Predators Announce Singings
July 22, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Milwaukee Admirals News Release
Nashville Predators Executive Vice-President/General Manager David Poile announced that the club had agreed to terms with forwards Wyatt Smith, Jerred Smithson, and Cam Severson as well as defensemen Jamie Allison and Jeremy Stevenson. In addition, Milwaukee Admirals Executive Vice-President and General Manager Phil Wittliff announced today that the team has signed defenseman Brad Tiley to an AHL contract.
Smith, 27, posted three goals and an assist in 18 games with Nashville in 2003-04. The 5-11, 200-pound native of Thief River Falls, Minn., also recorded 16 points (9g-7a) in 40 games with the Admirals during the 2003-04 regular season and tied for third on the Ads in power-play goals (3) en route to the AHL Title.
Smith has 15 points (7g-8a) in 83 career NHL games over the past five seasons with Nashville and Phoenix. He was originally the Coyotes' sixth choice, 233rd overall (ninth round), in the 1997 Entry Draft.
Tiley, 34, posted 47 points (13g-34a), good for third among AHL blueliners, and a +9 rating in 75 games with Admirals last year. The Markdale, ONT, native was also a key cog in the Ads run to the 2004 Calder Cup Championship, notching seven points (1g-6a) while playing all 22 post-season contests. His lone playoff tally gave Milwaukee a 2-1 overtime win in game three of the Western Conference Finals versus the Rochester Americans
Originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1991 NHL Entry by the Boston Bruins, Tiley was voted the AHL's Top Defenseman in 1999-2000 with the Springfield Falcons when he posted career highs in goals (14), assists (54), and points (68). The 6-1, 205-pound backliner has also seen action in 11 NHL contests.
Severson, 26, finished the 2003-04 season with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, notching career-highs in games played (33), penalty minutes (58) and goals (three), after starting the year with the Mighty Ducks' AHL affiliate in Cincinnati. The 6-1, 215-pound Canora, Sask. native appeared in 35 NHL games with Anaheim over the past two seasons after signing as a free agent on August 22, 2002. He was originally San Jose's sixth choice, 192nd overall (eighth round), in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.
Smithson, 25, split the 2003-04 season between Los Angeles, where he tallied one assist in eight NHL games, and Manchester. The 6-2, 197-pound center tallied three assists and 25 penalty minutes in 30 NHL games with the Kings over the last two seasons, and led Manchester with a +16 rating in 2002-03. The Vernon, B.C. native was originally signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on February 18, 2000.
Stevenson, who played for the Admirals during the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons, ranked second on the Predators with 103 penalty minutes last year after being claimed on waivers from Minnesota on October 22, 2003. The 6-1, 215-pound San Bernardino, Calif. native registered career-highs in penalty minutes and games played (56) in 2003-04, and matched his career-best with five goals.
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