SUNRISE, Fla.\u00a0\u2013 The Florida Panthers announced today that they will host a 2026 NHL Draft Watch Party at Baptist Health\u00a0IcePlex\u00a0on Friday, June 26. The\u00a0Panthers\u00a0own\u00a0the ninth\u00a0overall\u00a0selection\u00a0in the first round.<\/p>\n
Panthers\u00a0fans are invited to Baptist Health\u00a0IcePlex\u00a0starting at 5 p.m. (ET) with activities featuring inflatables, interactive games,\u00a0vendors,\u00a0food\u00a0and\u00a0beverages\u00a0and more. Fans can watch the NHL Draft coverage live starting at 7 p.m. (ET) on ESPN and ESPN+ from the stands inside the Baptist Rink or\u00a0on the ice by\u00a0participating\u00a0in public skate.\u00a0Panthers radio\u00a0play-by-play\u00a0Doug\u00a0Plagens\u00a0and\u00a0analyst\u00a0&\u00a0Panthers alum\u00a0Billy Lindsay\u00a0will\u00a0also\u00a0broadcast live\u00a0on\u00a0104.3\u00a0WQAM\u00a0and\u00a0Audacy.com<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0IcePlex\u00a0starting at\u00a06\u00a0p.m.\u00a0(ET).\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans can enjoy a\u00a0special\u00a0pre-draft panel\u00a0moderated by\u00a0Panthers\u00a0play-by-play announcer\u00a0Steve Goldstein\u00a0beginning at 6 p.m. (ET)\u00a0on the Baptist rink\u00a0with reserved seating for Territory Members.\u00a0<\/p>\n The community can register for on-ice programming throughout the night including\u00a0\u2018skate and\u00a0watch\u2019 during\u00a0public\u00a0skating<\/a>\u00a0on Baptist Rink starting at 7 p.m.\u00a0(ET) and\u00a0Learn to Curl<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0SeatGeek\u00a0Rink at 7 p.m.\u00a0(ET).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans can shop at Pantherland throughout the watch party or catch the\u00a0draft\u00a0over dinner at\u00a0The Federal\u00a0Bar\u00a0& Restaurant<\/a>,\u00a0a dynamic bar and restaurant offering casual dining and stunning views.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Panthers currently own\u00a0seven\u00a0picks in the 2026 NHL Draft, including the\u00a0ninth\u00a0overall\u00a0selection\u00a0in the first\u00a0round.\u00a0For more\u00a0information\u00a0on\u00a0Panthers\u00a0coverage and\u00a0news\u00a0ahead of the\u00a0draft, visit\u00a0FloridaPanthers.com\/DraftCentral<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans in attendance are\u00a0encouraged\u00a0to bring items to support a School Supplies Drive in conjunction with the\u00a0Broward Education Foundation.\u00a0Items\u00a0include:\u00a0notebooks, pens, crayons, erasers, folders,\u00a0Markers Children’s Spiral notebooks- wide-ruled, individual\u00a0highlighters, scissors, rulers, glue sticks, hand sanitizer and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans interested in 2026-27 Florida Panthers Territory Memberships can learn more at\u00a0FloridaPanthers.com\/tickets<\/a>. For the latest Panthers news, concerts, and events at\u00a0Amerant\u00a0Bank Arena & FTL War Memorial, sign up for the\u00a0’93 Society newsletter<\/a>. Visit\u00a0FloridaPanthers.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0SeatGeek.com<\/a>\u00a0for all ticketing needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUNRISE, Fla.\u00a0\u2013 The Florida Panthers announced today that they will host a 2026 NHL Draft Watch Party at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-305227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}