Sundogs Ink Defenseman Wessbecker
October 14, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Arizona Sundogs News Release
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. - Arizona Sundogs Head Coach and General Manager Marco Pietroniro announced today the team has agreed to terms with defenseman John Wessbecker for the 2010-11 season.
Wessbecker, 24, skated in two preseason games with Rapid City this season collecting one shot and seven penalty minutes (PIM) before being released.
After a four-year collegiate career at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (NCAA), the former seventh round (225th overall) draft pick of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning appeared in nine contests with the ECHL's Trenton Devils in 2009-10 totaling nine PIM.
In 123 career games with the UMass Minutemen, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound Wessbecker registered two goals, 10 assists and 80 PIM.
Arizona opens the 2010-11 regular season on the road against the Colorado Eagles on Friday, Oct. 15 at 6:05pm (Arizona time). Listen to the game live on KDDL âCattle Country' 94.3FM, the Official Radio Home of Arizona Sundogs Hockey, and online at www.cattlecountryradio.com.
The Sundogs then return home to Tim's Toyota Center to host the Fort Wayne Komets on Friday, Oct. 22 at 7:05pm. Single game tickets start at just $12 and are available by phone at 1-866-4-GET-TIX (1-866-443-8849), online at www.GetTix.net and in person at the Tim's Toyota Center Box Office and the Guest Services kiosk inside Prescott Gateway Mall.
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