Riopel And Eddy Returned To Greenville
Published on November 18, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Adirondack Phantoms News Release
Goaltender Nicola Riopel and defenseman Cullen Eddy have been returned to the Greenville (SC) Road Warriors of the ECHL following a one game stint with the Adirondack Phantoms Wednesday night at Charlotte. The Road Warriors have a home game tonight against the Wheeling (WV) Nailers.
Riopel took the tough-luck loss with a stellar 24 save performance in a 2-1 decision to the Charlotte Checkers while earning #2 Star of the Game honors. It was Riopel's first AHL game this season after playing in ten last year.
Eddy earned an assist on the Phantoms' lone goal when the rebound from his right-point slapshot was poked in by Andrew Rowe. It was the first AHL game in Eddy's career.
Nic Riopel, 21, was a 5th round choice of the Flyers in 2009 out of Moncton of the QMJHL. The native of Beloeil, PQ won Quebec League Player of the Year honors as well as Goaltender of the Year going 43-11-4, 2.05, .930.
He made his professional debut in the first ever Adirondack Phantoms game on October 3, 2009. He played in 10 games with the Phantoms last season going 4-6-0, 3.35, .893 and then in December was sent back to Canadian Major Junior so he could get more playing time. In his last season with Moncton he went 19-5-0, 2.06, .918.
This season Riopel attended the 2010 training camps of the Philadelphia Flyers and Adirondack Phantoms. He was assigned to the Flyers' ECHL affiliate in Greenville where he won ECHL Goalie of the Week for week of 10/25/10 - 10/31/10 with a 2-0-0 record, 1.50 GAA, and .944 save percentage. This past Saturday he earned his first pro shutout with 32 saves vs. the Florida Everblades.
Riopel is 6-2-1, 2.65, .918 with the Greenville Road Warriors this season.
Cullen Eddy is a 6'0" blueliner from Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania who is celebrating his 22nd birthday today. The Mercyhurst College product signed an ECHL contract in March of last year with the Cincinnati Cyclones and appeared in eight Kelly Cup playoff games helping Cincinnati win the league championship.
Eddy scored his first professional goal on October 29, 2010 vs. the South Carolina Stingrays. So far this season with Greenville he has one goal and two assists in seven games. He has a rating of +5 and also has 14 penalty minutes.
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