| Florida Panthers | |
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 2024–25 Florida Panthers season | |
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Atlantic |
| Founded | 1993 |
| History | Florida Panthers 1993–present |
| Home arena | Amerant Bank Arena |
| City | Sunrise, Florida |
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| Team colors | Red, blue, flat gold, white[1][2][3] |
| Media | Scripps Sports (WSFL-TV)[4] WQAM Sports Radio (560 AM) |
| Owner(s) | Sunrise Sports & Entertainment (Vincent Viola, chairman)[5] |
| General manager | Bill Zito |
| Head coach | Paul Maurice |
| Captain | Aleksander Barkov |
| Minor league affiliates | Charlotte Checkers (AHL) Savannah Ghost Pirates (ECHL) |
| Stanley Cups | 1 (2023–24) |
| Conference championships | 3 (1995–96, 2022–23, 2023–24) |
| Presidents' Trophy | 1 (2021–22) |
| Division championships | 4 (2011–12, 2015–16, 2021–22, 2023–24) |
| Official website | nhl |
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Panthers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference, and initially played their home games at Miami Arena before moving to the Amerant Bank Arena in 1998. Located in Sunrise, Florida, the franchise is the southernmost team in the NHL. The team's local broadcasting rights were held by Bally Sports Florida (formerly SportsChannel and Fox Sports Florida) from 1996 to 2024 when they made a new broadcast deal with Scripps Sports. The Panthers are primarily affiliated with two minor league teams: the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Savannah Ghost Pirates of the ECHL.
The Panthers began playing in the 1993–94 NHL season, when they set the record for the most points by an expansion team in its inaugural season, which was later surpassed by the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017–18. In 1996, the team made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs, reaching the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals before falling to the Colorado Avalanche. Between 1996 and 2020, the Panthers only qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs five times, not winning a playoff series in that span. However, since the 2020–21 season, the Panthers have found postseason success. They won their first playoff series in two decades in 2022, and reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2023 where they fell to the Vegas Golden Knights in five games. The following year, the Panthers returned to the Stanley Cup Finals, winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history by defeating the Edmonton Oilers in seven games.
- ^ Poupart, Alain (June 2, 2016). "Florida Panthers unveil new logo, uniforms". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L.P. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "Florida Panthers Unveil 25th Anniversary Season Logo". FloridaPanthers.com (Press release). NHL Enterprises, L.P. June 15, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
Including the club's current color scheme of Panthers Red, Blue and Gold, the 25th anniversary logo also incorporates silver as a visual acknowledgement of the franchise's silver anniversary.
- ^ "Florida Panthers Brand Guide". FloridaPanthers.com. NHL Enterprises, L.P. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "Florida Panthers, Scripps Sports partner on multi-year agreement to air National Hockey League team's games". NHL.com. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ "Vincent Viola Becomes Owner of the Florida Panthers". FloridaPanthers.com (Press release). NHL Enterprises, L.P. September 27, 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2015.