HARTFORD, March 8, 2011: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today the team’s 22-player “Clear Day” playoff list.
Per AHL by-laws, only these 20 skaters and two goaltenders are eligible to suit up for the Whale for the remainder of the AHL regular season and the Calder Cup playoffs, unless emergency conditions result from recalls, injuries or suspensions.
Included on the Whale’s Clear Day roster are forward Mats Zuccarello and defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who are currently on recall to the parent New York Rangers club and have combined for 59 NHL games-played this season.
Signed Junior players, or players who join the team on amateur tryout agreements after their Junior or college seasons are complete, are also allowed to see action for AHL teams during this period, regardless of whether or not emergency conditions exist.
Following is the Whale’s Clear Day list:
Goaltenders (2): Chad Johnson, Cameron Talbot
Defensemen (9): Stu Bickel, Michael Del Zotto, Tomas Kundratek, Ryan McDonagh, Jyri Niemi, Jared Nightingale, Blake Parlett, Wade Redden, Pavel Valentenko
Forwards (11): Brodie Dupont, Evgeny Grachev, Chad Kolarik, Francis Lemieux, John Mitchell, Kris Newbury, Justin Soryal, Kelsey Tessier, Dale Weise, Jeremy Williams, Mats Zuccarello
The Whale are back in action tonight, visiting the AHL-leading Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for a 7:00 PM game (WTIC HD-2, www.ctwhale.com, www.wtic.com). The club’s next home game at the XL Center is this Friday night, March 11, with the two-time defending Calder Cup-champion Hershey Bears coming to town on Guida’s Family Value Night. Faceoff is 7:00, and Family Value packages start as low as $48 and include three tickets, three hot dogs or pizza slices, three sodas and a Whale souvenir. Guida’s Family Value Night packs are available at the XL Center box office and on-line at www.ctwhale.com.
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.
