It’s Curtains for Booth
slanchreport.com 10/26/2009 — Have you ever taken a shoulder to the face from a hard-skating very large man that knocks you completely unconscious? Me either. I’d like to keep it that way. David Booth of the Florida Panthers might have been able to say he too had never experienced that, until Saturday that is. Booth ...

From bad to worse
hittingthepost.blogspot.com 10/28/2009 — By KiPA The Florida Panthers were already having a season to forget. Last year, they missed out on the playoffs on a tiebreaker, having had the same record as No. 8 Montreal (41-30-11, 93 points) but losing the head-to-head points tiebreaker, 6-3. The ...

Flyers' Richards spared suspension
philly.com 10/26/2009 — The NHL's decision yesterday not to suspend Flyers captain Mike Richards for a jarring open-ice hit on Florida's David Booth was greeted with disappointment by those connected to the Panthers. But the decision has been made and "we've got to move on," ...

What Constitutes an NHL Suspension?
viewfrommyseats.com 30 days ago — How many times have you been talking to your friends about stuff going on in the hockey world and heard this argument: “He was given that suspension because of his reputation!” Maybe you’ve heard someone go to the: “there’s no way that would have happened if it was Ovechkin” card. While ...

Hits by Richards and Scuderi Suspendable or Not?
rinkrap.blogspot.com 10/27/2009 — Frightening scene in Philly on Saturday where David Booth of the Panthers was laid out on a hit by Flyers captain Mike Richards. Any time you see a player motionless on the ice and then being taken off, immobilized on a stretcher, it give you ...

Florida Panthers' David Booth likely out at least one week
miamiherald.com 10/26/2009 — David Booth is out of the hospital after sustaining a concussion, and the Panthers want to be sure his recovery process isn't too rigorous.

Is It Time For The "Is Hockey Too Violent" Debate Already? (UPDATE) [Nhl]
deadspin.com 10/26/2009 — In a sport where players and fans prize bonecrushing hits, everyone pretends to be surprised when one of those hits sends someone to the hospital. Let the hand wringing commence. When the Flyers' Mike Richards blindsided the Panthers' David Booth ...

Debate: Mike Richards Hit on David Booth
viewfrommyseats.com 10/25/2009 — We’ll find out today or tomorrow if Colin Campbell plans to suspend Flyers captain Mike Richards for this hit on David Booth. Do you think this was a clean hit? Dirty? Do you think it makes a difference that David Booth spent the night in the hospital for observation? Take a look at the hit ...

XM Satellite Radio Canada
nhlhomeice.com 10/27/2009 — Hits and Sh*ts by Terry Mercury Okay let's do this the way the league does it...and take each of the last five controversial hits over the last while incident-by-incident. Let's start with the Mike Richards-David Booth hit. David Booth comes through ...

David Booth Flying Home: Randy Sexton Updates Condition
miamiherald.typepad.com 10/26/2009 — Panthers winger David Booth has been released from the hospital after suffering a concussion last night in Philly. Booth should be back in South Florida today. Philadelphia captain Mike Richards, who administered the controversial hit, will not be ...

Capitals net Semin-al win vs. Flyers — Bruins & NHL - BostonHerald.com 30 days ago
Alexander Semin returned from a two-game absence with a tiebreaking goal and an assist, Jose Theodore stopped Darroll Powe's penalty shot later in the third period, and...

It's Hondo's world — NY Post: Sports 30 days ago
It wasn't all bad news yesterday for Hondo, who missed with the Flyers as well as with his exacta boxes in the sixth and seventh races at the Big M. However, Mr. Aitch caught a big break in the fifth when Sleek Runner scratched, so the debt increas...

Capitals-Flyers: Washington Finds Some Toughness in 4-2 Win Over Flyers — Bleacher Report - NHL 30 days ago
For moments in the second period, it looked like the Washington Capitals were not going to be able to match the Philadelphia Flyers' intensity, physically. But after a television timeout, Jeff Schultz laid into a Flyers forward, and moments later, ...

Morning roundup: Top line, Theo get it done — Capitals Insider 30 days ago
(Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) Last night's 4-2 win against the visiting Flyers was arguably the best game of the season for the Caps as a whole, and the best game for Jose Theodore in, well, a long time. From the game story: In addition to ...

Caps' Laing third NHLer with swine flu (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 30 days ago
The Washington Capitals say forward Quintin Laing has the swine flu, making him at least the third NHL player to be diagnosed with the illness this week. Capitals spokesman Nate Ewell tells The Associated Press that Laing is being treated for H1N1 and ...