SUNRISE, Fla. - Florida Panthers General Manager Bill Zito announced today that the club has reassigned defenseman Brady Keeper and goaltender Sam Montembeaultfrom the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL) to Florida's Taxi Squad.
Keeper, 24, appeared in one game with Florida this season. The 6-foot-2, 197-pound native of Cross Lake, Manitoba, has played in 11 games with Syracuse in 2020-21, recording three points (2-1-3).
Undrafted, Keeper has played in two career National Hockey League games with Florida (2018-19 to 2020-21), and one postseason game in the 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers.
Montembeault, 24, has appeared in 13 games with Syracuse this season, posting an 8-4-1 record, a .898 save percentage, 2.86 goals against average and one shutout.
Originally selected by Florida in the third round (77th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft, Montembeault has appeared in 25 career NHL games with Florida (2018-19 to 2019-20), owning a 9-8-3 record, .892 save percentage and 3.20 goals against average.
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