HARTFORD, February 21, 2011: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned goaltender Cameron Talbot from the Whale to the team’s ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.
Talbot, a rookie out of the University of Alabama-Huntsville, has been out of action since being injured in a 6-3 win January 16 vs. the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, missing a total of 14 games. Talbot has compiled an 8-3-2 record in 13 games of action with the Whale this year, and carries a 2.42 goals-against average and a 91.9% save percentage, and has one shutout.
Talbot signed with the Rangers as a free agent March 30, 2010, after three seasons at UAH.
The Whale are next in action this Thursday night, February 24, in their first of two games in Charlotte, NC against the Charlotte Checkers (7:00 PM faceoff, WTIC HD-2, www.ctwhale.com, www.wtic.com). Connecticut and Charlotte will tangle again Saturday night at 7:00, before the Whale return to the XL Center for a home game Wednesday, March 2 against the Springfield Falcons at 7:00.
Tickets for all 2010-11 Whale home games are available now at the XL Center box office, through Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.ctwhale.com. Tickets start at $7 each at the XL Center ticket office on game day.
For information on Whale ticket packages, group sales and VIP packages, call (860) 728-3366.
