Rick Pinkston Returns to Monarchs
February 17, 2017 - ECHL (ECHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Manchester Monarchs Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations, Rich Seeley, announced today that Rick Pinkston has been returned from loan by the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL).
The Monarchs are the ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings and the American Hockey League's Ontario Reign.
Pinkston, 26, played 14 games for the Admirals after being loaned Dec. 28. With Milwaukee, Pinkston scored one point on one assist while earning nine penalty minutes. In 16 games with the Monarchs this season, Pinkston has recorded five points on two goals and three assists.
The 6-foot-1, 201-pound left-shot defenseman was acquired by the Monarchs in a Nov. 12 trade with the Allen Americans, where he won the Kelly Cup in 2016 and posted 14 points on two goals and 12 assists in 45 regular season games, adding 48 penalty minutes. In the Kelly Cup Playoffs, Pinkston played 16 games and recorded four assists.
The native of Trenton, Mich., played four seasons at Dartmouth College (NCAA) where he logged 117 games and scored 34 points on 11 goals and 23 assists. The second-year pro has played 26 games in the AHL between the Springfield Falcons, San Jose Barracuda and Admirals.
Pinkston and the Monarchs are in action Friday, Feb. 17 (7:05 p.m.), when they open a two-game series with the South Carolina Stingrays at the North Charleston Coliseum.
The Monarchs return to SNHU Arena on Friday, Feb. 24 (7 p.m.), when they host the Brampton Beast for the first time this season in a critical North Division matchup.
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