panther s president as i promised i would give you the name of the panther s president after huizenga announced the team name he announced that bill torrey is named the first president of the panthers a little bio from sun sentinel torrey the architect of four consecutive stanley cup champions as persident and general manager of the new york islanders throughout his years in the nhl bill torrey s bow ties have become as much of a signature as andre agassi s hair the panthers will introduce a uniform insignia and ticket price information in early next month in the meantime huizenga leaves the day to day operation in the hands of torrey and bob clarke the vp and gm the florida panthers was chosen as the name of south florida s nhl team to focus attention on an endangered species there are to florida panthers in the everglades national park the big cypress national preserve and other parts of southwestern florida the panther is the quickest striking of all cats torrey said hopefully that s the way we ll play on ice more bio in torrey huizenga has the first man hired by the expansion islanders in and the one most responsible for guiding the islanders to four consecutive stanley cup championships their first after only eight seasons and consecutive winning seasons as executive vice president of the california golden seals torrey watched the seals go to the play offs in only their second nhl season i guess this completes my own personal hat trick said torrey a native of montreal but a resident of bear lakes country club in palm beach jim g other accounts gorycki sol cse fau edu jimg cybernet cse fau edu i repeat myself when under stress i repeat myself when under stress i repeat myself when under stress i repeat myself when under stress i repeat adrian belew indicipline
