Bloomington PrairieThunder Busy at CHL Trading Deadline
February 7, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
Bloomington PrairieThunder Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations had a very busy Monday at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum. The PrairieThunder (24-15-2) added four new players and said goodbye to two players who had been with the team since the start of the year.
Monday began with the addition of defenseman Keith Rodger who Jason Christie picked up on waivers from the Fort Wayne Komets. The 6'-0", 190 lbs native of Parshall, Colorado was in his third year in Fort Wayne. Rodger, 26, played in 69 games last season for the Komets championship team, scoring 2 goals and adding 10 assists while earning 110 penalty minutes. This season in 30 games in Fort Wayne, Rodger had 1 goal and 4 assists for 5 pts and 25 penalty minutes.
Then late this afternoon, Jason Christie made two separate trades shortly before the 3pm central CHL trading deadline. First off, PrairieThunder veteran Craig Macdonald was traded to the Arizona Sundogs in return for defenseman Billy Bezeau and rookie forward Jason Williams. Macdonald leaves Bloomington after scoring 3 goals and 8 assists for 11 points in 30 games. Macdonald has been hampered by injuries this season. Defenseman Billy Bezeau joins the PThunder after playing 45 games in Arizona this season where he scored 5 goals & 15 assists for 20 points. Bezeau, 24, is from Miscou, New Brunswick and is in his second professional season. Last year, the 6'-1", 184 lbs. blueliner played in France and in Kalamazoo in the ECHL. Forward Jason Williams is playing in his first professional season following four years at Colgate University. In Arizona, the native of Plattsburgh, New York, had tallied 12 goals & 14 assists for 26 points in 44 games. Williams is 5'-10" and weighs 195 pounds.
Finally, Bloomington traded defenseman Jamie Lovell to the Evansville Icemen for veteran defenseman Tom Galvin. Lovell played 41 games for the PrairieThunder scoring 3 goals and 12 assists for 15 points. Galvin, 31, is from Staten Island, New York and played in 15 games for Evansville with six assists. The 5'-10", 190 lbs Galvin brings veteran experience to Bloomington having played in the AHL (with Manitoba, Grand Rapids, and Providence), the ECHL (with Atlantic City & Reading), and in both the UHL & IHL (with Quad City and Muskegon).
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