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Everblades Receive Four Players from AHL Training Camps

October 6, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release


Florida Everblades Forward Brant Harris
Florida Everblades Forward Brant Harris
(Florida Everblades)

ESTERO, FL -- Florida Everblades President and General Manager Craig Brush along with Head Coach Greg Poss announced Tuesday that the team has received four players from the American Hockey League (AHL). The following is a listing of players that joined the Everblades on Tuesday:

Justin Agosta (D) - Charlotte Checkers

Jared Staal (F) - Charlotte Checkers

Brant Harris (F) - Manitoba Moose

Matt Stanisz (D) - Providence Bruins

Agosta, 24, enters his rookie season after posting 22 points (3g, 19a) in 39 games played during his senior season at Quinnipiac University (ECAC). The 6-3, 205-pound blueliner totaled 45 points (9g, 36a) in three seasons at the University of New Hampshire from 2011-2014. The East Meadows, New York native recently attended the Charlotte Checkers training camp.

Staal, 25, returns to the Everblades after registering 11 points (7g, 4a) in 63 games played with the Charlotte (AHL) last season. The 6-4, 210-pound winger appeared in 33 games for the Everblades during the 2010-11 season posting 11 points (6g, 5a). Staal has totaled 36 points in 232 career AHL contests in stints with Charlotte and San Antonio. In 2013, Staal appeared in two games with the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes. The Thunder Bay, Ontario native is a second-round draft selection of the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Harris, 25, (pictured above) returns to Southwest Florida after an impressive rookie campaign with the Everblades in which he recorded 43 points (16g, 27a) in 57 games. In addition, Harris posted five points (2g, 3a) in 15 games during a late season call-up with the Adirondack Flames of the AHL The 6-1, 185-pound forward was the recipient of the Everblades' Rookie of the Year Award. Harris agreed to terms with the Everblades for the 2015-16 season this summer, and recently attended Manitoba's AHL training camp.

Stanisz, 25, joins the Everblades after posting 17 points (2g, 15a) in 21 games played during his senior campaign at Carleton University (OUAA) last season. The 6-1, 205-pond blueliner totaled 74 points (10g, 64a) during his four-year collegiate career with the Ravens. Stanisz played one season with former Everblades forward Brandon MacLean at Carleton during in 2011-12. Prior to college, Stanisz registered 43 points (12g, 31a) in 61 games played with the Owen Sound Attack (OHL) during the 2010-11 season. The Burlington, Ontario native also played four seasons with the OHL's Barrie Colts posting 45 points from 2006-2010.

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