Rangers Tender a "Full House"

Published on January 29, 2008 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Marquette Rangers News Release


Marquette - The 2008 - 2009 North American Hockey League season is already underway for the Marquette Rangers, as the team signed five Tenders over the past several days to skate for positions on next years' squad.

Three Detroit Honeybaked Midget AAA players have been tendered, along with two from the Chicago Young Americans Midget AAA squad. Both teams are members of the Midwest Elite Hockey League, the same league as the Marquette Electricians.

A "Tender" is a player who agrees to have his playing rights controlled by the team he signs with, and it's a teams' way of signaling to that player that they want him enough to not risk losing him to another team in the NAHL draft in May.

Although a Tender is not guaranteed a spot on the teams' final roster, for a team to sign a player through this procedure is a good indication of how strongly they feel about his ability to make the final camp; and become a member of next years' squad.

"All five of these guys have shown that they have the tools to compete at the next level of hockey" said Rangers head coach Randy Enders. "We're confident that each one of them has the ability to help our organization build on the successes we've enjoyed in our first two seasons in the NAHL."

The Tenders include:

Brendan Bandyk (ban-dick) - 5'10 180 - Defenseman - Chicago Young Americans

According to Rangers coaches he's a tough, steady defenseman who competes hard and is very physical in the defensive zone. Makes a good first pass and has potential to be immediate impact player in NAHL."

John Lamorgese (Lamb-or-ge-see) - 5'11 160 - Forward - Chicago Young Americans

A skilled forward, that is also tough and has put up big points at the Midget level.

Andrew Chovich (cho-vitch) - 6'0 175 - Defenseman - Detroit Honeybaked

Another solid defenseman that moves well in his own end, and breaks the puck out of the defensive end extremely well.

Doug Beck - 6'0 185 - Forward - Detroit Honeybaked

A big, strong forward that has the ability to put up points at the Junior level.

Jeff Slusser - 6'2 175 - Defenseman - Detroit Honeybaked

A solid, hard-skating defenseman that moves very well with the puck, and has the ability to add offense to the power-play.

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