USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints

: Jeff Baum Commits to Providence College

Published on December 1, 2016 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Dubuque Fighting Saints News Release


DUBUQUE, Iowa - Dubuque Fighting Saints defenseman Jeff Baum has announced his commitment to play college hockey at Providence College. The native of Colleyvillle, Texas, is in his first season with the Saints after playing 81 games with the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the North American Hockey League.

Baum, an 11th-round selection in the 2016 USHL Phase II Draft by Dubuque, joined the team as a stalwart, puck-moving defenseman who notched 30 points a season ago in Wichita Falls. In his 19 games of service with the Fighting Saints, he has scored two goals and two assists.

"This feels awesome. It's a great opportunity for me, and it's something I've been working for my whole life," Baum said. "I'm just excited where I am now, and I'm really excited to keep moving forward with the season."

"Jeff has worked hard for this moment, and we're really excited for him and his commitment to joining the hockey family at Providence," said Fighting Saints head coach/GM Jason Lammers. "His talents and dedication, combined with his hard work, make a difference to the Fighting Saints and should help him be a difference maker at Providence."

Baum is slated to join a Providence program, led by head coach Nate Leaman, which recently won the NCAA Tournament in 2015. He will also join a team that features former Fighting Saints Kyle McKenzie, Shane Kavanagh and Spenser Young.

"The community there really stuck out. Everyone there was so welcoming, and so nice," Baum said of Providence. "I just loved everything about the campus, and all of the people there were so amazing."

See Baum at the Fighting Saints play a home-and-home series with the Green Bay Gamblers this weekend, culminating in Teddy Bear Toss Night, along with media partner Dubuque's Super Hits 106.1 FM on Saturday, December 3 at 7:05 p.m. Throw new stuffed animals onto the ice after the Fighting Saints' first goal, with all proceeds benefitting Toys for Tots. For tickets, call the box office at 563.583.6880, or go to DubuqueFightingSaints.com.

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About the Dubuque Fighting Saints

The Fighting Saints returned to USHL play in the brand new Mystique Community Ice Center during the 2010-11 season, winning the Clark Cup in their first year back in the USHL. The Fighting Saints continued their success with a historic season in 2012 - 13, finishing with a franchise best 45 - 11â=80=908 record. The team claimed the Anderson Cup as the USHL's regular season champions for the first time in 30 years, and also earned the Clark Cup for second time in three seasons. In August 2013, the team took the Bronze Medal while representing the United States at the Junior Club World Cup in Omsk, Russia. The Fighting Saints have reached the Clark Cup Final three times in the past six seasons. The club has produced a number of players that moved on to NCAA Division I hockey and have been drafted by NHL teams, including Zemgus Girgensons, Johnny Gaudreau and Mike Matheson. The original Fighting Saints competed in the USHL for 21 seasons (1980-2001). The club won the Clark Cup as playoff champions on three occasions (1981, 1983, 1985) under head coach Jack Barzee. One of the most well-known alumni of the original Fighting Saints was Gary Suter, a 17â=80=90year NHL veteran, two-time Olympian, Stanley Cup champion, and member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.

About Northern Lights Hockey, LLC

Northern Lights Hockey, LLC is the company that owns and operates the USHL franchise in Dubuque, Iowa. The owners of Northern Lights Hockey, LLC collectively provide an extensive background in both business and hockey, and represent interests on a national and local level. Philip Falcone, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of HC2 Holdings, Inc. and former part owner of the NHL's Minnesota Wild, is the company's principal owner. The ownership group also includes Peter Chiarelli, Edmonton Oilers President of Hockey Operations and General Manager, Mark Falcone, and Brad Kwong, Managing Partner of Northern Lights Hockey, LLC. Philip Falcone, Chiarelli and Kwong all played hockey together at Harvard University in the mid-1980s. The group also includes local Iowan partners Mark Falb and David S. Field, M.D. Falb currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Westmark Enterprises, Inc. and Kendall / Hunt Publishing Company. Dr. Field has practiced orthopedic surgery for 30 years and has been the driving force behind hockey in Dubuque. Dr. Field also owned the Dubuque Thunderbirds, the USA Hockey Tier III team that competed in the Central States Hockey League through the 2009-10 Season.

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