Florida Panthers forced to cancel ceremony for Stanley Cup rings due to hurricane weather

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Graham Montgomery
October 6, 2024  (9:24 PM)

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The Florida Panthers made a disappointing announcement today, revealing that they have cancelled their Stanley Cup championship ring ceremony.

The announcement comes as Hurricane Milton remains on track to hit Florida on Monday. Currently, the storm is projected to be a category two event with sustained winds north of 100 miles per hour and gusts that are much worse. As such, much of the state has been put on a state of emergency, including the Miami-Sunrise area. Panthers president Matt Caldwell had this to say about the event and the start of the upcoming season.

Panthers fans are understandably disappointed by this decision, but it appears as though the team had very little choice in this matter. After all, extreme weather must be respected as it can be very dangerous. The Panthers are correct to not put their players and fans alike in harms way by going through with the ceremony. Furthermore, this is not the first NHL event to be cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Milton. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators cancelled their final pre-season game of the year which was scheduled for tomorrow after it was previously delayed due to Hurricane Helene.

In the meantime, Panthers fans will just have to reminisce their championship team from last year at home. Luckily, they still have lots of fresh memories to look back on, including the final seconds of game seven that secured the team's first ever Stanley Cup.

After two straight seasons of reaching the Stanley Cup finals, the Florida Panthers appear to be set to make another run at it. Could they possibly make the finals three years in a row? In the hard cap era that feat is virtually unheard of, but it could be a chance for the team to one-up their cross state rivals in the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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1st/2nd round exit	111	50.7 %
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Stanley Cup champions	11	5 %
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