
Royals Agree to Terms with Forward Ian Watters
August 21, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release
Reading, PA - The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, today announced that the organization has agreed to terms with forward Ian Watters. The Royals now have fifteen players announced as signed for the 2013-14 season. In addition to Watters, the others are: Mike Banwell (d), Matt Campanale (d), Louie Caporusso (f), Julien Cayer (f), Ethan Cox (f), David Marshall (f), Bryant Molle (d), Ian O'Connor (f), Ryan Santana (f), Bobby Shea (d), Yannick Tifu (f), Brad Walch (d), Sean Wiles (f), and Marc Zanette (f).
Watters (6'0/191) (21), a second year pro from Pickering, Ontario, began last season with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL where he played one game before being released. He landed with the Augusta RiverHawks of the Southern Professional Hockey League, where he recorded seventeen points (8g-9a) and forty-seven penalty minutes in twenty-five games, before being signed by the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL on January 10, 2013. In thirty-seven games with Idaho, he scored nine goals, assisted on fourteen others (twenty-three points) and was assessed with twenty-eight penalty minutes.
Prior to turning pro, Watters spent three full seasons with the Brampton Battalion in the Ontario Hockey League, scoring forty-five goals and assisting on fifty-two others (ninety-seven points) over a span of 159 games. In 2010-11, he was second on the Battalion with twenty goals in sixty-eight games. In his overage year, 2011-12, Watters, who served as an alternate captain for the Battalion, recorded thirty points (16g-14a) despite only playing in thirty-four games in a season that was disrupted by injury. Prior to joining Brampton, Watters played one season with the Ajax Attack in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. That year, he led the Attack with thirty-one goals (and seventy-nine points) in forty-six games and was selected as the OJHL Rookie of the Year in the Ruddock Division.
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5 Ian Watters Pickering, ON FORWARD
HT: 6'0" WT: 191 DOB: 12-31-91 (21) SHOOTS: L
Career Notes:
v Led Team, Goals (31), Assists (48) and Points (79), Ajax Attack, OJHL (2008-09)
v Selected, OJHL Ruddick Division Rookie of the Year, Ajax Attack (2008-09)
v Second on Team, Goals (20) and Points (42), Brampton Battalion, OHL (2010-11)
v Selected, Team Alternate Captain, Brampton Battalion, OHL (2011-12)
Royals Transactions:
v Signed to ECHL Contract by Reading Royals, 08/21/13
-----Regular Season----- -----Playoffs----- SEASON TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIMS GP G A PTS PIMS
2008-09 Ajax Attack OJHL 46 31 48 79 110
Brampton Battalion OHL 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
2009-10 Brampton Battalion OHL 57 9 16 25 46 3 1 0 1 0
2010-11 Brampton Battalion OHL 68 20 22 42 46 4 0 0 0 6
2011-12 Brampton Battalion OHL 34 16 14 30 38 8 2 3 5 8
2012-13 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
Augusta RiverHawks SPHL 25 8 9 17 47 -- -- -- -- --
Idaho Steelheads ECHL 37 9 14 23 28 -- -- -- -- --
OHL Totals 161 45 52 97 130
SPHL Totals 25 8 9 17 47 -- -- -- -- --
ECHL Totals 38 9 14 23 38 -- -- -- -- --
Pro Totals 63 17 23 40 85 -- -- -- -- --
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