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Panthers Re-Sign Jardine and Novoseltsev

August 12, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


San Antonio – The San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League today announced that the Florida Panthers have re-signed left wing Ryan Jardine and right wing Ivan Novoseltsev (noh-voh-SEHLT-sehv) to one-year contracts. In addition, the Panthers signed free agent goalie Travis Scott to a two-year deal, while also inking centers Janis Sprukts and Greg Jacina to minor league contracts.

Jardine, 23, skated in 64 games with San Antonio last season, scoring 31 points (14 goals, 17 assists) with 37 penalty minutes. Jardine also played in eight games with the Panthers during the 2001-02 campaign, notching two assists with two penalty minutes. In 205 AHL games, Jardine has scored 89 points (42 goals, 47 assists) with 131 penalty minutes. Jardine was Florida's fourth choice (89th overall) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

Novoseltsev, 24, skated in a career-high 78 games last season with Florida, scoring 27 points (10 goals, career-high 17 assists) with 30 penalty minutes. In 200 NHL games over his four-year career, the 6-foot-1, 210-pound native of Golitsino, Russia, has scored 68 points (28 goals, 40 assists) with 98 penalty minutes.

Scott, 27, spent the past two seasons playing for the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League. Scott helped lead the Monarchs to the third-best record in Eastern Conference last season, playing in 50 games, while posting a 23-19-5 record with four shutouts and a 2.46 goals-against average. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound native of Kanata, Ontario, played one game with the Los Angeles Kings (NHL) in 2000-01 season. In eight minor league seasons, Scott has compiled a 130-104-25 record with 18 shutouts and a 2.70 GAA.

Sprukts, 21, played 21 games with Sport Vasaa in the Finnish junior league last season, scoring 11 points (five goals, six assists), before rejoining his Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team, Acadie-Bathurst. In 30 games with Acadie-Bathurst, Sprukts recorded 38 points (nine goals, 29 assists) and was +17 with 12 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-3, 224-pound native of Riga, Latvia, was Florida's seventh choice (234th overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Sprukts posted 79 points (35 goals, 44 assists) in his North American debut during the 2001-02 season with Acadie-Bathurst, finishing with an impressive +41 plus/minus rating. Sprukts represented Latvia in the 2002 World Junior Championships.

Jacina, 21, who played for Rampage Head Coach Steve Ludzik last season, skated in 56 games with the Mississagua Ice Dogs of the Ontario Hockey League, scoring 66 points (19 goals, 47 assists) with 114 penalty minutes. The 6-foot, 180-pound native of Guelph, Ontario, has played in 246 OHL games since 1998-99, scoring 234 points (86 goals, 148 assists) with 384 penalty minutes.

Full-season, half-season, ten-game, five-game and flex ticket packages for the Rampage's second season in the AHL are available by calling a Rampage ticket representative at 210-444-5050 or by logging onto sarampage.com. The Rampage open the 2003-04 campaign in Utah on October 10, before returning home to face the Grizzlies in a rematch on October 11 at 7:00 p.m.

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