Blake Christensen's hockey career started here, on this ice.

He was 3 1/2 years old at the time, maybe 4, when he first stepped onto the rinks at Coral Springs' Incredible Ice — known today as the Panthers' IceDen — wearing full hockey gear. Youth hockey games followed.

Fast forward almost two decades, and here is he again, skating and slashing his way on the ice playing the sport he loves.

This time, though, it was as a tryout player as part of the Florida Panthers' development camp, which ended Friday with a team scrimmage.

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