Taran Kozun heading to Monarchs; Matt Harlow released
March 21, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Manchester Monarchs Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations, Rich Seeley, announced that goaltender, Taran Kozun, has been returned from loan by the Ontario Reign (AHL) and forward, Matt Harlow, has been released.
The Monarchs traded future considerations to the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) for Kozun, 21, on March 1, and Kozun immediately was loaned to the Reign as Michael Houser was assigned to Manchester on a conditioning assignment. Kozun played in nine games this season for the Grizzlies, posting a 4-3-0-0 record with a 3.08 AA and a 0.892 save percentage in his first professional season.
The 6-foot-1, 165-pound native of Nipawin, Saskatchewan played parts of five seasons in the WHL, splitting time between the Kamloops Blazers, Nipawin Hawks and Seattle Thunderbirds, playing in a combined 151 games and posting a 64-52-15 record, with his best season coming during the 2014-15 season when he went 33-19-8, with a 2.41 GAA and a 0.915 save percentage. During that season, Kozun won the Del Wilson Trophy as the Top Goaltender in the WHL.
Harlow, 23, played in 21 games for the Monarchs this season over the course of two stints with the team, and scored four points on two goals and two assists. Harlow began the season with the Elmira Jackals, playing in six games and adding one assist, and was traded by the Monarchs to the Alaska Aces on Feb. 2, where he played in eight games without recording a point.
The 5-foot-10, 177-pound native of Bridgewater, Mass. played 127 games collegiately at Brown University over the course of four seasons, and scored 36 points on 17 goals and 19 assists.
Kozun and the Monarchs are back in action Wednesday night (7 p.m.), when they host the Brampton Beast at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
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