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🏒 Why Panthers shoot plastic rats at Marchand

Greg Wyshynski

created: May 25, 2025, 7:55 p.m. | updated: May 26, 2025, 12:08 a.m.

Open Extended ReactionsSUNRISE, Fla. -- Every time the Florida Panthers win, Brad Marchand knows what's coming next: his teammates fire plastic rats at him with their sticks as they leave the ice in one of the NHL's oddest postgame celebrations. Rats have become unofficial mascots for the franchise, to the point where their official team store not only sells rodent-adorned merchandise but also the plastic rats themselves. With the ice littered with plastic rodents at the end of Panthers wins, Marchand's teammates began shooting rats at "The Rat" on their way to the dressing room. Brad Marchand's teammates do not hold back when shooting plastic rats at him. Now they're ripping the plastic rats off Marchy, and it's funny as hell," he said.

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