Less than a week later, at a home game against the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 13, 1995, someone threw a rubber rat on the ice. And the rats, as they say, is history. Two days later, the Panthers ...

“It’s not often you get to be part of a group like this.” On his way off the ice, the 36-year-old grabbed two rubber rats that were thrown onto the ice by fans. Panthers fans traditionally ...

SUNRISE, Fla. --Brad Marchand had seen plenty of the rubber rats Florida Panthers fans traditionally toss onto the ice after victories over the years. The Panthers, after all, beat Marchand’s ...