Florida Panthers General Manager Bill Zito has named Paul Krepelka Assistant General Manager and Tom Bark Assistant to the General Manager.
Krepelka joins the Panthers after spending the previous two seasons as the Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Carolina Hurricanes (2018-19 to 2019-20) where his responsibilities included player contract negotiations, collective bargaining agreement/salary cap compliance, player personnel, and all other hockey-related matters.
The graduate of Princeton University spent 20 years as a sports agent including his time as co-founder and partner of Orr Hockey Group. The native of Arlington, Mass.