Columbus Assigns Eight Players to Springfield
Published on October 3, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
Springfield, MA - The Springfield Falcons, proud members of the American Hockey League, announced today that eight players have been assigned to Springfield by their National Hockey league affiliate, the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Falcons also announced that they have released seven players from their training camp tryout agreements.
Forwards Tomas Kubalik and Maksim Mayorov, defensemen Grant Clitsome, Nick Holden, John Moore and David Savard were assigned to the Falcons by the Blue Jackets. Forwards Tom Sestito and Ben Guite were placed on waivers for the purposes of being assigned to Springfield.
The Falcons released goaltender Riley Gill, forwards Matt Vokes, John Mori, Marcus Carroll, Cory McGillis, John Scrymgeour and defenseman Steven Kaunisto from their training camp tryout agreements.
The Falcons open their 2010-11 regular season schedule on Friday, October 8 at Providence before playing their home opener on Saturday, October 9 against the Bruins. Single game tickets for both the 2010-2011 pre-season and regular season are on sale at the MassMutual Center Box Office and online at ticketmaster.com.
MassMutual Center Box Office hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Saturday 10am - 4 pm, or four hours prior to an event.
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