Whale Sign Forward Derek Couture to PTO
Published on March 1, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Connecticut Whale News Release
HARTFORD, March 1, 2011: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has signed forward Derek Couture to a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement.
Couture, a 6-1, 205-pound sixth-year pro, spent most of last season with the Hartford Wolf Pack, skating in 67 games with the Pack and recording AHL career highs of 11 goals and 20 points, along with 104 penalty minutes. This year, Couture was playing in the ECHL with the Victoria Salmon Kings, for whom he has logged 25 games, scoring eight goals and adding 11 assists for 19 points, while serving 76 minutes in penalties, fifth-most on the team.
A 26-year-old native of Calgary, Alberta, Couture has played 273 career AHL games with the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, Quad City Flames, Binghamton Senators and Wolf Pack and has totaled 33 goals and 38 assists for 71 points, plus 418 penalty minutes. In 50 career ECHL games with the Elmira Jackals, Charlotte Checkers and Salmon Kings, Couture has rung up 12 goals and 38 assists for 50 points, along with 118 PIM.
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