Winners of the Stanley Cup last season, the Panthers will try for back-to-back titles starting Wednesday night when they visit Edmonton for Game 1 of a rematch. Florida beat the Oilers last year in seven games for Maurice's first Cup in a 30-year career.

It's three up and three down for Florida Panthers' head coach Paul Maurice. It is not the end of an inning. It is the middle of a brilliant playoff run where Maurice has coached the Panthers for three seasons and has led Florida to the Stanley Cup Finals after each season.

No coaches took part in the traditional handshake line following the Florida Panthers ' series-clinching Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final over the Carolina Hurricanes. A brief on-ice exchange between Florida's Paul Maurice and Carolina's Rod Brind'Amour drew attention, but Maurice explained it was intentional, not a snub.