Comment on Stanley Cup champion Panthers and coach Paul Maurice agree on contract extension

By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers have given out another big extension — this one, to their Stanley Cup-winning coach. Paul Maurice and the Panthers have agreed on an extended contract, the team announced Tuesday. Maurice was in the final year of a three-year deal, and it was a certainty that the Panthers planned on keeping him around after he took the team to the Stanley Cup Final in each of his first two seasons. Maurice entered Tuesday with 98 regular-season wins with Florida, already the third most in club history behind Jacques Martin (110) and Peter DeBoer (103).