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Gijac Placed on IR; Aiello Activated Off 21-day IR

November 5, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release


ESTERO, FL - Florida Everblades announced that forward Milan Gijac has been placed on the 21-day IR, while defenseman Anthony Aiello has been activated off the injured list.

Gijac ranks second on the team in scoring. In nine games this season, the University of Michigan graduate has posted a goal and seven assists for eight points. He has a lower body injury. Details of the injury were not disclosed.

Defenseman Anthony Aiello has been activated off the 21-day injured reserve list. Aiello played his collegiate hockey at Boston College where he scored five goals and 30 assists in 132 games with the Eagles. The 2005 draft pick of the Minnesota Wild was placed on the injured list back on October 14 after sustaining an injury during training camp. Tonight will be Aiello's first professional game.

The Everblades and Checkers meet up again tonight for the second of back-to-back tilts. The Checkers prevailed 4-3 in a shootout last night, scoring on the game's 11th shooter to secure the two points. The Blades have dropped three straight (0-2-1) and look to break out of their winless streak. All the action can be found on the Everblades flagship station, Fox Sports Radio 1200/1460AM beginning at 6:35 p.m. with the Shoeless Joe's Sports Café pregame show and the drop of the puck follows at 7:00 p.m. Blades Hockey is brought to you by Blu Sushi.

Everblades Weekly, the Everblades one-hour, call-in radio show returns to Shoeless Joe's Sports Café in the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Bell Tower Shops, this Monday with special guest forward #24 Elgin Reid, as well as comments from head coach Malcolm Cameron. Tune into the show on Fox Sports Radio at 1200/1460AM at 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. or stop out to Shoeless Joe's for half price pizzas and $5.00 pitchers.

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