ECHL Alumni Fill AHL Rosters
April 16, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. â The East Coast Hockey League is well represented in the 2003 Calder Cup Playoffs with 126 former players on the rosters and 11 former coaches as well as a former MVP behind the benches. Each of the 20 American Hockey League playoff teams had no less than two former ECHL players on their respective rosters.
Peter Horachek, who coached both Nashville and Trenton, is in his first season with Milwaukee while Bruce Boudreau, who led Mississippi to the 1999 Kelly Cup Championship, is in his second season as head coach with Manchester. Don Granato, who coached Columbus (Ohio) and Peoria, is in his third season with Worcester. Glenn Patrick, who was an assistant coach for Hampton Roads, is in his fourth season as head coach of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Geoff Ward, who coached Arkansas, began the season as an assistant coach with Hamilton, but was named head coach after Claude Julien was hired as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens. Scott Gordon, the first ECHL player to play in the NHL and later the head coach of Roanoke, began the season as an assistant coach with Providence, but was promoted to head coach when Mike Sullivan was named as an assistant coach with the Boston Bruins. Scott Allen, who coached Johnstown, began the season as an assistant coach in San Antonio, but was promoted to head coach when John Torchetti was named as an assistant coach with the Florida Panthers.
Mark Kumpel, who coached Nashville and Dayton, is an assistant coach with Portland. Stan Drulia, who was the ECHL MVP in 1990-91, is the assistant coach for San Antonio. Nick Fotiu, who coached Nashville and Johnstown, is an assistant coach with Hartford. Matt Shaw, who coached Mobile, is an assistant coach with Houston while Dave Bassegio, who was an assistant coach with Charlotte, is an assistant coach with Bridgeport.
The ECHL has affiliation agreements with 22 of the 28 teams in the AHL and there were more than 80 players in the ECHL on AHL contracts in 2002-03 and the ECHL had 450 call ups to the AHL in 2002-03. The ECHL had 400 call ups to the 27 teams of the AHL in 2001-02, the most since a record 453 call ups to the 19 teams of the AHL and the 13 teams of the International Hockey League in 1999-2000.
Former East Coast Hockey League Players, Coaches In AHL Calder Cup Playoffs
Binghamton - Andrew Allen (Dayton, 00-01; Macon/Jackson, 01-02; Dayton/Trenton, 02-03), Mathieu Chouinard (Peoria, 02-03), Andy Hedlund (Trenton, 01-03), David Hymovitz (Columbus-Ohio, 96-97), Joe Murphy (Roanoke, 99-00), Brad Smyth (Birmingham, 93-95), and Bob Wren (Richmond, 94-95; Knoxville, 95-96)
Bridgeport - Assistant Coach Dave Baseggio (Charlotte, 00-01), Graham Belak (Trenton, 01-03; Cincinnati, 02-03), Konstantin Kalmikov (Louisiana, 01-03), Eric Manlow (Columbus-Ohio, 96-97; Florida, 98-00), Tyler Rennette (Peoria, 00-03), Brandon Smith (Dayton, 94-95), Scott Stirling (Trenton, 00-01; Atlantic City/Peoria, 01-02; Atlantic City, 02-03), and Steve Valiquette (Hampton Roads, 98-99; Trenton, 99-00)
Chicago - Zdenek Blatny - (Greenville, 01-02), Simon Gamache (Greenville, 01-02), Michael Garnett (Greenville, 02-03), Judd Medak (Greenville, 02-03), and Luke Sellars (Greenville, 01-03)
Grand Rapids - Chad Alban (Mobile, 98-00), Aaron Schneekloth (South Carolina, 01-03), Sheldon Brookbank (Mississippi, 01-02), Ryan Barnes (Toledo, 00-02), Joey MacDonald (Toledo, 01-02), Jeremiah McCarthy (Peoria, 98-99), Darryl Bootland (Toledo, 02-03), Nathan Robinson (Toledo, 02-03), and Marty Wilford (Columbus-Ohio, 97-98)
Hamilton - Coach Geoff Ward (Arkansas, 99-00), Francois Beauchemin (Mississippi, 01-02), Mike Bishai (Columbus, 02-03), Sylvain Blouin (Charlotte, 94-95), Benjamin Carpentier (Charlotte, 98-01), Chad Hinz (Tallahassee, 99-00), Matt O'Dette (Roanoke, 96-98), and Michael Ryder (Tallahassee, 00-01; Mississippi, 01-02)
Hartford - Assistant Coach Nick Fotiu (Nashville, 92-94; Johnstown, 95-98), Ryan Bast (Toledo, 96-97; Pee Dee, 01-02), Benoit Dusablon (Johnstown/Tallahassee, 00-01; Charlotte, 01-02), Matt Kinch (Charlotte, 01-02), Jason Labarbera (Charlotte, 00-02), Cory Larose (Jackson, 00-01), Lawrence Nycholat (Jackson, 00-01), Richard Scott (Charlotte, 99-03), John Tripp (Roanoke, 97-98; Johnstown, 98-00; Pensacola, 00-02), Layne Ulmer (Charlotte, 01-02), and Craig Weller (Charlotte, 02-03)
