{"id":261067,"date":"2025-10-30T16:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/261067\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:08:08","slug":"brad-marchand-leaves-panthers-after-friends-daughter-dies-of-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/261067\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Marchand leaves Panthers after friend&#8217;s daughter dies of cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX, Nova Scotia  \u2014 Brad Marchand is stepping away from the Florida Panthers to help a friend whose daughter died last week of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Marchand, 37, is serving as a guest coach Wednesday night for the under-18 March and Mill Co. Hunters in his hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in place of friend JP MacCallum. Marchand is a co-owner of the team.<\/p>\n<p>The game is a fundraiser for the family after the loss of 10-year-old Selah Panacci-MacCallum and includes a raffle for an autographed Marchand jersey.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37528924\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/brad-marchand-63-florida-panthers-114195545.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Marchand\" class=\"wp-image-37528924\"  \/>Brad Marchand has stepped away from the Florida Panthers following the death of a friend\u2019s daughter from cancer. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease join us in celebrating an amazing night at the rink made possible by the ongoing giving nature of a 10 year-old girl that loved the game with all her (heart),\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQZTZVjDgVY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Marchand posted<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Graham, the league president, lauded the move by Marchand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis gesture reflects the true spirit of the hockey community in Nova Scotia, one built on compassion, loyalty, and connection that extends far beyond the rink,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/nova-scotia\/halifax\/sports-halifax\/brad-marchand-andrew-bodnarchuk-drop-everything-to-support-close-friend-after-tragedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Graham said<\/a> in a statement, according to The Chronicle Herald. \u201cOur thoughts are with J.P., his loved ones, and the entire Hunters organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Panacci-MacCallum passed away last Friday following a year-long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37528934\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/florida-panthers-left-wing-brad-114071419.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Marchand\" class=\"wp-image-37528934\"  \/>The two-time Stanley Cup champion is expected to return to the lineup over the weekend. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Marchand missed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/panthers-ducks-score-quenneville-ea7699900f6730ec27f5e66978c73fe0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida\u2019s game Tuesday night<\/a>\u00a0against Anaheim. Coach Paul Maurice expects Marchand to be available when the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champions face Dallas on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A two-time Stanley Cup champion, Marchand is in his second season with the Panthers after being moved by the Bruins ahead of the NHL trade deadline in March.<\/p>\n<p>He had played his entire career in Boston after being drafted by the club in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Through 10 games, Marchand has scored five goals and tallied six assists.<\/p>\n<p>He last played on Oct. 25, a 3-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers are currently 5-5.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HALIFAX, Nova Scotia \u2014 Brad Marchand is stepping away from the Florida Panthers to help a friend whose&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[39393,4820,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-261067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-brad-marchand","9":"tag-florida-panthers","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}