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After missing the bulk of last season while spending time in the NHL’s player assistance program, Spencer Knight is set to return to team activities early next week.
According to a report from Florida Hockey Now's George Richards, the 22-year-old will be attending Florida Panthers development camp — despite aging out — on a special exemption, marking the netminder’s first on-ice action with the club since late February.
While Florida’s 2019 first round selection would normally be ineligible to attend, Knight reportedly appealed, and was subsequently granted, the special provision by the NHL, allowing him to attend the camp in Coral Springs, FL. next week.
Knight entered the player assistance program on Feb. 24 and spent the final four months of the season in the program.
Panthers general manager Bill Zito also provided an update in mid-June on the netminder during an end-of-season press conference, expressing that he expected Knight to ultimately return this coming fall and compete for the backup role with Anthony Stolarz.
Prior to taking leave from the Panthers, Knight battled inconsistency during his sophomore season, posting a 9-8-3 record with a .901 save percentage and 3.18 GAA. In the lead-up to his demotion and subsequent placement into the program, Knight struggled mightily, posting a 1-4-0 record with an .853 save percentage and 4.58 GAA after Dec. 31.
Now heading into his third full season at the NHL level, the heir apparent to the crease in Sunrise is set to begin a three-year, $13.5 million dollar deal he signed last September.
Despite Knight’s absence, the Panthers saw tremendous success last season. The club earned their second-ever Stanley Cup Final berth — and first since 1996 — behind a remarkable postseason run from goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, before bowing out to the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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