ECHL Florida Everblades

Everblades Staal Recalled to Charlotte

Published on December 17, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release


ESTERO, FL- Florida Everblades President and General Manager Craig Brush along with Head Coach Greg Poss announced today that forward Jared Staal has be recalled to the American Hockey League by the Charlotte Checkers.

Staal heads back to the Checkers after seeing action in 13 games with the Everblades since he was assigned to the team on November 19. The 20-year-old tallied his first professional goal with the Everblades on November 24 vs. Trenton and overall recorded six points (3g, 3a) in his 13 games.

Staal, who is in his first full professional season, opened the season with the Checkers where he saw action in nine games.

The Thunder Bay, Ontario native wrapped up a four-year junior career with the Sudbury Wolves on the Ontario Hockey League last season but also saw action in the AHL during each of the last two seasons, skating in five games with the San Antonio Rampage during both the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons.

In his final season with Sudbury last season, Staal led the Wolves in assists with 37 and finished third on the club in scoring with 49 points. Overall during his four-year junior career, the former second round draft pick by the Phoenix Coyotes in 2008 compiled 153 points (54g, 99a) in 249 games.

Staal, who is the younger brother of current NHLers Eric (Carolina Hurricanes), Marc (New York Rangers) and Jordan (Pittsburgh Penguins), was acquired by the Hurricanes from the Coyotes in May, 2010.

Individual tickets to all 2010-11 Florida Everblades home games are on sale now! Tickets are available at the TIB Bank Box Office Monday - Friday from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. Fans can also purchase tickets through TicketMaster by logging onto www.ticketmaster.com or calling 800-745-3000.

The Everblades return to action on Friday, December 17 when they travel to Charleston, SC to take on the South Carolina Stingrays at 7:05 p.m. from the North Charleston Coliseum. The Everblades next home game is Tuesday, December 21 when they host the Gwinnett Gladiators at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.floridaeverblades.com and www.germainarena.com for more information on ticket packages, pricing and upcoming Germain Arena events.




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