Melbourne Ice has announced the signing of American forward David Booth for the 2025 Australian Ice Hockey League season. Booth spent 2024–25 playing for Ferencvárosi TC in the Erste Liga, Hungarian Cup, and the OB I Bajnokság. In the Erste Liga, Booth scored ten goals and seven assists across eight games. In the Hungarian Cup, he recorded five points from four games, and in the OB I Bajnokság he made a brief one game appearance during the playoffs.
Between 2000 and 2025, Booth has spent time playing in the American Hockey League, Black Diamond Hockey League, DEL2, Eliteserien, Erste Liga, Kontinental Hockey League, National Hockey League, NCAA Division I, North American Hockey League, OB I Bajnokság, and the United States Hockey League. Booth is also a former representative of the United States national team having competed at the World Championships in 2008.
Further information
- Melbourne Ice announcement
- The Gouche & Rosie Show interview by Gouche Live (28 May 2025)
- Eurohockey profile
- See also: Melbourne Ice 2025 roster
- See also: 2025 AIHL season player announcements
Articles
- David Booth is somehow still playing and now the ex-Vancouver Canucks player is headed to Australia by Adam Laskaris (Daily Hive, 29 May 2025)
- Ex-Canuck David Booth signs with Melbourne in Australian Ice Hockey League by Scott Maxwell (Canucks Army, 29 May 2025)
- Ex-NHLer David Booth To Play In Australia: ‘I Couldn’t Be More Excited’ by Derek O’Brien (Yahoo! Sports, 30 May 2025)
- Former Canucks Forward David Booth Signs In Australia by Adam Kierszenblat (The Hockey News, 28 May 2025)
- Former NHL 30-Goal Scorer Hits a New Low, Signs in Australia by Tom Banks (Yardbarker, 28 May 2025)
- Former Red Wings forward continuing career Down Under by Ansar Khan (MLive, 28 May 2025)
- Former Vancouver Canucks trade bust resurfaces in Australian hockey league by Jonathan Bailey (The Canuck Way, 29 May 2025)
- Former Vancouver Canucks Forward Signs in Australian Ice Hockey League by Edward Jaxon (Canucks Daily, 28 May 2025)
- Melbourne Ice sign former NHL veteran David Booth by Stephen White (AIHL, 27 May 2025)
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