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- ...

The Panthers added an alternate third jersey to their collection for the first time in 1998. This one was worn by Mike Wilson at some point during his first two seasons with the team.

Trevor Kidd brought all of his signature looks with him when he joined the Cats in 1999. This shot from the netminder’s second full season with the team features his unique checkerboard pads and skull ...

Oleg Kvasha made his NHL debut with the Panthers in 1998 and notched 50 points for the team over the next two seasons.

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.

Peter Worrell pestered opposing players during his six years as a Panther, especially in 2001-2002, when he led the league in penalty minutes.

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 ...

Scott Mellanby scored his 600th NHL point on the game-winning goal in a 5-1 trouncing of the Carolina Hurricanes at home. Mellanby went on to notch 354 total points during his time with the Panthers.