Bucks Round Out Camp Roster, Includes Veteran Russell
Published on October 6, 2008 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Laredo Bucks News Release
LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League announced Monday that they have signed Veteran Forward Bobby Russell, as well as defensemen Vincent Zaore and Amory Mudrewich for the 2008-09 season. Russell is a Veteran of 10 professional seasons, having played in 534 career games, scoring 174 goals, with 179 assists, for 353 points. The Bucks complete training camp roster is listed below.
The 30-year old Russell has spent parts of four seasons in the AHL, playing in 127 regular season games, tallying 10 goals, with nine assists, for 19 points.
Russell had his most productive offensive season as a pro during the 2000-01 campaign, when he played alongside Bucks All-Time Leading scorer Jeff Bes, on the ECHL's Jackson Bandits. During that campaign Russell notched career high's in goals (38), and points (68), to be named to the All-Star team.
"Bobby is the guy that I've been looking to get all summer", said Bucks Head Coach and General Manager Terry Ruskowski. "He can score, and do the little things that we need here. He played with Jeff Bes and Jeff had great things to say about him".
The Surrey, British Columbia Native spent the last three seasons playing overseas in France and Italy. Last season Russell split time with Italy's Cortina SG, and Bruneck SG, scoring eight goals, with six assists, for 14 points, in 15 just 15 games.
Russell's last season in the United States was in 2004-05, when he tallied 26 goals, with 37 assists, for 63 points for the ECHL's Idaho Steelhounds.
"We are excited to have him on our roster, hopefully he can make a difference for us this season", Ruskowski said.
The 6'2, 210 pound Russell has led his team in scoring in two separate seasons, in 2004-05 with Idaho (26-37=63), and in 2006-07 with Italy's Fassa HC (15-17=32).
AHL PROSPECT ZAORE INKS WITH BUCKS
Zaore, who is entering his second professional season, spent last year in the ECHL with the Johnstown Chiefs.
The 6'2, 200 pound Zaore (Pronounced Zor-AY) is participating in the Houston Aeros training camp this week, giving the Bucks four players that went to AHL camps this season (Zaore, Erick Lizon, Ryan Hand, Darryl Smith).
Last season Zaore spent his rookie campaign with the Johnstown Chiefs, scoring six goals, handing out seven assists for 13 points, to go along with 72 penalty minutes in 61 games played. Zaore played in two playoff games last year for the Chiefs.
"Zaore is very tough. It's what we need here this season. He will work very hard for us", Ruskowski said.
Prior to turning pro, Zaore spent five seasons playing Junior hockey in the QMJHL. He played his first four seasons (2002-2006) with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, before spending the 2006-07 season with the Victoriaville Tigres.
In 294 career QMJHL games, Zaore had nine goals, 48 assists, for 57 points, to go along with 442 PIM.
Zaore, a native of Ste-Foy , Quebec , played the 2002-03 season as a teammate of Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. During that campaign, Zaore picked up seven points (2-5=7), and 63 penalty minutes.
The hard-nosed defenseman had two seasons of 100-plus penalty minutes in juniors, when he piled up 110 PIM's in 2004-05, and then a career high 139 in 2006-07.
ROOKIE MUDREWICH INKS, ROSTER AT 27
Amory Mudrewich spent the last three seasons playing junior hockey, including the last two with the AJHL's Okotoks Oilers.
The 6'2, 200 pound Mudrewich (Pronounced mud-dre-wich) picked up over 100 penalty minutes in each of his three junior seasons, including a career high 218 PIM's in 2006-07.
Mudrewich, a native of Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , scored eight goals, with 29 assists, for 37 points, to go along with 479 penalty minutes in 154 games combined in his three junior seasons.
Last season with the Oilers, Mudrewich scored three goals, with 14 assists, for 17 points in 62 games, to go along with 156 penalty minutes.
Russell, Zaore and Mudrewich are the 25th, and 26th, and 27th players officially signed by the Bucks for the 2008-09 season.
BUCKS 2008-09 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
The Bucks announced their 2008-09 training camp roster on Monday. For the second straight season teams can keep 19 players on their active roster, with a maximum of four veterans (281 or more regular season games played). 27 players will be competing in camp for the 19 roster spots. The deadline for teams to have their rosters trimmed to 19 is Thursday October 16th, the eve of the season opener.
