Indy Adds to Blue Line
August 24, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Indy Fuel News Release
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indy Fuel, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks and the AHL's Rockford IceHogs, announced Wednesday that they have signed defensemen Kyle Shapiro and Nathan Bruyere (BREE-air) to ECHL contracts for the 2016-17 season. Shapiro joins the Fuel after playing for the Southern Professional Hockey League's (SPHL) Columbus Cottonmouths, while Bruyere is set to make his professional debut.
Shapiro, 26, registered eight goals and 10 assists 54 games for Columbus in 2015-16, ranking second in scoring among team defensemen. The 6-foot, 194-pound rearguard got his first taste of ECHL hockey in the spring of 2015, when he tallied four assists in an 11-game stint with the Evansville IceMen.
A native of Ambler, Penn., Shapiro is a four-year product of NCAA Div. III Nichols College (Mass.), where picked up 60 points (18g, 42a) in 107 career games for the Bison from 2011-2015. Prior to his collegiate career, Shapiro won a Cascade Cup in 2011 as a member of the Northern Pacific Hockey League (NPHL) champion Helena Bighorns.
Bruyere, 24, played two seasons with Lakehead University (CIS), where he showed nine goals and 12 assists in 41 games from 2013-2015. Before joining the Thunderwolves, the 6-foot-4, 245-pound blueliner from Eagle Lake, Ontario spent three seasons with the OCN Blizzard of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL), compiling 81 points (35g, 46a) and 157 penalty minutes in 166 total games.
The Fuel now have 16 players under contract for 2016-17, consisting of 10 forwards, four defensemen and two goaltenders. An up-to-date preseason roster can be found .
Opening Night of the 2016-17 Fuel season is coming Friday, October 14 and Season Ticket Plans are now on sale! Join the team for year three at Indiana Farmers Coliseum by visiting IndyFuelHockey.com or calling 317-925-FUEL. Full and Half-Season packages are available, as well as 9-Game Plans and Group Ticket options. Stay up to date throughout the offseason by following the Fuel on Twitter and Instagram (@IndyFuel ) and don't forget to 'Like' the Fuel on Facebook .
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