Admirals Recall Brent Henley From ECHL Mississippi
Published on January 1, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Norfolk Admirals News Release
NORFOLK, VA - The Norfolk Admirals have recalled forward/defenseman Brent Henley from the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL, Admirals General Manager Mike Butters announced today.
Henley, a 6-foot-6, 258-pound defenseman-turned-forward from Coquitlam, British Columbia, appeared in four games for the Sea Wolves, registering one assist and 11 penalty minutes. Henley also had appeared in two games for the now-defunct Augusta Lynx of the ECHL earlier this season and was scoreless with two penalty minutes. In six ECHL games this season, Henley has one assist and 13 penalty minutes.
Henley has appeared in 12 games with the Admirals this season and has registered 80 penalty minutes. He was signed to an American Hockey League Standard Player's Contract on October 7.
Henley has appeared in 58 career AHL contests between the Admirals, Lowell Lock Monsters, Rochester Americans, Toronto Marlies, Edmonton RoadRunners, and Springfield Falcons. He has scored one goal and added four assists with 225 penalty minutes in those contests.
In his eight-year professional career spanning 350 games between the AHL, ECHL, WCHL, UHL and IHL, Henley has scored ten goals and added 40 assists with 1,672 penalty minutes.
The Admirals will head to Worcester for a Friday tilt against the Sharks on Friday night at 7:05.
The Admirals return to Scope to kick off a nine-game homestand with solid home games from January 7-30. The homestand begins for Norfolk against their East Division Rivals, the Hershey Bears, on January 7 at 7:15 p.m.
To purchase tickets to any Admirals game, you may visit the Scope Box Office weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., visit any Ticketmaster outlet, call Ticketmaster at (757) 671-8100 or visit Ticketmaster online at www.ticketmaster.com. Don't miss a minute of the action by purchasing your 2008-09 season tickets today. Stop by the Admirals' Administrative Offices at Scope, call (757) 640-1212 weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or visit norfolkadmirals.com anytime!
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