40-year-old ex-Canuck David Booth signed a new professional contract in May in Australia with the Melbourne Ice of the AIHL, and has been lighting the lamp. If you're in Melbourne, Australia, <a href='https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/ex-nhler-david-booth-play-162300229.html' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>you might catch a familiar face tearing up the local hockey scene</a>. Former veteran Vancouver Canuck David Booth is destroying the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) with 25 goals and 50 points in 11 games for the Melbourne Ice since signing in May. A video recently shared by Elite Prospects' Cam Robinson showed David Booth dancing around defenders for a highlight-reel goal. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Hockey_Robinson/status/1953591537298026589'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/BarDown/status/1953633624072630334'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> <a href='https://www.nhl.com/player/david-booth-8471266' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Booth</a>, 40, played 134 games for Vancouver between 2011 and 2014 after being traded from the Florida Panthers. Despite playing roughly half the games of most AIHL scoring leaders, he is now seventh in league scoring. The AIHL permits four import players a game for each club, so it is very much a stage for Australia's elite home-grown players. The country is 35th in the IIHF men's rankings, between Iceland and the United Arab Emirates. <h3>Booth Signed With the Melbourne Ice Back in May</h3> Booth's late-career success in Australia, since he signed with the team in May, is no surprise, given his history of unorthodox career paths and off-ice headlines. Massive signing alert! The Melbourne Ice are proud to announce the addition of former NHL 30-goal scorer David Booth to our 2025 AIHL roster! the team said. In the seasons since his last NHL appearance with the Detroit Red Wings in 2018, he has suited up for seven teams in five countries. His journey has included stops with Dinamo Minsk (KHL, Belarus), Manglerud, Valerenga, and Storhamar (Norway), the Jackson Hole Moose (USA), Eisbaren Regensburg (Germany), and Ferencvarosi TC (Hungary). One meeting that we had in Buffalo, [Booth] wasn't there. So we're calling him, and we were like 'Boother, we're having a meeting now, where are you?' Bieksa recounted on a 2023 Sportsnet broadcast. He goes, 'I'm in Ohio, hunting white tail deer.' He was in Ohio, he was a state over, and he was in a tree, hunting deer. Just a bizarre guy. Punctuality was not his priority. Long-time Canucks fans may recall Kevin Bieksa calling Booth a bizarre guy in a Hockey Night in Canada profile, a description that definitely fits a player who's still finding new adventures, and scoring at will, at 40.