The Florida Panthers made a round of cuts this morning as its American League affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers is slated to release its full training camp roster today. The Cats will host the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amerant Bank Arena tonight.
Forwards John Leonard, Aidan McDonough and Ben Steeves and defensemen Marek Alscher, Mike Benning, Evan Nause and Zach Uens have been assigned to the Checkers.
Forwards Hunter St. Martin and Gracyn Sawchyn have been returned to their respective junior clubs. Both prospects were very impressive and the duo showed a lot of chemistry during their time in camp.
It appears that forward Matt Luff has been released from his PTO as he is no longer listed on the training camp roster and his departure would make the roster count of 42 players correct.
Current Roster
Forwards: Sam Bennett (9), A.J. Greer (10), Jonah Gadjovich (12), Sam Reinhart (13), Anton Lundell (15), Aleksander Barkov (16), Evan Rodrigues (17), Matthew Tkachuk (19), Zac Dalpe (22), Carter Verhaeghe (23), Justin Sourdif (24), Mackie Samoskevich (25), Eetu Luostarinen (27), Wilmer Skoog (32), Patrick Giles (36), MacKenzie Entwistle (44), Josh Davies (56), Will Lockwood (67), Jesper Boqvist (70), Rasmus Asplund (74), Ryan McAllister (76), Oliver Okuliar (83), Tomas Nosek (92), Sandis Vilmanis (95), Kai Schwindt (97)
Defensemen: Tobias Bjornfot (2), Matt Kiersted (3), Aaron Ekblad (5), Dmitry Kulikov (7), Jaycob Megna (8), Uvis Balinskis (26), Adam Boqvist (34), Gustav Forsling (42), Nathan Staios (61), Niko Mikkola (77), Nate Schmidt (88), Mikulas Hovorka (96)
Goalies: Mack Guzda (29), Spencer Knight (30), Cooper Black (31), Chris Driedger (60), Sergei Bobrovsky (72)
Prospects
Prospect defenseman Luke Coughlin scored his first goal of the season in Rimouski Oceanic’s 6-3 loss to Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in Sunday action from the QMJHL. Coughlin was selected in the sixth round of the 2023 NHL Draft. He has two points in four games this season.
Jakub Kos centered the third line in Kometa Brno’s 3-1 loss to HC Škoda Plzeň in Czech Extraliga action. Kos registered one shot on goal, a block and won one of his four faceoffs in 12:42 of ice time.
Albert Wikman served as the seventh defenseman in Södertälje SK’s 3-1 win over Vimmerby in action from Sweden’s HockeyAllsvenskan. Wikman logged 14:28 of ice time in the victory.
Sunday NHL preseason results
- Dallas Stars 4, @Minnesota Wild 2
- Pittsburgh Penguins 5, @Ottawa Senators 2
- Utah Clubbers 6, @Colorado Avalanche 3
Tonight’s preseason games
- Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings 7 p.m.
- Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres 7 p.m.
- New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils 7 p.m.
- Philadelphia Flyers at New York Islanders 7 p.m.
- Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers 7 p.m.
- Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets 7 p.m.
- Seattle Kraken at Calgary Flames 7 p.m.
- Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers
- Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks 10 p.m.