Rivermen sign new goaltender to finalize Clear Day roster
March 14, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
Peoria, IL (March 14, 2006) - Peoria Rivermen General Manager of Hockey Operations Kevin McDonald announced today that the Rivermen have signed goaltender Gregg Naumenko (now-MEHN-koh) to an American Hockey League (AHL) standard player contract. McDonald also detailed the Peoria club's 22-player "Clear Day" roster.
Naumenko, 28, joins the Rivermen in his seventh professional season. The 6-2, 200-pound netminder has thus far this season been a member of the Chicago Wolves (3 games), the Portland Pirates (7 games), the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (0 games), and the Albany River Rats (6 games) of the AHL, in addition to making six appearances in the ECHL for the Dayton Bombers. During his professional career, Naumenko has also played in the AHL for the Cleveland Barons and the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, with whom he made his professional debut in 1999-2000. The Chicago native appeared in two National Hockey League (NHL) tilts for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim during the 2000-01 season.
With the signing of Naumenko, the Rivermen finalized their Clear Day roster. Each AHL member club's Clear Day roster consists of a maximum of 22 players, and, according to AHL by-laws, only those players listed on a team's Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remaining five weeks of the 2005-06 AHL regular season and in the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs, unless emergency conditions arise as a result of recall, injury, or suspension. Teams may also add signed junior players or players on amateur tryout (ATO) contracts, but only after their respective junior or college seasons are complete. The 2005-06 Clear Day roster of the Peoria Rivermen includes the following players:
50 Reinhard Divis G
35 Gregg Naumenko G
26 Brendan Brooks RW
7 Brendan Buckley D
5 Trevor Byrne D
11 Jon DiSalvatore RW
14 Blake Evans C
15 Mike Glumac RW
10 Colin Hemingway RW
20 Aaron MacKenzie D
18 Jay McClement C
44 Tomas Mojzis D
8 Gavin Morgan C
3 Mike Mottau D
28 Ryan Ramsay C
24 Peter Sejna LW
27 Timofei Shishkanov LW
37 Lee Stempniak RW
12 Mike Stuart D
4 Rocky Thompson F
43 Jeff Woywitka D
42 Mike Zigomanis C
2005-06 Peoria Rivermen Calder Cup Playoff ticket packages are now available for discounted pre-purchase. A Lower Bowl ticket package, which includes 16 potential home dates, costs $264 per seat ($16.50 per game), and an Upper Bowl ticket package costs $184 per seat ($11.50 per game). For more information on these postseason ticket packages or to place an order, please contact Rivermen Director of Ticket Operations Jim Small at (309) 676-1040, extension 106, or tickets@rivermen.net.
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