Hockey

SUNRISE — Connor McDavid stood in the same room in the bowels of Amerant Bank Arena. The Oilers superstar captain was — just as he had 12 months earlier — digesting a crushing loss that ended Edmonton's season.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Paul Maurice is not the same person or coach he was when he got his first job in the NHL at 28 years old in the mid-1990s with the Hartford Whalers.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Some top Florida Panthers players gutted through significant injuries to help them repeat as Stanley Cup champions , most notably Matthew Tkachuk dealing with a sports hernia and torn adductor muscle on the same side.

The frustration was fresh and yet all too familiar for Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers after exiting the ice in Florida for a second straight June to make way for another Panthers’ Stanley Cup celebration.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The loudest cheers among Florida Panthers fans at Amerant Bank Arena are always for Sergei Bobrovsky.

SUNRISE — Canada may be the home of hockey, but the Stanley Cup is maintaining its residence in the Sunshine State. For the second straight season, the Florida Panthers have extended Canada's Cup drought.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Stanley's stay in South Florida is getting extended.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Stuart Skinner is getting the call with his team's season on the line.

ZURICH — The Canadian men's hockey team will open the Olympic Games against Czechia and the women against Finland. The International Ice Hockey Federation released the hockey schedules for the Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy on Wednesday.

SUNRISE — Hockey fans in Sunrise are preparing for a trophy-hoisting party inside Amerant Bank Arena tonight as the Florida Panthers aim to wrap up the Stanley Cup final series against the Edmonton Oilers.