Thunder Record Third Call-Up of Season
November 13, 2013 - SPHL (SPHL)
Bloomington Thunder News Release
For the third time this season, a member of the Bloomington Thunder has been called up to an ECHL team.
Defenseman William Lacasse was sent to the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL on Tuesday. Lacasse (pronounced luh-KAHS) recorded one goal and one assist for two points with 16 penalty minutes in the Thunder's six games played so far. This is his second professsional season after spending most of the 2012-13 campaign split between Augusta of the Southern Professional Hockey League and Greenville of the ECHL. Lacasse is a 6-1, 195-pound native of Saint-Pie, Quebec.
Lacasse is the third Thunder player to be called up after goalies Max Strang began the season in Fort Wayne and Garrett Bartus was called up to Evansville before the Thunder season opener. Strang has returned to Bloomington from his loan to Fort Wayne. The Thunder lead the SPHL in call-ups this season.
The Thunder (1-5-0) host the first-place Louisiana IceGators (6-2-0) on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:05 at U.S. Cellular Coliseum. The game will be broadcast on WJBC.com and America One pay-per-view video with links found on the home page of www.bloomingtonthunder.com, and the game can also be heard inside U.S. Cellular Coliseum on 93.7 FM. Friday is Pepsi Date Night with two lower-end tickets available for only $20 by bringing a Pepsi product to the Coliseum box office. Saturday is a Kids Eat Free Night sponsored by SERVPRO in which kids 12 and under can eat hot dogs, corn dogs, popcorn, nachos and fries for free from the gate opening at 6 p.m. until the Thunder score their first goal. Group and multi-game discounts are available by calling 309-434-2980, and more information on the Thunder can also be found at www.bloomingtonthunder.com, Facebook and Twitter (BLMThunder).
Junior honors: The Midwest Junior Hockey League has named Steven Smoltz of the Bloomington Junior Blaze as the league's Defenseman of the Week after collecting 10 points (7 goals, 3 assists) in three games last weekend against the Soo Firehawks. Smoltz, a 20-year-old native of Livonia, Mich., recorded two goals and two assists on Friday, a hat trick plus a helper on Saturday and two goals on Sunday to increase his scoring total to 14 points, fourth among MWJHL defensemen. The Junior Blaze (3-9-0) host the Michigan Ice Dogs (4-9-1) at 3 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
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