Professional hockey returns to the Ice Plex in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, but it’s not the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers taking the ice.3ICE is taking over the Panthers’ facility for the next five weeks to host their entire third season. Previousl,y the league traveled to different cities.The format replicates the NHL’s overtime setup with three skaters and a goaltender. Each night four teams will play in a total of four games earning points in the standings leading up to the championship in late August. “3ICE is the best part of hockey, the fastest version of the game there is. It’s 3-on-3 action based on the NHL’s overtime. It’s absolutely electric, hair-on-fire track meet hockey,” said league CEO C.J. Johnston.The eight-team league represents eight different cities and features pro players who are either on the doorstep of the NHL or recently retired. What better place to showcase the league than Pantherland? “It’s center of the hockey universe right now. Matt Caldwell, the president of the Panthers, understood what we are about. We have the opportunity to make this a 12-month play for here in South Florida. We are trying to bring the game, which we think is the best version of it to the hottest place in the hockey universe right now,” Johnston said.Tickets at the 900-seat facility start at just $15.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —

Professional hockey returns to the Ice Plex in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, but it’s not the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers taking the ice.

3ICE is taking over the Panthers’ facility for the next five weeks to host their entire third season. Previousl,y the league traveled to different cities.

The format replicates the NHL’s overtime setup with three skaters and a goaltender. Each night four teams will play in a total of four games earning points in the standings leading up to the championship in late August.

“3ICE is the best part of hockey, the fastest version of the game there is. It’s 3-on-3 action based on the NHL’s overtime. It’s absolutely electric, hair-on-fire track meet hockey,” said league CEO C.J. Johnston.

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The eight-team league represents eight different cities and features pro players who are either on the doorstep of the NHL or recently retired. What better place to showcase the league than Pantherland?

“It’s center of the hockey universe right now. Matt Caldwell, the president of the Panthers, understood what we are about. We have the opportunity to make this a 12-month play for here in South Florida. We are trying to bring the game, which we think is the best version of it to the hottest place in the hockey universe right now,” Johnston said.

Tickets at the 900-seat facility start at just $15.