AHL Charlotte Checkers

Former Checker Boyd Kane Makes The NHL

Published on October 23, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release


Charlotte, NC - Wednesday, October 22, 2003) - Former Charlotte Checkers left wing Boyd Kane is the 219th former ECHL player to advance to the National Hockey League. Kane, who made his debut with Philadelphia on October 16 at San Jose, has seven penalty minutes and three shots in three games with the Flyers.

Kane becomes the 13th former Checkers player to crack the NHL. He follows Scott Bailey, Rob Tallas, Eric Cairns, Sylvain Blouin, Paxton Schafer, Antti Laaksonen, Andrei Bashkirov, Andre Roy, Dale Purinton, Eric Boulton, Vitali Yeremeyev and Richard Scott. Cairns, Laaksonen, Roy, Boulton, Purinton, and now Kane are on NHL rosters this season.

Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia in June, Kane scored 11 points (5g-6a) in 12 games with Charlotte in his first professional season in 1998-99. He also played in the American Hockey League with Hartford in 1998-99 scoring eight points (3g-5a) in 56 games. Kane returned to the Checkers in 1999-2000 and scored 29 points (10g-19a) in 47 games. His final stint with the Checkers came in 2000-01 when he scored 17 points (9g-8a) in 12 games.

Kane was originally selected by Pittsburgh in the third round (72nd overall) in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft and later chosen by the New York Rangers in the fourth round (114th overall) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

Kane is the fourth ECHL player to make his NHL debut in 2003-04, joining Michael Ryder, who played for Montreal on October 9; Garrett Burnett, who played for Anaheim on October 8; and Andrew Hutchinson, who played for Nashville on October 18.

There were 90 ECHL players that played in the NHL in 2002-03, including 20 that made their first-ever appearance. The 20 players who made their NHL debut in 2002-03 were: Francois Beauchemin (Montreal), Zdenek Blatny (Atlanta), Joe Corvo (Los Angeles), Fedor Fedorov (Vancouver), Vern Fiddler (Nashville), Brian Finley (Nashville), Simon Gamache (Atlanta), Ryan Kraft (San Jose), Kent McDonell (Columbus), Brett McLean (Chicago), Rick Mrozik (Calgary), Cody Rudkowsky (St. Louis), Curtis Sanford (St. Louis), Cam Severson (Anaheim), Mike Siklenka (Philadelphia), Chris Schmidt (Los Angeles), Jerred Smithson (Los Angeles), Tim Thomas (Boston), John Tripp (New York Rangers) and Matt Walker (St. Louis).

UPCOMING CHECKERS HOME GAMES:
Wednesday, October 29 @ 7:00 p.m.vs. The Atlantic City Boardwalk Bulies
Friday, October 31 @ 7:30 p.m. vs. The Trenton Titans

CHECKERS TICKETS: All regular season individual game tickets are on sale. Tickets may be purchased at the Cricket Arena Box Office, the Charlotte Coliseum Box Office, and all Ticketmaster locations. Tickets may also be purchased by phone by using a credit card and calling Ticketmaster at (704) 922-6500, and through the Internet at www.ticketmaster.com.

Individual game tickets for the 2003-04 season are priced at $7.00 for balcony seats, $10.00 for end mezzanine seats, $12.00 for side mezzanine seats, $15.00 for circle seats, and $20.00 for box seats.

Season Tickets, mini plans and group tickets remain on sale through the Checkers office. Further information can be obtained by calling the Checkers office at (704) 342-4423.

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