SUNRISE, Fla. -- Joel Quenneville returned to South Florida on Tuesday with an applause, a welcome message and a win.

Quenneville last coached a game in Sunrise four years ago as head coach of the Panthers before he resigned and was banned from the NHL for his handling of a sexual assault scandal involving his 2010 Stanley Cup Blackhawks squad.

"I'm appreciative," Quenneville said after Tuesday night's game against the Panthers, which his Anaheim Ducks won in a shootout, 3-2. "My time here was great. It was short, but I've been watching their success over the last three and four years."

Quenneville and Blackhawks executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac were banned from the league for nearly three years after an independent investigation concluded that the team mishandled allegations

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