8 juin 1996 : Avant le match d’ouverture à domicile des Panthers de la Floride en 1995-1996, Scott Mellanby a tué un rat avec son bâton dans le vestiaire, puis a marqué deux buts. Le gardien de but John Vanbiesbrouck l’a surnommé un « tour de rat », déclenchant un engouement. Lorsque Ray Sheppard a marqué le premier but à domicile de la franchise lors d’une finale du troisième match, les fans de Floride ont inondé la glace de Miami Arena de milliers de rats en plastique.
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Rats, Rats Everywhere
it took 6 seconds for over 200 rats on the ice.
When hockey was the shit.
Who's announcing? Doc Emrick?
good times
I'm afraid at the thought of Ottawa making a deep playoff run and the ice being covered in McDonalds.
that's even more gross than the time someone in a Panthers game threw a real rat on the ice.
Im a Kings fan though can't wait for this Rats to see in TV (Playoffs) again.
you can't throw stuff after a goal or its a delay of game penalty now, but they throw rats after every Panthers home win.
Lmao the glow puck.
I never realized that Doc was the lead announcer for FOX.
Ooooohhh it's RAT. I thought someone said TRAP…
they should bring it back
0:05 Jesus the crowd back then actually liked the Panthers
But then the AVs sweep them
Weird….no one threw brad Marchand on the ice ?
shit rats
Amazing lol. They used to sell a dozen for $60. They would get picked up and resold haha.
The glory days…
best season of my life..
Sadly it's sucked since but whatevs.
the Year of the rat & Mellanby,Sheppard,Shvehla,,Lidsay,Neidermayer,,Jovo,,Warrener,,Lowry,,Straka,,Skrudeland,,PAUL LAUS!
and the Beezer.. what a great season..
And every playoff game was like a Hollywood movie..
~The FLyers and the terrifying Demon center/Legion of Boom line
~The Penguins w/ Lemeiux & Jagr line
~The Bruins w/ Ray Bourque(Oates & Cam Neely I think)
~And then the impossibly awesome Avalanche.
Sakic & Forseberg & Deadmarsh and like 8 other allstars
~Patrick Roy was on fire that series for sure.
****EVERYONE was afraid of Claude Lemeiux returning from suspension &rightfull so as
he made a huge difference in the series.
He was like a better Ricci with going 110 mph on every play.
except he was evil af..
Still my all time favorite season in my life..
And props to Chris H from Boynton for saying F-it & attending Panther games solo that year when nobody was available.
and then saying double F-it and deciding solo was more fun then with GF lmao…
I can tell Marchand was traumatized as a kid
AND THE PANTHERS SPIT IN THE FACE OF BEEZER BY NOT RETIRING HIS NUMBER. VBK DID MORE WITH LESS TALENT THAN BOBBY LOU EVER DID IN FLA. THEY RETIRE BOBBY LOU'S NUMBER NOT VBK BUT VBK IS IN TE FLA SPORTS HOF. HOW MUCH SENSE DOES THIS MAKE??
They threw a bunch of Brad Marchands on the ice hahahaha
Can this excitement be reborn in the playoffs this year?
Mellanby killed the rat and so it begins…
That's when fans attended the games.
Beep
Florida’s finest. NHL’s finest.
That's my sign, baby!
NOW IS THE TIME PANTHERS, YOU ARE ICING THE BEST TEAM YOU EVER HAD. FUCKING DO IT
RIP the Miami Arena
Almost 26 years later and they finally end the playoff win drought!
And after 26 years THEY WIN A PLAYOFF SERIES
I still have one of the rats from that season.
Any way to find the full game?