Hurricanes Recall Bryan Rodney From Albany

March 19, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany River Rats News Release


RALEIGH, NC-Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled defenseman Bryan Rodney from the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League (AHL). In a separate move, the River Rats announced today that defenseman Elgin Reid has been recalled from loan to the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.

This marks Rodney's fifth NHL recall of the season. The London, Ont., native, was most recently recalled on December 15, playing in three games before being reassigned to Albany on Dec. 20. In 10 NHL games with Carolina this season, Rodney, 25, has earned five assists and averaged 16:41 of ice time per game. He has scored seven goals and earned 28 assists in 54 AHL games this season with the River Rats. Rodney (6'0", 195 lbs.) is in his fifth professional season and his second with the Hurricanes organization after signing with the club as a free agent on May 12, 2008. Rodney made his NHL debut with Carolina in 2008-09, and earned two assists in eight games with the Hurricanes. He has scored 15 goals and earned 74 assists (89 points) in 162 career AHL regular-season games with Hartford and Albany.

Reid, 23, earned his second promotion to the American Hockey League this season. He played in two games with Albany in December and earned one assist for his first career AHL point. The Milton, Ontario native has five goals and 21 points with 59 penalty minutes this season with Florida.

Albany plays the league-leading Hershey Bears tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Giant Center. River Rats 2010 Calder Cup playoff packages are now on sale at the River Rats executive offices at the Times Union Center, by calling (518) 487-2244 or by logging onto www.albanyriverrats.com.



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