FLORIDA PANTHERS

BY COLBY GUY

OWNERSHIP VINCENT VIOLA EVER SINCE TAKING over as owner of the Panthers in 2013, Vincent Viola has strived to run the team with the same values he was brought up with throughout his time in the U.S. Army. He has seen the club grow on and off the ice and helped build the Cats into both a Stanley Cup contender and a staple in the South Florida community. Eleven years into his run as owner of the Panthers, Viola has overseen the team making the playoffs six times – including a franchise-record five years in a row (and counting) starting in 2019-20. Last season, that culminated in a second trip to the Cup final in as many years, with the Cats ultimately taking home their first title. All of that took a lot of…

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