The Panthers won their second consecutive championship on home ice Tuesday night, beating Edmonton in six games. The team, following decades of tradition, partied with the Cup into the wee hours and kept the revelry going in Fort Lauderdale well into Wednesday afternoon.

Lord Stanley won't be traveling far! The famed silver trophy is returning with the Florida Panthers ( though slightly worse for the wear already) who beat the Edmonton Oilers for the second straight year (though in one fewer game) to take it all in the NHL finals.

Those things are win the Stanley Cup and lead the league in penalty minutes. Florida certainly qualified for that honor this year, leading the NHL during the regular season with 853 PIMs and then again during the playoffs, with another 370. Would you believe that the Panthers are only the fifth team over the past 50-plus years to pull of this feat?

The 2025-26 NHL season will begin at Amerant Bank Arena, where the two-time Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will host the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 7 as part of a season-opening tripleheader, the league announced Monday.

A Stanley Cup champion with the Florida Panthers revealed in breaking news that, despite the franchise’s needs, he wants to stay and play alongside Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett, and Matthew Tkachuk in the 2025-26 NHL season.

SportsLine expert Matt Severance reveals his NHL bets and predictions for Game 6 of Florida vs. Edmonton in the Stanley Cup Finals 2025 on Tuesday

Four months ago, she would have rather wrestled a steer than cheer for the Florida Panthers. Today ... ball of hate had 10 goals and 10 assists in the playoffs, six of those goals in the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers.

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