PrairieThunder signs Standish
November 21, 2008 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
BLOOMINGTON (Ill.) - Bloomington PrairieThunder coach Jarrod Skalde added offensive firepower and grit to the team's roster Friday by signing veteran center Marty Standish to an International Hockey League contract.
The 5-foot-7, 165-pound Standish is in his 10th season at the professional level. He has skated in 580 games, scoring 221 goals with 315 assists for 536 points. Standish has accumulated 1,513 penalties minutes and a plus-76 rating. He has had only four seasons with a negative plus-minus rating.
"Marty has proven throughout his career that he can put up numbers and he's a gritty player," said Skalde. "He's a character player, who leads by example. He should fit in nicely with the guys we have and should complement (Don) Parsons and (Jon) Booras on the first line very well."
Standish, who will wear No. 11, is expected to be in the PrairieThunder's lineup Friday night when it plays at 6:30 p.m. at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Bloomington then travels to Muskegon for a 6 p.m. game Saturday.
Standish played eight seasons with the Oklahoma City Blazers in the CHL. In 445 games, he scored 188 goals with 261 assists for 449 points. He started this season with the Blazers and played eight games before being traded to Laredo. He was waived by Laredo.
The 30-year-old Standish also has played with the Quad City Mallards and Missouri River Otters in the United Hockey League, the Kansas City Blades in the IHL, along with the Portland Pirates and the Utah Grizzles of the AHL.
The Kelvington, Saskatchewan native has averaged 24.5 goals, 34.3 assists and 166.7 minutes in penalties per season. He has scored 35 game-winning goals during his career.
Twice during his career, Standish has scored 80-plus points and has never scored less than 38 in a season. His most productive season was in 2000-01 when he scored 88 points on 43 goals and 45 assists in 63 games.
Prior to turning professional, Standish skated in 272 games with the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL, where he scored 184 points (80 goals, 104 assists) while serving 480 penalty minutes.
In other roster moves, rookie forward Jeff Rainville has been added to the 21-man roster for this weekend's games. The 5-11, 165-pound Rainville had signed a mid-season tryout agreement with the PrairieThunder last week.
The 24-year-old Rainville, who hails from Blind River, Ontario, played in France last season. He scored 10 goals and added nine assists for 19 points in 25 games. He was a teammate of Booras for three years in college at Lake Superior State. He will wear No. 34.
To make room for Standish and Rainville on the roster, veteran center Tomo Hafner and rookie forward David Mitchell were waived.
Per team policy, terms of player's contracts are not released.
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