Florida Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight has been placed in the NHL/NHL Players’ Association player assistance program, the league said in a statement Friday.
No reason was given for Knight’s placement in the program, with the third-year player demoted to Charlotte of the AHL on Thursday. Knight, 21, will be unavailable to the Panthers “for an indefinite period,” according to the NHL.
Knight is 9-8-3 in 21 games (19 starts) this season with a .901 save percentage and a 2.18 goals-against average. In 57 career games for the Panthers (49 starts) he has a .906 save percentage and a 2.91 goals-against average.
According to the specifics of the program, Knight will be paid while on leave and will not return until program administrators clear him to do so.
–Field Level Media