Ray Sheppard laced up these skates when he played for the Panthers from 1995 to 1998, racking up 61 goals and 60 assists.

Ray Whitney spent four seasons with the Panthers from 1997 to 2001. His best season with the team was 1999-2000, when he tallied 29 goals and 42 assists and played in the NHL All-Star Game.

At 5’10”, Ray Whitney had to cut his socks down to size. In the late 1990s, socks came in one size only and tended to be too long for anyone shorter than 6’2″. Note the frayed edges at the top as well ...

Uniforms take almost as much of a beating as the players do, as these torn hockey pants suggest.

Robert Svehla had a solid grip on his game when he arrived in the NHL. While he was technically a rookie during the 1994-1995 season when he appeared in 5 games, Svehla played 81 games the next season ...

If you want to know what kind of life a defenseman has led, look at his skates. These Air 90s are scuffed, dinged and rusted … and definitely saw their share of action during Robert Svehla’s tenure wi ...

The man didn’t stand around with his hand in his pockets. As the well-worn palms demonstrate, Scott Mellanby was busy during his first season as captain, 1997-1998. He played in 79 games, scoring 39 p ...

A Louisville hockey glove? That’s right — the same company that made Louisville Slugger bats also made hockey equipment for NHL players like Stu Barnes, who played for the Panthers from 1993 to 1996. ...

Tom Fitzgerald was a key part of the Panthers core during the team’s first five seasons. He collected 121 points in 353 games as a Panther.

Tom Fitzgerald was with the Panthers from the beginning, coming over from the Islanders in the expansion draft. In his third season, he scored 8 points in the playoffs as the Panthers went to the Stan ...