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He peaked in Pee Wee, a prolific scorer in an Oyster Bay league. "The coach of the All-Star team wasn't my coach, so I didn't know if the guy knew me," Stu Siegel said Monday, minutes after his introduction as the new co-managing partner of the Panthers .

Share + Nov 16, 2009 10:36 pm US/Eastern Click here for more Panthers coverage Click here for our South Florida sports blog By Solange Reyner 1 of 1 The Florida Panthers announce the appointment of Jacques Martin, left, as coach and Mike Keenan, right, as general manager alongside owner Alan Cohen during a press conference on May 26, 2004.

Craig Anderson had a solid season in 2008-09 for the Florida Panthers, going 15-7-5 with a .924 save percentage and a 2.71 goals-against average, his best season in an NHL career that to that point had been relatively undistinguished.

The numbers don't seem to mean much to Marc Crawford. But the experiences behind the numbers, Crawford said, have shaped his life.

The player who led the NHL in ice time last season, Jay Bouwmeester , did so for a marginally talented Florida Panthers team where - out of necessity - he needed to be all things.

Flyers coach John Stevens is an opportunist. So when the NHL handed out the schedule in July and Stevens found an 11-day break - in October, not March - with just one game in between, he knew exactly what to do.

When the Panthers arrived in Calgary for a preseason game last year, his first as an NHL coach, Pete DeBoer was asked about the long charter flight from South Florida.

He now has the nice office with the good view, or as good a view as you'll get out here.

Since the Panthers entered the NHL in 1993, they have enjoyed one winning playoff season, advancing unexpectedly to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996.

Sitting in the stands Friday morning, head coach Mike Keenan cast an educated eye at the Calgary Flames prospects.

If Dion Phaneuf is determined to silence his critics, he's not letting on. If the precociously talented Calgary Flames blue-liner lays awake at night wondering what happened to his 2008-09 season, let alone his game, he's not about to share.

If Dion Phaneuf is determined to silence his critics, he's not letting on. If the precociously talented Calgary Flames blue-liner lays awake at night wondering what happened to his 2008-09 season, let alone his game, he's not about to share.

Panthers alternate governor Bill Torrey said Thursday that he has started interviewing candidates for the Panthers ' general manager job and plans to meet with as many more "as possible" at next week's draft in Montreal.

The Panthers have made more than their share of mistakes in the past, but Rick Dudley, a former general manager of the club, feels they already have made one solid decision in their effort to find a new general manager.

The media release from Sherry Quan was brief, detailed and to the point: Michael Keenan was joining a team in Vancouver.

Pop quiz, Management 101: You've propped up an employee for five years. He failed at the position you hired him.

Jacques Martin left the Florida Panthers on Monday and is now the new head coach of the Montreal Canadiens.

Robert Muller, who returned to play hockey for the Sharks despite an incurable brain tumor, was 28.

Hockeya s Islanders Feeling Cast Away By George Vecsey The N.H.L. playoffs bring to mind the young Islanders of the 1970s and a 80s.

The Windsor Spitfires, who once looked like they might be the first team to exit the Memorial Cup, are now booked into the championship final on Sunday afternoon.