Plymouth Summer Signings Continue with Austin Mattson

Published on June 19, 2009 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Plymouth Whalers News Release


Although the Whalers aren't playing right now, summer time in the Ontario Hockey League is the right time to retool a team.

Plymouth Whalers President, General Manager and Head Coach Mike Vellucci announced the signing of 18-year-old right wing Austin Mattson.

Mattson - from Livonia - comes to the Whalers as a free agent after playing last season with the Sioux City Musketeers of the United States Hockey League, where he scored 12 goals with 16 assists for 28 points and 11 PIM's in 53 games.

"We're excited to get a player of Austin's caliber," said Vellucci. "He had a great second half last year (27 points over his last 29 games) in the USHL. I feel he'll give us some offensive punch next year."

"I'm a fast-skating player," Mattson said. "I like to create plays and make things happen on the ice. I love the way Darren Helm plays."

Helm skated for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League and played against the Whalers in the 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Vancouver, BC before graduating to the Detroit Red Wings.

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