Thunderbolts Trade with Roanoke and Peoria
Published on October 24, 2019 under SPHL (SPHL)
Evansville Thunderbolts News Release
Evansville, Ind - Evansville Thunderbolts head coach Jeff Bes announced today two separate trades with the Peoria Rivermen and Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs. Evansville traded forward Alec Baer to Peoria in exchange for defenseman Kyle Thacker. Also traded was defenseman Lenny Caglianone, to Roanoke in exchange for future considerations.
Thacker, a native of Mississauga, Ontario, is playing in his third season of professional hockey. Following four seasons at SUNY-Potsdam, where he was team captain in his final season of 2017-18, the 6-foot-3, 203-pound defenseman joined the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers, playing 4 games immediately following his final college game. Thacker played his first full professional season, 2018-19, with the Fayetteville Marksmen, playing 55 games, scoring 2 goals and 17 points, and would also play in all three of Fayetteville's playoff games last April. He was traded to Peoria this past offseason, and played in the Rivermen's lone game so far this season.
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