Why does florida panthers throw rats

Watch as the Florida Panthers keep getting penalties because fans continue to throw rats onto the ice after goals. 5 thg 5, "there will be no Ratfall," Patrick Roy once promised. The Panthers' hockey games in Florida (played in Fort Lauderdale) are not hockey. The rat trick was a gimmick popularized by fans of the Florida Panthers of the Fans immediately picked up on the idea and began throwing plastic rats on.