Of the 27 players on the training camp roster, seven are returning from last season, with 12 total players with a least one year of professional experience, including three Veterans, and 15 rookies.
The Bucks complete training camp roster is listed below.
Bucks 2008-09 Training Camp Roster (27 Players)
Igor Agarunov- Forward (5th Year Pro)* - 07-08 Stats: 58 Games, 9 Goals, 13 Assists, 22 Points
Jeff Bes- Forward (17th Year Pro-Veteran)*- 07-08 Stats: 64 Games, 46 Goals, 60 Assists, 106 Points
Sebastien Centomo- Goaltender (8th Year Pro)- 07-08 Stats: 33 Games, 18-9-3, 2.51 G.A.A, .915 SV %
Mike Collichio- Goaltender (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 25 Games, 15-9, 2.92 G.A.A, .903 sv%.
Jason Dixon- Forward (1st Year Pro) -07-08 Stats: 29 Games, 13 Goals, 27 Assists, 40 Points
Serge Dube- Defenseman (7th Year Pro-Veteran)*- 07-08 Stats: 57 Games, 9 Goals, 37 Assists, 46 Points
Devin Featherstone- Defenseman (1st Year Pro)- 07-08 Stats: 28 Games, 2 Goals, 9 Assists, 11 Pts, 91 PIM's
Ryan Fuller- Forward- (1st Year Pro)- 07-08 Stats: 58 Games, 10 Goals, 18 Assists, 28 Points
Ryan Gibb-Goaltender- (1st Year Pro)- 07-08 Stats: 19 Games, 11-7, 9.22 SV%, 2.86 G.A.A
Jeff Gilbert-Defenseman- 1st Year Pro)- 07-08 Stats: 27 Games, 2 Goals, 6 Assists, 8 Points, 61 PIM's
Alex Goupil- Forward- (5th Year Pro)*- 07-08 Stats: 59 Games, 24 Goals, 19 Assists, 43 Points
Ryan Hand- Defenseman- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 40 Games, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 5 Points, 252 PIM's
Brett Hopfe- Forward- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 30 Games, 5 Goals, 5 Assists, 10 Points
Kevin Hurley- Forward- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 28 Games, 13 Goals, 21 Assists, 34 Points, 64 PIM's
Erick Lizon- Forward- (3rd Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 23 Games, 2 Goals, 3 Assists, 5 Points, 67 PIM's
Joey Moggach- Forward- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 28 Games, 2 Goals, 9 Assists, 11 Points
Amory Mudrewich- Defense- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 62 G, 3 G, 14 A, 17 Pts, 156 PIM's
Shaun Norrie- Forward- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 28 Games, 9 Goals, 11 Assists, 20 Points, 71 PIM's
Jordan Pawelec- Defensman- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 58 Gms, 3 G, 17 A, 20 Pts, 111 PIM's
Mike Richard- Forward- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 31 Total Games (2 pro), 10 Goals, 33 Assists, 43 Pts
Adam Rivet- Defenseman- (4th Year Pro)* - 07-08 Stats: 64 Games, 18 Goals, 30 Assists, 48 Points
Bobby Russell- Forward- (11th Year Pro- Veteran)- 07-08 Stats: 15 Games, 8 Goals, 6 Assists, 14 Pts
Justin Saulnier- Forward- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 51 Games, 24 Goals, 43 Assists, 67 Pts, 229 PIM's
Darryl Smith- Forward- (1st Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 70 Games, 26 goals, 26 Assists, 52 Points
Matt Summers- Forward- (2nd Year Pro) - 07-08 Stats: 57 Games, 12 Goals, 23 Assists, 35 Points
Steve Weidlich- Defenseman (7th Year Pro)* - 07-08 Stats: 28 Games, 3 G, 9 A, 12 Pts, 87 PIM's
Vincent Zaore- Defenseman (2nd Year Pro)- 07-08 Stats: 61 Games, 6 G, 7 A, 13 Points, 72 PIM's
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*Bucks Looking For Off-Ice Officials*
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