HARTFORD, January 11, 2011: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned forward Chris Chappell to the Whale from the club’s ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.
Chappell, a 6-4, 212-pound second-year pro, had 11 points, four goals and seven assists, and 19 penalty minutes in 24 games with Greenville. Last year the 22-year-old Pickering, Ontario native skated in six AHL games with the Hartford Wolf Pack, going scoreless with five penalty minutes, and was limited to 11 games in an injury-marred campaign with the ECHL’s Charlotte Checkers. In those 11 contests, Chappell had one goal and three assists for four points.
The Rangers signed Chappell as a free agent July 2, 2009 from the Ontario Hockey League’s Saginaw Spirit. Chappell played four seasons of OHL action for the Spirit, totaling 248 games, with 70 goals and 84 assists for 154 points, along with 243 PIM.
The Whale finish off a stretch of four straight road games this Friday night, January 14 in Portland against the Pirates (7:00 PM faceoff, WTIC HD-2, www.ctwhale.com, www.wtic.com). That is followed by a pair of home games at the XL Center, this Saturday night, January 15 and Sunday, January 16.
Saturday’s game vs. the Providence Bruins faces off at 7:00 and features a special appearance by former Boston Bruin greats Rick Middleton and Reggie Lemelin. They will be meeting and greeting fans, and signing autographs, in the XL Center atrium from 6:00-7:00 PM to promote the February 19 Harvest-Properties.com “Whale Bowl” at Rentschler Field. Sunday the Whale will take on the league-leading Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at 3:00, and there will be a free postgame skate, sponsored by Stone Academy.
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.
