CHL Mississippi RiverKings

RiverKings make final cuts

Published on October 17, 2007 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


The Mississippi RiverKings of the Central Hockey League today announced the team's final cuts in anticipation of its season opener this Friday.

Head Coach Kevin McClelland today released forwards Dan Riedel and David Nimmo to cut his roster down to 19 players.

Riedel, 22, had an assist in last Friday's exhibition game against the ECHL's Florida Everblades. He played with four different teams last season. Riedel last year started his sophomore season at NCAA Division I Ferris State. Over a year and a half with the Bulldogs, the man from Rochester Hills, Mich. scored 14 goals and had 29 assists in 53 games. Riedel left school and signed with the ECHL's Phoenix Roadrunners midway through the season. However, the Roadrunners soon traded him to the Toledo Storm, who then quickly traded him to the Pensacola Ice Pilots by the end of the season. In 29 ECHL games, Riedel had just one goal and three assists.

Nimmo, 25, fired three shots on goal in Saturday's game against the Everblades, but he did not record a point. The St. Albert, Alta. native played in 116 games In four years at Division I Alabama-Huntsville. During that time, he scored 25 goals and had 38 assists for the Chargers.

Of the 19 players on the roster, nine of them played at least one game for the RiverKings last season. Eleven of them came from Canada, with six more from the United States and one each from Slovakia and Finland.

Following practice tomorrow and a short skate Friday morning, the RiverKings will open their season at home on Friday night at 7:05 against the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. Team staff that night will give away magnetic schedules for the season, and all teachers and faculty can use coupons to get tickets to this game for just five dollars.

On Saturday at 7:05, the RiverKings will host the Youngstown Steelhounds on Hernando Night, as people from Hernando can use coupons to get tickets to that game for just five dollars.

For ticketing information, call the RiverKings at (662) 342-1755 or log on to the Internet at www.riverkings.com.

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