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The Florida Panthers were founded in 1993 and play in the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division of the National Hockey League.

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They play in the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida and their colors are red, navy and gold. The team holds no Stanley Cup wins, but has one Conference win from 1995-96. They were first owned by Blockbuster Video tycoon Wayne Huizenga in Miami, and their first season was one of the most successful for an expansion team, with a finish one point under .500 and a narrow miss for an Eastern Conference playoff spot. After another near playoff appearance in 1995, the coach was replaced.

The 1996 season started a new tradition for the team, after a rat ran across the locker room, Scott Mellanby who "one-timed" the rat and killed it when it hit the wall. That night he scored two goals, dubbed "a rat trick." Fans learned of the story and threw rubber rats onto the ice two nights later. The rat count started at 16 with that game, and progressed to over 2,000 on the ice during the playoffs. They were able to make it to the Stanley Cup finals, but were swept by the Colorado Avalanche in just four games.

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Florida Panthers head coach and general manager Jacques Martin is set to lead Team Canada in the 2007 IIHF World Men�s Hockey Championship in Moscow, in the Assistant General Manager position.

Martin has served as a coaching associate with Team Canada in the past two Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Games. He also worked as an associate coach on Team Canada�s gold medal winning World Cup Hockey squad in 2004. Martin's 478 NHL head coaching victories ranks second among all currently active NHL coaches, a high honor indeed.

"It is an honor anytime that you are asked to represent your country on the international level", Martin said, of his appointment for the tournament in Russia from April 27-May 13, 2007. "I look forward to working with General Manager Steve Yzerman and the entire Team Canada management staff in assembling a team that will compete hard and earn a gold medal at this year�s World Hockey Championship."

It is this type of expertise that has Florida hockey fans running out to buy Panthers Tickets, and as the hockey season begins again, and their decorated coach returns from Russia, Florida Panthers tickets may well be worth more than ever.

The Panthers' final '06-'07 season home game at the BankAtlantic Center ended with a record of 23 home wins and average attendance of almost 16,000 fans. The game composed one aspect of the Panthers' Fan Appreciation Weekend, whose climax in the Panthers Foundation�s "Shirts Off Our Backs" auction. The '06-'07 season marked another exciting year of excellent sport and great atmospheres generated in the Panthers' BankAtlantic Center, where Florida Panthers tickets are more valuable than gold.