Pavel Bure, Viktor Kozlov and Ray Whitney were all selected for the 50th NHL All-Star Game in 2000, the first time three Panthers players had been selected. During the game, Pavel Bure and his brother ...

The New Jersey Devils eventually won the 2000 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals v. the Panthers, but the Cats didn’t let the Devils win easily. Boby Holik of the Devils made four shots on the goal duri ...

Opening Night in 1999 saw the Panthers defeat the Washington Capitals 4-3. The Panthers would finish the year in second place in the Southeast Division, earning another trip to the playoffs.

This was Trevor Kidd’s first mask worn with the Panthers. The look continued Kidd’s trademark of a skull on top of his helmet, but this time the entire mask looked like it had been scratched by giant ...

Paul Laus took his role as the team enforcer seriously. Here he is earning a 1st-period penalty for roughing in Game 3 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Laus spent 172 minutes of the 1999- ...

A November 20, 1999, program noted that Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Jaromir Jagr “has torched the Panthers over the years, as he has all NHL teams.” Jagr later brought his skills to South Florida, p ...

Pavel Bure — also known as the Russian Rocket — was one of the NHL’s top players in the 1999-2000 season, when he won the Richard Trophy and placed third in the voting for the Hart Trophy.

Throughout his seven-year NHL career, Peter Worrell was an inspiration to Black fans and players. As one of only a handful of Black players in the league, the enforcer was no stranger to racism. But h ...

Game 2 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals was a close one, tied 1-1 until the 3rd period. Though the Cats ultimately lost 2-1, the team fought hard and racked up 8 trips to the penalty box.

Leave it to the Russian Rocket to blast into the millennium in style. Pavel Bure scored four goals against the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 7-5 Panthers victory at home on New Year’s Day. Bure’s four goal ...