FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Moments after skating onto the ice Saturday morning, Brad Marchand circled over to center ice where Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice was waiting to talk.

Marchand had been away from the Panthers the past week, traveling back home to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to be with his longtime friend and former trainer JP MacCallum following the death of his daughter.

Selah MacCallum died from cancer at 10 years old on Oct. 24.

Marchand and a number of childhood friends went back to Halifax to support the MacCallum family in their time of need.

"Selah was an incredible person. I don't think I have ever met a more real, unique, loving person," Marchand said following the Panthers' morning skate on Saturday prior to their game against the Dallas Stars (6 p.m. ET; Victory+,

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