PrairieThunder trade
March 15, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Bloomington PrairieThunder acquired veteran forward John Snowden and defenseman Preston Briggs from the Dayton Gems in exchange for rookie forward Greg McCauley in an International Hockey League trade Monday.
Snowden ranks among the league leaders in scoring and leads the Gems with 44 points on 21 goals and 23 assists in 59 games. He has eight power play goals; eight power play assists; one short-handed goal; one short-handed assist and one game-winning goal.
The 6-foot, 210-pound Everett (Wash.) native is in his seventh professional season. He has 364 career points on 171 goals and 193 assists in the ECHL, AHL and CHL. The 28-year-old Snowden shoots right.
Briggs also ranks among the league leaders in scoring among defensemen with 15 points on five goals and 10 assists with a minus-5 ranking and 56 penalty minutes in 62 games. The 28-year-old left-handed shooter is in his fifth professional season and has eight goals with 26 assists for 34 points in 228 games.
The 6-4, 200-pound Briggs hails from Colorado Springs, Colo.
McCauley signed with the PrairieThunder on Feb. 1. He played 22 games, scoring two goals and adding five assists for seven points.
Snowden and Briggs are both expected to be in the PrairieThunder lineup Wednesday when it meets league-leading Muskegon at 7:05 p.m. at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
PrairieThunder officials also announced that rookie Matt Smyth was signed to an IHL contract Monday. He had played four games with Bloomington under a professional tryout agreement. He has one goal and one assist.
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