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The cold-weather sport's growth in Florida has made the National Hockey League take notice, as the sport's market here has gone from afterthought to unavoidable.

The National Hockey league has hosted 43 outdoor games in its history. But none are as ambitious as this week's matchup at the Marlins' home stadium LoanDepot Park in Miami.

Larry Robbins doesn’t play goalie but the billionaire hockey fan and philanthropist may have just made his greatest save. Robbins pledged $41.5 million to meet a July 3 deadline to line up the financing and start construction of a two-rink ice complex at Plant Drive Park in Palm Beach Gardens.

The back-to-back Stanley Cup winners had their championship parade and rally on Fort Lauderdale Beach on Sunday, the same setup as last year — except this time, bright sunshine greeted the champs as opposed to downpours and lightning a year ago.

Cifu, in posts on X, got into a back-and-forth with a Toronto fan on Sunday night, the fan starting the exchange by comparing hits by Florida players in this ongoing series against the Maple Leafs to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

Winning in the Stanley Cup playoffs and becoming a championship-capable team, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said, is an art. It’s something that has to be learned.

Panthers alternate captain Matthew Tkachuk, one of the few Americans on team, told the president, “You wake up every day really grateful to be an American, so thank you.”

Youth hockey supporter Larry Robbins’ commitment helps Palm Beach North Athletic Foundation surpass key financial threshold to build in Plant Drive Park.

The Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers are moving their local broadcasts to Scripps Sports, leaving financially troubled Bally Sports. There will be over-the-air channels in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers markets

The Florida Panthers in recent years have pushed to grow the game of hockey in untapped communities, particularly the rapidly growing Hispanic market.

Karen Ota-O’Brien co-founded the Florida Women’s Hockey League more than 20 years ago and started South Florida's Lucky Pucks, a club for women and girls of all ages. Last season their teams swept the state championships, with the over-40s winning the national championship.

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.