The rat trick was a celebration performed by fans of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) during their 1995–96 season, in which plastic rats were thrown onto the ice to celebrate goals.

What is the rat story with the Florida Panthers?

To get you up to pace, we'll have to take a trip down memory lane to the Panthers' 1995-96 hockey season when the ice was seemingly overrun by the rodents. According to the team, that year was deemed the "Year of the Rat" after Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the team's locker room prior to the home opener.

What is rat hockey mean?

Rat hockey is an opportunity for players to play a pick up game of hockey in an unstructured, unsupervised, non-stress environment. Extra game playing and practice time! NO CHECK, DISTANCE PLAYING, JUST PASSING AND KEEPING A DISTANCE ON THE ICE AND BENCHES. NO SPITTING ON THE ICE OR BENCHES.