SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -David Booth became a fan-favorite in Florida last season, and he's doing his best to keep it that way.
Booth scored his second goal of the game with 1:06 left in overtime to give the Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night.
"Speed, enthusiasm, the energy he plays with every night, he's a great player," said first-year Florida coach Peter DeBoer, who earned his first NHL victory. "Guys like that are almost the heartbeat of your team. They get over the boards and they can change the momentum with their energy and their work ethic. Those guys are easy to coach."
Drawing chants of "Booooth! Booooth!" at the BankAtlantic Center every time he touches the puck, he has three goals in two games. . . READ MORE
My seats are way up at the top of the arena, but they're still good seats. It was fun being there tonight, and while the Panthers looked better last night, they still looked solid tonight and aside from the penalties and some shoddy defense, they had another good game.
Up north, Rochester got hammered this evening. Tyler Plante started out well and quickly fell apart, before being pulled for Chris Beckford-Tseu. CBT fared no better, and the Crunch controlled the game 'til the end, cruising to a 6-1 victory.
It got ugly on the benches in the third with McArdle and Duco swinging their sticks across the bench at Mirasty and Sestito. All four players picked up misconducts.
McCabe's injury again, isn't what TSN initially reported. The MRI came back negative and McCabe is day-to-day.
I'll try to do an update of the games from earlier tonight in the afternoon, but I may just put them at the end of tomorrow night's entry, since I'll be able to listen to the Rochester game.
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