Hockey

Jeff Vinik says new owners Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz will maintain the team's winning legacy for "generations." Vinik will still run the show for three years and remain an active minority owner after that.

Known as "johnny Hockey," the Columbus Blue Jackets' forward and his brother were cycling in their home state of New Jersey. Officials said the driver was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol.

The national team formed in 2019 with 11 players. In 2022, the Puerto Rican Ice Hockey Association had 200 registered members. Today it has 500.

On Sunday, thousands of fans turned out as Fort Lauderdale hosted the Championship Celebration to toast the Florida Panthers' first-ever Stanley Cup victory. Players and staff rode in open top buses down A1A and then put on a lively, rain-soaked rally at Fort Lauderdale Beach.

Jon Cooper, who is from British Colombia, will lead Team Canada for the 2026 Olympics in Milan and the Four Nations Face-Off in February, a prep tournament of sorts for the Olympics.

Florida Panthers fans gathered at the Baptist Health IcePlex to watch the winner-takes-all game. They were rightly nervous, but after a thrilling contest, rose to their feet to count down the clock and celebrate in unison as the final horn cemented the historic victory.

The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions and they took the hardest path possible to the title. The Panthers won the first three games of the series, then lost the next three before Monday's win.

The deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final will be played Monday night in Florida, where the Panthers host the Edmonton Oilers. Florida won the first three games only to see Edmonton storm back and stave off elimination three times to knot the series.

The series opens in Sunrise on Sunday. Game 2 is Tuesday, and the series comes to Amalie Arena for Games 3 and 4 starting Thursday.

The Lightning now know their first-round opponent: the Florida Panthers. Game 1 of the series is slated for Sunday afternoon in Sunrise.

The Bolts open Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Amalie Arena. Fan activities before the "happy hour" faceoff begin at 1 p.m. Of note: The world's greatest goalie is recovering from back surgery, leaving a big hole to fill.

Karen Ota-O'Brien is the founder of the Fort Lauderdale-based Lucky Pucks, a women's ice hockey club made of girls and women of all ages. This year, she's getting recognition for her decades-long work in bringing women's hockey to South Florida.