Home Team: Florida Panthers crews are currently embedded with the team during the final games of the 2017-18 regular season. The Panthers are seeking their third postseason appearance in seven years. The series also will also chronicle the team off the ice, including its continued support for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL.
"Kudos to the Panthers for enabling us to tell the story of their stretch drive," said NHL Chief Content Officer and Executive Vice President Steve Mayer. "It's unprecedented to follow a team as it attempts to make the Playoffs and Florida has provided us with tremendous access."
"We're excited for hockey fans to get an up-close look at our club and players as they compete for a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs," said Panthers President & CEO Matt Caldwell. "We're proud to partner with the NHL to produce this digital show that takes fans behind the scenes for an unparalleled look at a special group of players, including superstars like Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, Vincent Trocheck and Roberto Luongo."
"We're looking forward to furthering our partnership between NowThis Sports and the NHL as we continue to lean into more longer form original programming," said NowThis PresidentAthan Stephanopoulos. "Home Team showcases deep, meaningful coverage of how sports teams are instrumental in bringing communities together in the wake of tragedy, which we saw in Las Vegas and now Florida."
Home Team: Florida Panthers marks the NHL's second collaboration with NowThis Sports, a media property of NowThis. In October 2017, the NHL and NowThis partnered to launch HomeTeam: Vegas Golden Knights to follow the start of the newest NHL® franchise's inaugural season. The series introduced the NowThis Sports channel, which tells highly emotive stories that uncover the human condition that drives athletes through compelling social video and mid and long-form series. The channel looks inside the tough exterior of sports to reveal the personal stories behind the athlete, and also explores issues at the intersection of sports and politics.
About the NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL®), founded in 1917, consists of 31 Member Clubs, each reflecting the League's international makeup with players from more than 20 countries represented on team rosters, vying for the most cherished and historic trophy in professional sports - the Stanley Cup®. Every year, the NHL entertains more than 250 million fans in-arena and through its partners on national television and radio and more than 151 million followers - league, team and player accounts combined - across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube. The NHL reaches fans worldwide with games available online in every country including via its live and on-demand streaming service NHL.TV™. For more information, visit
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About NowThis
NowThis creates news content for the social, mobile generation by informing, entertaining and inspiring its audience about what's happening and important in the world right now. Launched in 2012, NowThis is the #1 social news brand in the world with more than 2.6 billion monthly views. NowThis has eleven content verticals, including: News, Politics, Entertainment, Future, Her, Money, Sports, Food and more. In December 2016, NowThis joined forces with Thrillist, The Dodo and Seeker to form Group Nine Media.
