VandeVelde Loaned to Phantoms
January 30, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Adirondack Phantoms News Release
The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that center Chris VandeVelde has been loaned to the Adirondack Phantoms, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. VandeVelde rejoins the Phantoms immediately and is available for the team's games this weekend.
VandeVelde began the season with the Phantoms on an AHL contract and has appeared in 23 games scoring 7-6-13. He was signed by the Flyers to a one-year NHL contract on December 12 and played with the team in 17 games for about seven weeks recording one assist.
He came to the Flyers organization after spending three seasons playing for the Edmonton Oilers organization, splitting time between Edmonton and their AHL affiliate in Oklahoma City. VandeVelde has now appeared in a total of 45 NHL games scoring one goal and three assists. In 215 career AHL games, mostly with Oklahoma City, he has scored 33 goals and 39 assists for 72 points. The past two season with the Barons he has helped the team reach the AHL's Western Conference Finals in two consecutive seasons. VandeVelde was selected by the Oilers in the fourth round (97th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
The Phantoms return to action this Friday night taking on the Hershey Bears on Pack The House Night. The Adirondack Phantoms are striving for their third sellout of the season and 12th all-time as they continue to show the rest of the league the tremendous support the Glens Falls fan-base has to offer. Adirondack will return to action on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia also against the Bears.
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25 Terrific Seasons
Glens Falls is celebrating its 25th season hosting an AHL team and in so doing now joins an elite group of just 9 other active markets who can make such a claim. It's a great hockey tradition with an old-school feel that began with the Adirondack Red Wings in 1979. In their 20-year tenure at the Glens Falls Civic Center through 1999, the Red Wings won four Calder Cups. The Adirondack Phantoms began play in Glens Falls in 2009-10 and are in their fifth season bringing exciting AHL action to the North Country.
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