A Florida Panthers fan wears a Brad Marchand jersey (63) before an NHL hockey ... The rats go back to the 1995-96 season, when Florida's Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the locker room with his ...

Brad Marchand made his long-awaited Florida Panthers debut even more memorable ... In reality, the rats honor former Panther Scott Mellanby, who famously killed a rat in the locker room with ...

He actually wondered if they're some sort of tribute to injured Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk. That is not the case. The rats go back to the 1995-96 season, when Florida's Scott Mellanby killed ...

It all dates back to an incident during the 1995-96 season when forward Scott Mellanby spotted a rat scurrying across the ...

Brad Marchand scooped up a couple of the toy plastic rats that Florida Panthers fans throw on the ... when Florida's Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the locker room with his stick before opening ...

On the night Brad Marchand made his debut with the Florida Panthers, the former Bruins captain scooped up a couple rubber ...