AHL Manchester Monarchs

Parse Recalled; Cliche, Moller To Manchester

March 3, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


LOS ANGELES, CA - The Los Angeles Kings, the parent club of the Manchester Monarchs, have recalled forward Scott Parse from the Monarchs and have assigned forward Oscar Moller and Marc-Andre Cliche to Manchester, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today. In addition, the Kings have acquired forward Fredrik Modin from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a conditional seventh round selection in the 2010 NHL Draft.

Parse, 25, has played in 48 games with the Kings this season - his first in the NHL - and has 21 points (8-13=21) and 20 penalty minutes. The 5-foot-11, 197-pound native of Portage, Mich., has also played in 14 games with the Monarchs this season and has 15 points (4-11=15), 21 penalty minutes and a plus-11 rating (second on the Monarchs). The Kings selected Parse in the sixth-round (174th overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Moller, 21, has played in 34 games with the Kings this season and has recorded seven points (4-3=7) and four penalty minutes. The 5-foot-10, 186-pound native of Stockholm, Sweden, has 19 points (9-10=19), 14 penalty minutes and a plus-9 rating in 26 games with the Monarchs this season.

Cliche, 22, made his NHL debut last night in Dallas, recording zero points and a plus-1 rating in 7:23 of ice time. The 6-foot, 198-pound native of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec has 21 points (10-11=21) and 30 penalty minutes in 50 games with the Monarchs this season.

Modin, 35, has recorded six points (2-4=6) and 12 penalty minutes in 24 games with the Blue Jackets this season while serving as an alternate captain. He missed the first 31 games this season due to injury.

The 6-foot-4, 218-pound native of Sundsvall, Sweden has played 838 career games in the NHL (with Toronto, Tampa Bay and Columbus), posting 447 points (222-225=447) and 425 penalty minutes. Modin, who won a Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in 2004, has registered 22 points (11-11=22) and 40 penalty minutes in 51 career NHL postseason games. He will wear No. 33 with the Kings.

The veteran forward is a five-time 20-goal scorer and two-time 30-goal scorer. With Tampa Bay, he accumulated a career-high 32 goals in 2000-01 and 28 assists, 57 points and a plus-31 rating (which was fourth in the NHL) in 2003-04. He was an All-Star in 2001 and recorded four assists in the game, tied for the second highest total in All-Star Game history.

Modin was selected by Toronto in the third round (64th overall) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and spent three seasons with the Maple Leafs (1996-97 through 1998-99) before being traded to Tampa Bay, where he played six seasons and served as an alternate captain. The Blue Jackets acquired Modin from Tampa Bay on June 30, 2006.

Internationally, Modin has represented his native Sweden several times, most recently at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He won a gold medal for Team Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. He's also played for Sweden at the World Championships (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001) World Cup (2005) and World Junior Championships (1994). Modin is one of 23 members of the Triple Gold Club, comprised of players who have won a Stanley Cup and a gold medal in both the Olympics and World Championships. Modin won a Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in 2004, earned a gold medal for Sweden at the Olympics in 2006 and earned a gold medal for Sweden a the 1998 World Championships.



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