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List of Florida Panthers players

List of Florida Panthers players

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The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, United States. The Panthers are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded as an expansion franchise on December 10, 1992.[1]

Ville Peltonen and Nathan Horton warm up before a game

By the end of the 2018–19 season, 33 goaltenders and 354 skaters (forwards and defensemen) have appeared in at least one regular-season game with the Panthers. In 1996, the Panthers had their most successful season, making it to the Stanley Cup Finals, before losing to the Colorado Avalanche.[2] However, since then the Panthers have made the NHL playoffs only four times, and as a result just six goaltenders and 79 skaters have appeared in playoff games for Florida.

Only one player in franchise history has received a major individual NHL trophy; Pavel Bure won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy twice, first after the 1999–2000 season and again the following season.[3] However, both Jonathan Huberdeau and Aaron Ekblad were awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year.[4] In 2008, Igor Larionov (2000–2001) was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, becoming the first former Panther player to receive such an honor.[5]

On October 24, 2007, Olli Jokinen scored two goals against the Philadelphia Flyers to become the franchise's all-time leader in both goals and points. Both marks were previously held by Scott Mellanby.[6] Jokinen also became the all-time leader in assists, surpassing Robert Svehla.[7] However, with the Panthers' struggles to make the playoffs, Jokinen never played a playoff game for the franchise. No one player holds as many playoff records for the Panthers as Jokinen does for the regular-season versions. Robert Svehla holds the career record for assists, Ed Jovanovski is the leader in games played, Paul Laus owns the record for most penalty minutes and Dave Lowry shares the goal scoring lead with Ray Sheppard, who also holds the franchise record for playoff points.

The Panthers' all-time goaltender records are primarily held by two players. Roberto Luongo holds the franchise regular-season records for games played, wins, losses, ties, and shutouts. As a result of being the starting goaltender for the 1996 Stanley Cup run[8] and the 1997 playoffs,[9] John Vanbiesbrouck holds all of the Panthers playoff records, most by a wide margin.

Key

  •  *  Appeared in a Panthers game during the 2022–2023 season.
  •    Hockey Hall of Famer, or retired number.
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The "Seasons" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2000–2001 season would be listed as playing with the team from 2000–2001, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.

Statistics complete as of the 2022–23 NHL season.

Goaltenders

Roberto Luongo is Florida's career leader in games played, wins, losses, ties, and shutouts.
Tomas Vokoun played four season with the Panthers
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Skaters

Bryan McCabe was captain of the Panthers from 2009–2011.
Stephen Weiss played his first 8 seasons in Florida.[10]
Igor Larionov, shown playing in the 2008 Legends Classic in Toronto, was the first former Panther player to be inducted into the HHOF.
Jay Bouwmeester is second all-time in franchise history for assists and points, from a defensemen
Pavel Bure, shown here in a Canucks jersey, won two Rocket Richard trophies during his time in Florida.
Nathan Horton registered 295 points for Florida in five seasons.
Olli Jokinen, shown here playing for the Flames, was previously Florida's all-time leader in goals, assists, and points.
David Booth scored 31 goals for Florida in the 2008–09 season.[11]
Keith Ballard was traded to Florida following the 2007–08 season.[7]
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Notes

^ a: As of the 2005–2006 NHL season, all games have a winner; teams losing in overtime and shootouts are awarded one point thus the OTL stat replacees the tie statistic. The OTL column also includes SOL (Shootout losses).[15]


References

General
  • "Florida Panthers Historical Players(Alphabetical)". Florida Panthers.com. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  • "Florida Panthers All-Time Roster". HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  • "Florida Panthers Goalies". Hockey-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
Specific
  1. "Florida Panthers". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  2. Brian Biggane (2010-03-20), "Florida Panthers 1996 Stanley Cup appearance 'highlight of a lifetime' for Den of Honor inductees", The Palm Beach Post
  3. "Pavel V. Bure". Legends of Hockey.net. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  4. George Richards (2008-11-11). "Shhh..The Panthers have a Hall of Famer". The Miami Herald. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  5. Tribune news services (2007-10-25), "Jokinen most prolific Panther", Chicago Tribune
  6. "Olli Jokinen's player profile". Legends of Hockey.net. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  7. "John Vanbiesbrouck 's player profile". Legends of Hockey.net. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  8. "1996-97 Florida Panthers Roster and Statistics". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  9. "Stephen Weiss' player profile". Hockey DB.com. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  10. "David Booth's player profile". Hockey DB.com. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  11. "Florida Panthers Draft Register". Hockey Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  12. Steve Gorten & Laura Bernheim (2008-10-02), "Vokoun would prefer to see the 'C' on someone else", Sun-Sentinel
  13. Steve Gorten (2009-09-24), "Mccabe Named Captain", Sun-Sentinel
  14. "Shootouts are fan-friendly". The Washington Times. 2005-10-19. Archived from the original on 2009-05-17. Retrieved 2010-04-14.


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