Checkers Recall Alex Aleardi from Florida
Published on January 4, 2015 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Jeff Daniels announced today the team has recalled forward Alex Aleardi from the ECHL's Florida Everblades.
Aleardi, 22, scored 17 points (7g, 10a) in 15 games with the Everblades since the Checkers, who signed him to an AHL contract this past offseason, assigned him there for the first time on Nov. 25. The native of Farmington Hills, MI, had five points (2g, 3a) in 13 AHL games with Charlotte to start the season.
In 57 career AHL games with Springfield and Charlotte, Aleardi (5'9", 167 lbs.) has 23 points (10g, 13a) and 27 penalty minutes. In 38 total ECHL contests with Evansville and Florida, the undrafted winger, now in his second professional season, scored 40 points (21g, 19a).
A teammate of Checkers defensemen Austin Levi and Beau Schmitz in junior hockey with the Plymouth Whalers, Aleardi totaled 227 points (104g, 123a) In 321 career OHL games over five seasons with Kitchener, Belleville, Plymouth and Windsor.
The Checkers host the Texas Stars Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. before departing on a four-game road trip through Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and Rockford.
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