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The National Hockey League All-Star Game is a mid-season exhibition game held annually between many of the top players of each season. Nineteen All-Star Games have been held since the Panthers entered the league in 1993, with at least one player chosen to represent the Panthers in each year except 1998 and 2011. The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1979 and 1987 due to the 1979 Challenge Cup and Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the Soviet national team, respectively, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, and 2006, 2010, and 2014 because of the Winter Olympic Games.[12] Florida has hosted one of the games. The 53rd took place at the BB&T Center, then known as the Office Depot Center.
The Florida Panthers have retired two of their jersey numbers. The number 93 was retired for Bill Torrey, who was President of the team from 1993 through 2001,[44] and the number 37 was retired for Wayne Huizenga, who was owner of the team from 1993 through 2001.[45] Also out of circulation is the number 99 which was retired league-wide for Wayne Gretzky on February 6, 2000.[46] Gretzky did not play for the Panthers during his 20-year NHL career and no Panthers player had ever worn the number 99 prior to its retirement.[47][48]
^Ozolinsh was chosen as a member of the Panthers but was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim two nights before the game. The public address announcement was said as followed: "From your Florida Panthers but now playing for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, #8 Sandis Ozolinsh!!.
^"Florida Panthers Sweater Numbers". Hockey-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)