Florida Panthers

Tim Thomas accepted try-out at Panthers

Florida Panthers announced on twitter account former Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas accepts a PTO contract and will practice with the team from Tuesday

Bergenheim returns to USA

HIFK's NHL lockout player Sean Bergenheim returns to USA after only two games (one goal) in SM-Liiga. He is injured and goes home to USA för rehabilitation. It is still not clear if he will return to HIFK.

Injuries forced Kulikov and Zaripov out from IHWC

Florida Panthers defender Dmitri Kulikov and Ak Bars Kazan forward Danis Zaripov won't travel to Sweden for upcoming IHWC. Both players are injured

Goc and Kopecky in Sweden, Fleischmann and Cervenka out

Florida Panthers forwards Marcel Goc and Tomas Kopecky will be at the upcoming World Championship, as inform the Panthers official twitter
Goc will play for Germany, and Kopecky will defend the colors of Slovakia.

Avangard Omsk Czech forward Roman Cervenka won't be in Sweden due to an injury. He has a broken finger on his left hand. For the same injury also Florida Panthers Tomas Fleischmann won't be able to join Czech national team

NHL fines Torres, Del Zotto and Kopecky

Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres has been fined $2,500 by the NHL for a hit on defenseman Jan Hejda during second period in Colorado Avalanche's 3-2 over the Coyotes

Also New York Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto and Florida Panthers forward Tomas Kopecky were also both fined $2,500 for their altercation in the Rangers' 4-1 win Friday night.

Bracken makes NHL debut at 30

Kearns Bracken stepped into his very first NHL game today. The Florida player made his debut in the game against the Buffalo Sabers at the age of 30. Until now Bracken played in AHL for San Antonio Rampage (2011-12: 3p.(3+0) and 2PIM in 3 games). Bracken is the 12th player to debut at an age over 30 since 2000-01.

Rio Grande Valley announces affiliation

The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League (CHL) announces the first affiliation in team history.
For the 2011-12 season, the Killer Bees will be affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL).