Falcons sign defenseman Nic Bilotto to PTO
Published on February 12, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
Springfield, MA â The Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL) today announced that the club has signed defenseman Nic Bilotto (buh-LAH-toh) to a professional tryout agreement.
Bilotto, 24, has registered 28 points (7g, 21a) in 49 games with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL this season to lead defensemen and rank third overall on the team in scoring. The Montreal native also owns the second-best plus/minus rating (+13) on the Checkers this season. Bilotto attended training camp with the Grand Rapids Griffins this pre-season.
Bilotto posted 43 points (13g, 30a) to lead Charlotte in scoring last season while skating in just 50 games with the club due to call-ups. The 6'2", 208-pound blueliner skated a total of 16 games in the AHL, collecting one goal and 14 penalty minutes, during stints with the Hartford Wolf Pack, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and Rochester Americans last season.
Bilotto, who was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the sixth round (149th overall) of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, is in his fourth season of professional hockey.
The Falcons will face the Eastern Conference-leading Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the second of back-to-back match-ups between the clubs on Saturday evening at the Springfield Civic Center. Game time is 7:35 p.m. Springfield downed the Sound Tigers, 4-1, in Connecticut on Wednesday. Fans can clip out the coupon from The Republican and present it to the Civic Center box office to receive two tickets to the game for the price of one. For more information, please contact the Falcons team office at (413) 739-3344.
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