Wolf Pack Sign Goaltender Ryan Munce
August 27, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Connecticut Whale News Release
HARTFORD, August 27, 2009: Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has signed goaltender Ryan Munce to an American Hockey League contract.
A 24-year-old fifth-year veteran, Munce saw three games of action in the AHL last season with the Syracuse Crunch, going 0-2-0 with a 2.98 goals-against average and a 91.1% save percentage. The 6-2, 200-pound Mississauga, Ontario native spent most of the year in the ECHL with the Mississippi Sea Wolves, and led the ECHL in minutes-played (3,219), saves (1,852) and shootout wins (6) for the second time in his career. Munce also finished fifth among ECHL netminders in wins, with a record of 24-28-1, along with a 3.21 goals-against average, a 91.5% save percentage and one shutout.
Munce appeared in 10 AHL games with the Norfolk Admirals in 2007-08 and compiled a 3-6-0 record, with a 2.99 GAA and a 90.4% save percentage. In his rookie year, 2005-06, with the ECHL's Bakersfield Condors, Munce led league goalies in minutes-played (3,234), saves (1,705) and shootout wins (8). His 30 wins that season (30-18-5, 2.78, 91.1, 2 SHO) also was fifth-best in the ECHL. In 175 career ECHL outings with Bakersfield, Reading, Johnstown and Mississippi, Munce sports a record of 84-72-10, with a 2.96 GAA, a 91.5% save percentage and six shutouts.
Prior to turning pro, Munce was a third-round selection (82nd overall) of the Los Angeles Kings in the 2003 NHL Draft, from the Ontario Hockey League's Sarnia Sting.
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