The Florida Panthers Foundation collected donations during the blood drive and the game. The donations and proceeds from the 50-50 raffle will go to the Stoneman Douglas Victims Fund through the Broward Education Foundation. The foundation and the NHL will match the donations and contributed $50,000 to the raffle. Final raffle total: $96,615.
"When the Panthers can be a part of the bringing together and healing that a community so desperately needs after such a terrible tragedy, that's what tonight is all about," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.
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The arena went dark. The Panthers and the Capitals quietly came out and sat on their benches. A video played on the scoreboard screens to Adele's "Hometown Glory," showing candlelight vigils and the 17 victims.
One by one, in alphabetical order, there they were -- sons, daughters, teachers. Each had a photo. Each had a name. Each had an age. Each had a brief description of a life cut too short.
Alyssa Alhadeff, 14.
Scott Beigel, 35.
Martin Duque, 14.
Nicholas Dworet, 17.
Aaron Feis, 37.
Jaime Guttenberg, 14.
Chris Hixon, 49.
Luke Hoyer, 15.
Cara Loughran, 14.
Gina Montalto, 14.
Joaquin Oliver, 17.
Alaina Petty, 14.
Meadow Pollack, 18.
Helena Ramsay, 17.
Alex Schachter, 14.
Carmen Schentrup, 16.
Peter Wang, 15.
"You look at those images on the big screen, and a couple of the kids remind you of your own kids," Luongo said.
The names were projected onto the ice. The video ended with the Stoneman Douglas and Florida Panthers logos side by side and the message: "WE STAND WITH YOU."
Randy Moller, a Panthers alum and broadcaster, gave a brief speech and talked about "the burden and the responsibility to take positive action" to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again.
"Let us please vow to work together in love, in harmony, in unity, for the sake of humanity, for the sake of our country and for the sake of our children both living and lost," Moller said. "Only together can we bring the change to our community that we all so desperately seek."