The Florida Panthers found themselves in a hole not many teams would have wanted to be in last week.

Despite starting 7-0, they parted ways with head coach Joel Quenneville due to his involvement in the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal.

There were many ways the team could have gone from that point. They could have been upset over losing their coach, they could have let the pressure get to them, but they didn’t do any of that.

The Panthers did rally around each other, showing some real character. That has turned into wins.

Florida has also rallied under interim coach Andrew Brunette who has this team 3-0-1 since Quenneville resigned.

At 10-0-1, Florida has matched the best 11-game start to a season in NHL history (Pittsburgh in 1994 and Buffalo in 2006).

The day after Quenneville quit, the Panthers did not seemed to be too focused on their former coach.

“There are things bigger than hockey right now,” Aaron Ekblad said. “Really sad for (Kyle Beach). It’s a terrible situation and I couldn’t imagine being in that situation and having to deal with the emotions that follow. I wish the best for him and his healing.”

With all of this happening, the Panthers had a game to play and it was Brunette who was tasked with bringing this team together.

And he did.

The Panthers went into Detroit and beat the Red Wings 3-2 in overtime in Brunette’s first game behind the bench.

“To be honest, I’m happier for these guys than I am for myself,” Brunette said after his NHL head coaching debut. “I’m so proud of how well they played after a really tough few days.”

All of the emotions that the team faced heading into the game didn’t deter them, but they had another task ahead of them in trying to beat Boston the next day.

While the Bruins won the game in a shootout, the Panthers did continue their point streak, extending it to nine.

“We played hard,” Brunette said. “Back to back nights in a tough place to play, emotional week and to come up with the energy and desire to compete that hard shows the resiliency of this group.”

With four days off, they had time to collect themselves, but what was waiting for them on the other side that week was a daunting task: the 5-0-4 Washington Capitals and the 9-0 Carolina Hurricanes.

The Panthers came out of those two games as the last team in the NHL still without a loss in regulation — and they took out the two remaining teams without a regulation loss to do it.

On Thursday, their first game in almost a week, the Panthers came out of the gate with a 2-0 lead.

Things appeared to have changed courses when Sergei Bobrovsky, who started the season 6-0 with a .948/1.71 GAA, left the game with an upper-body injury.

As they did for the prior week, the Panthers worked on through it.

After the Capitals came back into the game and tied it up at four, Eetu Luostarinen scored the overtime winner.

“We have been a resilient group dating back to last year,” Brunette said. “All through the whole season, playoffs and through this year. I am proud of the guys not to get rattled, and the third period we really tightened things up and we played pretty much the right way the whole period … We did a lot of things for each other tonight and it’s been the identity of this team so far.”

Florida was then tasked with the final undefeated team in hockey: the Carolina Hurricanes.

What they didn’t find out until warmups was they would be going into the game without captain and star player Sasha Barkov, who missed the game with a lower body injury.

They were also still missing Sam Bennett, who hasn’t played since Oct. 29, which gave the Panthers slim options down the middle.

Or so it would seem.

The deep Florida roster showed its colors as the Panthers kept their streak alive by motoring past the Hurricanes 5-2 on the heels of a four-point night from Anthony Duclair.

“Two huge key pieces to our team and for them to go down, especially tonight with the best team in the league going into tonight’s game was a bit of a challenge,” Duclair said.

“But we wanted to make sure we stepped up, we all had to give a little more and that’s what we did tonight. I think we showed a lot of resiliency and a lot of depth came out tonight.”

The culimination of that resiliency is a 10-0-1 record.

Despite all of the emotions that came out of the last week, despite injuries to Bennett, Bobrovsky, Barkov among others, they stand as the last team without a loss in regulation.

Florida’s start of 21 points out a possible 22 is one of the best in NHL history.

“The passion of the group, it’s the growth and it’s fun to see them grow from being here three years ago,” Brunette said. “It’s all of these guys, and to see them grow into highly competitive players has been the treat of my time here to see these guys really dig down here in work situations and grow and continue to do so.”

Growth and determination have been two things that have helped the Panthers go 3-0-1 during this tough stretch, but it doesn’t get any easier.

They’re headed on a road trip that will see them face some of the top teams in the league, including the 6-3-3 New York Rangers and the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

However, under the leadership of Brunette, it seems like there isn’t a challenge that’s too hard for the team at this point.

FLORIDA PANTHERS ON DECK

FLORIDA PANTHERS AT NEW YORK RANGERS

• WHEN: Monday, 7 p.m.
• WHERE: Madison Square Garden, New York
• TICKETS: CLICK HERE
• TV/STREAMING: Bally Sports Florida
• RADIO: WQAM 560-AM
• Last season: Did not play