Hershey - Cail MacLean (Jacksonville, 97-99; Trenton, 99-02) and Bruce Richardson (Chesapeake, 97-98; Pensacola, 99-00; Louisiana, 00-03)
Houston - Assistant Coach Matt Shaw (Mobile, 97-98), Frederic Cloutier (Louisiana, 01-03), Sylvain Cloutier (Toledo, 95-96), Derek Gustafson (Jackson, 00-01; Louisiana, 02-03), Johan Holmqvist (Charlotte, 02-03), Dieter Kochan (Louisville, 97-98), Jean-Guy Trudel (Peoria, 96-98), and Tony Tuzzolino (Huntington, 99-00)
Manitoba - John Craighead (Johnstown/Louisville, 92-93; Huntington/Richmond, 93-94), Fedor Fedorov (Columbia, 01-02), Justin Kurtz (Louisiana, 98-99), Mike Minard (Wheeling, 96-97; New Orleans, 97-98; Dayton, 98-99; Reading, 02-03; Toledo, 02-03), Justin Morrison (Columbia, 02-03), Jaroslav Obsut (Raleigh, 97-98; Augusta, 98-99; Peoria, 01-02), Herbert Vasiljevs (Knoxville, 96-97), and Rene Vydareny (Columbia, 01-02)
Manchester - Coach Bruce Boudreau (Mississippi, 96-99), Chris Aldous (Baton Rouge, 98-00; New Orleans, 99-01; Pensacola, 00-01; Reading, 01-02), Joe Corvo (Hampton Roads, 98-99), Jeff Giuliano (Reading, 02-03), Eric Healey (Jackson, 01-02), Richard Seeley (Trenton, 00-01), Chris Schmidt (Mississippi, 96-99), Travis Scott (Baton Rouge, 96-98; Mississippi, 98-99), and Jerred Smithson (Trenton, 00-01)
Milwaukee - Coach Peter Horachek (Nashville, 90-91; Trenton, 01-02), Vernon Fiddler (Arkansas, 00-01; Roanoke, 01-02), Wade Flaherty (Greensboro, 89-90), Andrew Hutchinson (Toledo, 02-03), Raitis Ivanans (Pensacola, 99-00; Baton Rouge/Toledo, 01-02), and Jan Lasak (Hampton Roads, 99-00)
Norfolk - Johnathan Aitken (Jackson, 01-02), Matt Henderson (Trenton, 99-00), Brett McLean (Johnstown, 99-00), Quintin Laing (Jackson, 00-02), Ajay Baines (Greenville, 99-00), and Dale Clarke (Peoria, 00-01)
Portland - Assistant Coach Mark Kumpel (Nashville, 94-96; Dayton, 97-98), Mel Angelstad (Nashville, 92-93), Krys Barch (Richmond, 01-02), Ryan Van Buskirk (Richmond, 00-01, 02-03), Nate Forster (Richmond, 00-02), Matt Libby (Trenton, 01-02), Glen Metropolit (Nashville, 95-96; Pensacola, 96-97), Graham Mink (Richmond, 01-02), Mark Murphy (Trenton, 99-00), Rastislav Stana (Richmond, 00-02), Garret Stroshein (Mobile, 01-02; Richmond, 02-03), and Jonathan Zion (Richmond, 02-03)
Providence - Coach Scott Gordon (Roanoke, 98-00), Keith Aucoin (Florida, 01-02), Adam Hauser (Jackson, 02-03), Pat Leahy (Trenton, 01-02), Chris Paradise (Atlantic City, 02-03), Steve Parsons (Wheeling, 00-01), and Tim Thomas (Birmingham, 97-98)
Rochester - Nicholas Bilotto (Charlotte, 01-03) and Tim O'Connell (Roanoke, 02-03)
San Antonio - Coach Scott Allen (Johnstown, 97-02), Assistant Coach Stan Drulia (ECHL MVP, 90-91), Paul Elliott (Florida, 01-02), Sean Gagnon (Dayton, 94-96), David Gove (Johnstown, 01-02), Mike Green (Macon, 01-02), Simon Lajeunesse (Mobile, 01-02; Peoria, 02-03), Pascal Trepanier (Dayton, 94-95), and Brendan Walsh (Jackson, 00-01; Wheeling, 01-02; Atlantic City, 02-03)
Springfield - Jeff Daw (Wheeling, 96-97), Boyd Kane (Charlotte, 98-01), and Gaetan Royer (Jacksonville, 96-97; Pensacola, 01-02; Jackson/Pensacola, 02-03)
Utah - Jeff Bateman (Lexington, 02-03), Dylan Gyori (Richmond, 99-00; Wheeling, 01-02; Roanoke, 02-03), and Cory Murphy (Mississippi/Chesapeake, 97-98; Chesapeake, 98-99)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - Coach Glenn Patrick (Hampton Roads, 91-93), Jean-Sebastien Aubin (Dayton, 97-98), Jason Beckett (Trenton, 00-02), Jason MacDonald (Toledo, 95-96), Andrew McPherson (Charlotte/Wheeling, 02-03), Bobby Russell (Hampton Roads, 98-00; Jackson, 00-01; Wheeling, 02-03), and Robbie Tallas (Charlotte, 94-95)
Worcester - Coach Don Granato (Columbus-Ohio, 97-99; Peoria, 99-00), Greg Day (Peoria, 02-03), Blake Evans (Peoria, 01-02), Ernie Hartlieb (Dayton, 00-01; Arkansas, 01-03), Steve McLaren (South Carolina, 94-95), Curtis Sanford (Peoria, 00-02), Mike Stuart (Peoria, 02-03), and Jeremy Yablonski (Peoria, 02-03)
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