Nashville Signs Payerl to One-Year Deal

April 21, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Milwaukee Admirals News Release

Milwaukee, WI - Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has signed forward Adam Payerl to a one-year, two-way contract.

Payerl has spent the 2015-16 campaign with the Admirals, posting 29 points (13g-16a) and 114 penalty minutes in 74 games and helping the club claim the Central Division title. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound native of Kitchener, Ont., has appeared in 204 career AHL contests since 2012 with Milwaukee and Wilkes-Barre, amassing 60 points (23g-37a) and 284 penalty minutes, in addition to playing in two NHL games with Pittsburgh during the 2013-14 campaign (0pts, 2 PIMs).

Never drafted, Payerl played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with Barrie and Belleville from 2007-12, posting 143 points (60g-83a) and 303 penalty minutes in 306 games.

Payerl and the Admirals will begin the 2016 Calder Cup Playoffs when they host the Grand Rapids Griffins in Game 1 of the best-of-five Central Division Semifinals on Friday Night at 7 pm at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

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