Bloomington PrairieThunder Weekend Preview
December 9, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
The Bloomington PrairieThunder (10-6-1) return home and play Friday and Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Coliseum as the team begins to play eleven of their next thirteen between now and January 7thon home ice.
Head Coach Jason Christie has announced that forwardGarrett Klotzhas been assigned to the PrairieThunder from the Philadelphia Flyers organization. Klotz, 22, is from Regina, Saskatchewan and has 119 American Hockey League games under his belt, having played for the AHL Philadelphia and now Adirondack (Glens Falls, New York) Phantoms. The 6'-5", 235 lbs, left wing was the Flyers third round draft, 66th overall, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. This season he began the year in Adirondack where he appeared in ten games and most recently for the Greenville (South Carolina) Road Warriors in the ECHL where he played in three games. Garrett played junior hockey in the Western Hockey League for Red Deer (2005-06) and Saskatoon (2006-07 & 2007-08).
The team has also made two injured reserve moves today. Defenseman Dustin DeGagne has been transferred to the 30 day I.R. with his lower body injury suffered last Saturday in Evansville and forward Craig Macdonald has been placed on the 10 day I.R. with a lower body injury also suffered in the Evansville game. New defenseman Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu and David Brown will make their PrairieThunder debut on Friday night.
This Week's Games
(Home Games @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum)
Friday, December 10th: 7:05pm vs. Dayton Gems
Promotion: "Teddy Bear Toss"
Bring a new teddy bear to the game and when the PrairieThunder
score their first goal throw it onto the ice. All bears collected will
benefit "Toys for Tots"
Saturday, December 11th: 7:05pm vs. Quad City Mallards
Promotion: Annual "Guns & Hoses Night"
See Bloomington Police & Fire play at 3pm and the PrairieThunder
at 7pm for only $14. Proceeds benefit Illinois Special Olympics.
"Guns & Hoses" jersey auction after the PrairieThunder game.
*PrairieThunder Fans: Ask about the new D.P. Dough "Thunderzone" at the Coliseum Box Office. Tickets start as low as $8.00 (walk-up ticket sales only).
PrairieThunder Tickets
Bloomington PrairieThunder single game tickets are on sale at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum Box Office. Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Box Office Monday through Friday from 11am to 5:30pm and on weekends when there are events in the Coliseum. PrairieThunder single game tickets are also available by going to the U.S. Cellular Coliseum website:
http://www.uscellularcoliseum.com/events/all/
and click on Tickets & Seating. And for Prairie Thunder season tickets and group sales information, please call the PrairieThunder at 309-585-0507 or go to our website:
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