Florida Panthers fighting flu in Finland as puck drops on 2009-10 season
Posted by TheHockeyGuy on October 2nd, 2009
The Florida Panthers start regular-season play today and Saturday in Finland. Perhaps they wish they could wait another day or two.
The team has been hit hard by illness, although it’s uncertain how sick several of the players are.
The Panthers went through their final full workout Thursday before the opener against Chicago at Helsinki’s Hartwall Arena, and did so without center Stephen Weiss and defensemen Bryan Allen, Keith Ballard and Jordan Leopold. Coach Peter DeBoer said all four were held away from the team because they were sick.
“We have a flu bug running through the team,” DeBoer said. ”I think it started earlier in the trip. Stephen Weiss is the first player to get it, and it has run through a couple more. Right now we have to keep those guys away from the others and try to get through Friday and Saturday without it spreading any more.”
Click here to read the full article – By George Richards of Miami Herald
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