Orkin Rat Patrol members filled buckets to the brim with plastic pests, a regular practice during the 1995-1996 season when Panthers fans threw rats onto the ice to celebrate goals. The tradition was ...

Members of the Orkin Rat Patrol were fully equipped — hard hats and all — to clear the ice of hundreds of plastic rats, which were thrown in celebration by fans whenever the Panthers scored a goal dur ...

Rat Patrol to the rescue! During the 1995-1996 season, and especially during the playoffs, fans enthusiastically tossed plastic rats onto the ice when the Panthers scored goals. The Rat Patrol, sponso ...

Pest control company Orkin became a Panthers sponsor during the 1995-1996 season, rolling out a Rat Patrol crew to clear plastic “pests” thrown onto the ice during games, especially those in the posts ...