Keith Ballard Update: He's Still Shocked

But the Florida Panthers have handled the situation internally, and Ballard still looks like he has no idea how to apologize to Tomas Vokoun for almost turning him in to Vincent Van Vokoun...

WSVN-TV's Mike DiPasquale was at Panthers practice to gauge the team's vibe on the whole thing...


We have a solution, and the solution is more padding...

Keith Ballard is a Moron

We found something to add to the list of "All-Time Stupid Things Done by Athlete's". Last night at the Florida Panthers/Atlanta Thrashers game, Panthers Defenseman Keith Ballard in a fit of rage, almost killed his teams goalie.

The Miami Herald talks about what happened RIGHT HERE
The story from the Sun-Sentinel.com RIGHT HERE

If you didn't see the video or hear about it, this is what happened. After the Thrashers Ilya Kovlachuk scored a goal in the 1st period of the game on a mistake play, Ballard who was standing next to the goal tried to smash his stick against the goal post. Unfortunately, goalie Tomas Vokoun was still in the net and Ballard's stick struck Vokoun...very hard. Vokoun went down with a severe gash near his ear and had to be taken from the game on a stretcher. The Thrashers would win the game later on a goal with about 6 seconds left in the game.

Here is the video, from our friends at CBC who got it from Fox Sports Florida and it was on the You Tube: