The Carolina Hurricanes switched goalies for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, starting Pyotr Kochetkov in net against the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

The rat-throwing tradition dates back to the Panthers’ third season as an NHL franchise. Ahead of Florida’s home opener in 1995-96, forward Scott Mellanby spotted a rat running through the team’s locker room. Mellanby then took his stick and slapped the rat, sending it flying into a wall and killing it.

This is the weekend when we celebrate the men and women who paid the ultimate price while fighting for the future of democracy and the American way, that ineffable mixture of confidence and courage, sacrifice and humility,

It’s cliche to say that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, but in this instance, it’s a great example of exactly that.’

The Florida Panthers showed once again Thursday night that they are a team to be feared, demolishing the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 in Game 2 to take a commanding

The last time Florida and Carolina met in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Panthers swept the 2023 series – but every game was close. After Florida's crushing 5-0 defeat of the Panthers for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals,