New Florida Panthers General Manager Bill Zito announced some changes to the club’s hockey operations staff.
The Panthers have named Rick Dudley and Paul Fenton Senior Advisors to the General Manager, Gregory Campbell Vice President of Player Personnel & Development, Blake Geoffrion Assistant to the General Manager and have named P.J. Fenton to the club’s scouting staff.
The club also announced that assistant coach Mike Kitchen will not return and that American Hockey League assistant coach Doug Janik will not be joining the Charlotte Checkers. It’s being reported that Kitchen’s dismissal is the result of him allegedly kicking a Panthers player after the player accidentally struck him with an angrily tossed water bottle during a game this past season.