Post by JoshSmithPwns on Mar 26, 2010 22:27:59 GMT -5
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David Booth’s(notes) latest blow to the head appears to have been less damaging than the devastating—and rule-changing—blindside hit he was dealt by Philadelphia’s Mike Richards(notes) earlier this season.
Booth was to spend Thursday night in a Montreal hospital for precautionary reasons after he left Florida’s 4-1 loss to the Canadiens when he was flattened by Jaroslav Spacek’s(notes) open-ice shoulder check to the head early in the second period.
“He’s coherent, he’s alert—the tests have come back negative, in a positive sense, so to speak,” said Panthers GM Randy Sexton, who expects that Booth will be able to travel with the team to Ottawa on Friday.
Booth, who missed 45 games after he sustained a concussion on Richards’ blindside hit in Philadelphia on Oct. 24, lay face down on the ice after Spacek’s hit 1:10 into the second and trainer Dave Zenobi was immediately summoned to attend to him. A bloodstain remained on the ice after Booth was helped off the ice to the dressing room.
David Booth’s(notes) latest blow to the head appears to have been less damaging than the devastating—and rule-changing—blindside hit he was dealt by Philadelphia’s Mike Richards(notes) earlier this season.
Booth was to spend Thursday night in a Montreal hospital for precautionary reasons after he left Florida’s 4-1 loss to the Canadiens when he was flattened by Jaroslav Spacek’s(notes) open-ice shoulder check to the head early in the second period.
“He’s coherent, he’s alert—the tests have come back negative, in a positive sense, so to speak,” said Panthers GM Randy Sexton, who expects that Booth will be able to travel with the team to Ottawa on Friday.
Booth, who missed 45 games after he sustained a concussion on Richards’ blindside hit in Philadelphia on Oct. 24, lay face down on the ice after Spacek’s hit 1:10 into the second and trainer Dave Zenobi was immediately summoned to attend to him. A bloodstain remained on the ice after Booth was helped off the ice to the dressing room.
