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Amerks Call Up Expected, Booth Taken Down Again by Hit

March 26, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak

David Booth appears to have a target on his head this season.  On Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens the Panthers forward David Booth was hit by Jaroslav Spacek and knocked to the ice.  Booth layed on the ice for a bit and was then helped off by the trainer and a teammate.  As a precaution he was taken to a local hospital in Montreal.

Booth had missed 45 games after a hit by Mike Richards on October 24th early in the season.  The absence of Booth from the lineup for over half the season was probably one of the primary reasons for the poor season by the Cats.

The fact that he was so slow getting up and taken to the hospital, even if just for precautions, it likely means that the Amerks will lose a forward this weekend.  That call up will likely go to Michal Repik or Jeff Taffe.  With only nine games left and three big games this weekend this was the last thing the Amerks needed.  Repik and Taffe are key to the teams offense.

Florida plays on Saturday in Ottawa.  I suppose we’ll learn more tomorrow morning to see who the call goes to, [...]Read More

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Panthers Call up Repik and McArdle

October 26, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

Michal Repik and Kenndal McArdle both earned their first call ups of the season to the show on Monday morning.  The Florida Panthers are in need of some extra help with David Booth (concussion) and Radek Dvorak (knee) out of the lineup for their game on Wednesday.

Repik is currently Rochester’s leader in points with 6 goals and 5 assists in nine games.  Repik is also seventh in the American Hockey League in scoring.  This will be his third career recall.

Kenndal McArdle currently has two goals and four assists and he also leads the team with 54 penalty minutes in en games.  Those 54 penalty minutes also tie him for 2nd in the league with the most penalty minutes.  McArdle also leads the league with 12 minor penalties.

McArdle has played a different type of game this year.  He’s playing a more physical game and not afraid to back down from anyone who gets in his way.  Although he has 12 minor penalties I can’t think of any that stick out as being “dumb penalties.”  He’s aggresive and it shows.

While I hope the Panthers stay healthy this season to keep down the number of [...]Read More

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Dvorak and Booth Injured for Florida

October 24, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

Photo courtesy of Maureen Landers

The Amerks could see a couple of players called up this week to the Panthers.  The Florida Panthers just lost their game to the Philadelphia Flyers and had two players out injured by the end of the game.

Radek Dvorak left the game in the second period with an “upper body injury” and did not return to the game.

David Booth had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher after Mike Richards delivered a nasty hit to the head.

The next game for the Florida Panthers is on Wednesday night.   We could see Kenndal McArdle and Shawn Matthias or Michal Repik called up.

The Panthers also need to make a decision on Dmitry Kulikov by Wednesday.

10:11pm Update from George Richards:

David Booth will remain in Philly but the good news is he is awake and has movement in his extremities. Radek Dvorak may be out for a while with what looks like a left knee injury.

From George Richards:

Booth was hit in the Flyers zone and immediately hit the ice where he remained motionless for a few moments. A team doctor from the Flyers was escorted [...]Read More

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Brine Returning; Larman, Glass and Others May Not

June 30, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

A few familiar faces for Rochester Americans fans will probably not be returning to the Florida Panthers organization next season as the free agency period is about to begin.  The only two restricted free agents that were offered qualifying offers were David Booth and David Brine.

David Brine finished last season with 31 points (8 goals, 23 assists) and was the Amerks best center at taking face offs.  Brine played nine games during the 2007-2008 season for the Panthers.  This will be his year to step up his game.

Former Amerks from previous seasons Anthony Stewart, Drew Larman, David Shantz, Franklin MacDonald, and Tanner Glass were not given offers and allowed to become unrestricted free agents.

Luke Beaverson will likely replace the role MacDonald had on defense.  We’re hoping that a veteran center will be signed to replace Larman.  Tyler Plante, Alexander Salak, and Chris Beckford-Tseu will be fulfilling goaltending duties in the Panthers system.

The only real surprise here was Tanner Glass, but Florida Panthers Assistant GM Randy Sexton said that they would like to sign him again.  The play of Glass last season was hampered by a shoulder injury that he eventually had surgery on which leads me [...]Read More

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