Ice Dogs trade for Bennett

January 24, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Long Beach Ice Dogs News Release


LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Long Beach Ice Dogs of the ECHL, a proud affiliate of the Boston Bruins, have announced they have acquired right winger Ryan Bennett from the South Carolina Stingrays for future considerations.

Bennett, 25, is in his third full year of professional hockey, and his first season with the Stingrays. The Glens Falls, NY native has played in all 39 games with the Rays this season and has 18 points on six goals and 12 assists.

Prior to joining the Stingrays, Bennett played two years with the Adirondack Frostbite of the United Hockey League where he scored 46 goals and had 63 assists for 108 points in 127 games. Bennett has been called-up to the American Hockey League twice in his career. Once with the Rochester Americans in the 04-05 season where he played six games without recording a point and then again in the 05-06 season with the Portland Pirates where he had one assist in six games. The 6-0, 195-pound winger has also spent time with the Augusta Lynx of the ECHL where he had one goal and an assist for two points in seven games last year.

The Ice Dogs start a four game home stand tonight vs. the Victoria Salmon Kings at 7pm on "We Will Win Wednesday." If the Ice Dogs do not win tonight vs. Victoria, every fan in attendance will receive a voucher for a free ticket for either of the games this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. AUDIO portion of all games will be available on www.icedogs.com by clicking on the TEAMLINE logo and VIDEO will be available at all home games for $6. Season tickets and group sales for the 2006-07 season are still on sale now. Call (562) ICE-DOGS or visit www.icedogs.com for more information.



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