	NHL	82	35	61	96	1.17	8

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Florida Panthers — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Peter Worrell (F)	2001-2002	NHL	79	4	5	9	0.11	354
2.	Paul Laus (D)	1996-1997	NHL	77	0	12	12	0.16	313
3.	Paul Laus (D)	1997-1998	NHL	77	0	11	11	0.14	293
4.	Peter Worrell (F)	1998-1999	NHL	62	4	5	9	0.15	258
5.	Brad Ference (D)	2001-2002	NHL	80	2	15	17	0.21	254

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections

Florida Panthers — Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections
rnd	#	player	born	birthplace	height	weight
2026
2	#40	Simas Ignatavicius (F)	10/22/2007	Memphis, TN, USA	6'3"	201 lbs
2	#48	Ryder Cali (F)	09/06/2008	Lugano, SUI	6'2"	218 lbs
4	#98	Jonas Kemps (D)	01/16/2008	Sebastopol, CA, USA	6'6"	205 lbs
6	#168	Vilho Vanhatalo (F)	01/18/2008	Tampere, FIN	6'4"	198 lbs
6	#181	Cole Zurawski (F)	02/06/2008	Etobicoke, ON, CAN	6'1"	194 lbs
7	#217	Louis-Antoine Denault (G)	09/26/2006	Québec, QC, CAN	6'8"	209 lbs
2025
4	#112	Mads Kongsbak Klyvø (F)	05/03/2007	Frederikshavn, DEN	6'2"	194 lbs
4	#128	Shea Busch (F)	06/12/2007	North Vancouver, BC, CAN	6'3"	216 lbs
5	#129	Shamar Moses (F)	05/06/2007	Scarborough, ON, CAN	6'1"	201 lbs
6	#192	Arvid Drott (F)	08/11/2007	Stockholm, SWE	6'1"	192 lbs
7	#197	Brendan Dunphy (D)	02/02/2006	San Diego, CA, USA	6'5"	207 lbs
7	#224	Yegor Midlak (G)	03/20/2007	Tver, RUS	6'6"	176 lbs
2024
2	#58	Linus Eriksson (F)	03/23/2006	Stockholm, SWE	6'0"	190 lbs
3	#97	Matvei Shuravin (D)	03/22/2006	Moskva, RUS	6'2"	172 lbs
4	#129	Simon Zether (F)	10/18/2005	Helsingborg, SWE	6'3"	194 lbs
6	#169	Stepan Gorbunov (F)	08/11/2006	Chelyabinsk, RUS	6'5"	196 lbs
6	#193	Hunter St. Martin (F)	06/13/2005	Edmonton, AB, CAN	6'2"	185 lbs
7	#201	Denis Gabdrakhmanov (G)	06/22/2005	Nizhny Tagil, RUS	6'5"	194 lbs

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AHL affiliation history:
- Carolina Monarchs (1995-1997)
- Beast of New Haven (1997-1999)
- Kentucky Thoroughblades (1998-1999)
- Louisville Panthers (1999-2001)
- San Antonio Rampage (2002-2005)
- Rochester Americans (2005-2011)
- San Antonio Rampage (2011-2015)
- Portland Pirates (2015-2016)
- Springfield Thunderbirds (2016-2020)
- Syracuse Crunch** (2020-2021)
- Charlotte Checkers (2020-Present) **Charlotte suspended operations in 2020-21 due to COVID-19.

IHL affiliation history:
- Cincinnati Cyclones (1993-1995)

ECHL affiliation history:
- Birmingham Bulls (1993-1995)
- Tallahassee Tiger Sharks (1995-1998)
- Miami Matadors (1998-1999)
- Florida Everblades (2001-2002, 2005-2007 and 2008-2010)
- Augusta Lynx (2003-2004)
- Texas Wildcatters (2004-2005)
- Cincinnati Cyclones (2010-2011)

UHL affiliation history:
- Detroit Falcons (1995-1996)
- Port Huron Border Cats (1996-2001)

2025 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Carter Verhaeghe – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Brad Marchand
A.J. Greer – Tomáš Nosek – Jesper Boqvist

Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt – Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky
(Vítek Vaněček)

2024 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Carter Verhaeghe - Aleksander Barkov - Sam Reinhart
Matthew Tkachuk - Sam Bennett - Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Vladimir Tarasenko
Ryan Lomberg - Kevin Stenlund - Kyle Okposo

Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola - Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Dmitri Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovski
(Anthony Stolarz)