WPTV is speaking with the general manager of the War Memorial and Baptist Health Iceplex with the Florida Panthers and how the organization set up an adaptive skating and adaptive hockey program.

And by the midway point, the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers had run away with Game 1. The Lightning allowed five goals on Florida’s first 11 shots, sucking the energy out of the building and losing the home-ice advantage Tampa Bay had worked for in an eventual 6-2 loss.

One of the best rivalries in hockey today is renewed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, as the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning get set to embark on another postseason edition of the Battle of Florida.