IceMen Release Six Players; Add One
Published on October 12, 2011 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release
EVANSVILLE, IN.--- On day three of their 2011-12 training camp, the Evansville IceMen of the Central Hockey League announced the release of six players from the roster while at the same time introducing a new addition to the club.
General Manager/Head Coach Rich Kromm has placed on waivers defensemen Atte Rajajarvi and Chris Caranci and has outright released goaltenders Jonathon Willumsen and Matt Wagner along with center Eric Rex and right wing Chris Campanale.
Rajajarvi and Caranci had previously signed contractual agreements with Evansville while Willumsen, Wagner, Rex and Campanale had been invited to the IceMen training camp on tryout agreements. Campanale, a second year pro, was one of nine returning players from last season's AA/CHL maiden voyage season IceMen aggregation nation.
MALCOLM GWILLIAM is the newest member of the IceMen squadron, having touched down in our town after attending the Bakersfield Condors training camp in the ECHL. The strong and sturdy 6-2, 205lb right wing is a five-year standout at Michigan Tech of the highly-regarded WCHA Conference.
In his senior year of 2009-10, he was named team captain before promptly proceeding to top his Huskies team in point productivity. In 35-games, the Kamloops, BC product engineered 30-points on 14-goals, 16-assists with 22-PIM. The newest IceMen forward led Michigan Tech in assists (16) while his 14-goals were second most for his team. The 26-year-old first year pro did have brief stints previously in the ECHL with the Reading Royals and the CHL with the Odessa Jackalopes.
With today's transactions, the IceMen training camp roster currently lists 25-players including 2-goal-tenders, 7-defensemen and 16-forwards. There are 21-players under contract with 4-more on tryouts. Those 4 remaining are center Mario Boilard, right wing Alec Kirschner, center Zack Tatrn and latest acquisition, Gwilliam.
The IceMen first unveiling of the embryonic season is set for this weekend when they travel to Quad City on Saturday, Oct. 15th for a 4:00 pm clash with the Mallards before trekking to Bloomington, IL for a 3:00 pm duel with the Blaze on Sunday, Oct. 16th for pre-season action. Both games broadcast on WEOA-AM 1400 and 1400amweoa.com & WMSK-AM 1550.
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