Worcester Sharks Announce 2010-11 Opening Night Roster
October 7, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
WORCESTER - Worcester Sharks General Manager Wayne Thomas announced the opening night roster for the Worcester Sharks as they prepare to kick-off their fifth season in Bridgeport, CT against the Sound Tigers on Saturday night at 7pm.
The Worcester Sharks regular season roster is comprised of 23 players; two goaltenders, seven defensemen, and 14 forwards.
Some of the interesting facts from the 2010-11 regular season roster include:
* 16 players return to the roster from the regular season Atlantic Division championship team including four 20 goal scorers (DaSilva, Mashinter, Trevelyan, and Zalewski) and team MVP Alex Stalock.
* Nine rookies, including three from UMASS-Amherst (Braun, Irwin, and Marcou) will don the teal and white this fifth season of hockey in Worcester.
* Three veterans will provide leadership for the Sharks squad this season, which include: former Maurice Richard winner Jonathan Cheechoo, former Boston Bruins defenseman Jay Leach, and the leading goal scorer for the Sharks from last season, T.J. Trevelyan.
* Six Worcester Sharks players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (Braun, Cheechoo, Lucia, Petrecki, Stalock, and Zalewski)
* Three Massachusetts born players (Ferriero, Quirk, Sullivan) are among 14 American born players while nine players are Canadian.
* Two of the three crazed rats are back to begin the 2010-11 season (Desjardins and DaSilva) with John McCarthy starting the year with the San Jose Sharks.
In addition, head coach Roy Sommer returns for his 13th season behind the bench of San Jose's top development affiliate and is currently the longest tenured coach in the AHL. Sommer is joined by assistant coach David Cunniff for the ninth consecutive season.
The entire Worcester Sharks roster is located below.
The Sharks kick-off their fifth regular season in Bridgeport on Saturday in an Atlantic Division matchup vs. the Sound Tigers.
Jason Jones, Chris Curtis, Jonathan Forsberg, Kristen Moore, Matt Renzulli, and Marina Riva are taking deposits for the Sharks 5th season in Worcester! Jump in today and save over 30% off box office prices! Some of the exclusive benefits for full season ticket holders will include:
* Guaranteed same seat for all 40 home dates and playoff home games at the DCU Center
* Priority access to purchase tickets to DCU Center events (subject to availability)
* Five FREE friends and family vouchers
* Exclusive events with the Worcester Sharks players
* Merchandise discounts and much, much, more!
Season ticket packages and group tickets for the 2010-11 season are on sale now by contacting the Worcester Sharks Office at 508.929.0500 or by crashing the net at www.SharksAHL.com .
All games can be heard live on 580AM and 94.9FM WTAG, as well as online through AHL Live, by following the link on the Sharks website at www.SharksAHL.com .
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WORCESTER SHARKS 2010-11 REGULAR SEASON ROSTER (As of October 6, 2010)
NO FORWARD HT WT S BORN BIRTHPLACE 2008-09 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ
11 Cory Quirk 5-8 180 L 7/3/86 Brockton, Massachusetts Worcester AHL 59 8 13 21 14 FA/09
12 Tony Lucia 6-0 190 L 8/23/87 Plymouth, Minnesota Minnesota WCHA 39 11 17 28 22 ED/05
Worcester AHL 4 1 0 1 0
14 Jonathan Cheechoo 6-0 200 R 7/15/80 Moose Factory, Ontario Ottawa NHL 61 5 9 14 20 PTO
Binghamton AHL 25 8 6 14 37
15 Steven Zalewski 6-0 195 L 8/20/86 Utica, New York Worcester AHL 78 22 40 62 20 ED/04
San Jose NHL 3 0 0 0 0
16 Garet Hunt 5-8 190 L 10/14/87 Maple Ridge, British Columbia Stockton ECHL 52 5 7 12 215 PTO
19 James Marcou 5-8 165 R 2/19/88 King Park, New York UMass-Amherst HE 36 11 40 51 36 FA/10
Worcester AHL 4 1 2 3 0
21 Benn Ferriero 5-11 195 R 4/29/87 Boston, Massachusetts Worcester AHL 58 19 31 50 20 FA/09
San Jose NHL 24 2 3 5 8
22 Andrew Desjardins 6-1 200 L 7/27/86 Lively, Ontario Worcester AHL 80 19 27 46 126 FA/08
23 Dan DaSilva 6-1 195 R 4/30/85 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Worcester AHL 72 21 32 53 65 FA/09
24 T.J. Trevelyan 5-9 180 L 3/6/84 Mississauga, Ontario Worcester AHL 63 28 16 44 16 FA/09
38 Leigh Salters 6-4 225 L 3/27/89 London, Ontario London OHL 56 18 21 39 76 ATO
41 Cam MacIntyre 6-1 225 R 10/3/85 Sooke, British Columbia Princeton ECAC 10 6 4 10 8 FA/10
47 Kevin Henderson 6-3 210 L 12/3/86 Toronto, Ontario Worcester AHL 64 2 13 15 45 FA/09
53 Brandon Mashinter 6-4 222 L 9/20/88 Bradford, Ontario Worcester AHL 79 22 15 37 117 FA/09
NO DEFENSE HT WT S BORN BIRTHPLACE 2008-09 TEAM LGE GP G A P PIM ACQ
3 Joe Loprieno 6-3 225 L 10/8/86 Bloomingdale, Illinois Worcester AHL 46 0 4 4 52 FA/09
6 Nick Schaus 5-11 200 R 7/3/86 Orchard Park, New York UMass-Lowell HE 37 4 19 23 16 FA/10 Worcester AHL 4 0 3 3 2
20 Matt Irwin 6-2 205 L 11/29/87 Brentwood Bay, British Columbia UMass-Amherst HE 36 7 17 24 16 FA/10
Worcester AHL 3 0 0 0 2
27 Justin Braun 6-2 205 R 2/10/87 Vadnais Heights, Minnesota UMass-Amherst HE 36 8 23 31 30 ED/07
Worcester AHL 3 0 3 3 0
28 Jay Leach 6-4 215 L 9/2/79 Syracuse, New York San Jose NHL 28 1 1 2 20 WA/09
Lowell AHL 12 0 3 3 10
Montreal NHL 7 0 0 0 5
29 Nicholas Petrecki 6-3 230 L 7/11/89 Schenectady, New York Worcester AHL 65 2 12 14 106 ED/07
37 Sean Sullivan 6-0 190 L 3/29/84 Boston, Massachusetts San Antonio AHL 77 12 37 49 32 FA/10
NO GOALTENDER HT WT C BORN BIRTHPLACE 2008-09 TEAM LGE GP MIN GAA W-L-T SO GA ACQ
30 Carter Hutton 6-1 195 L 12/19/85 Thunder Bay, Ontario UMass-Lowell HE 27 1614 2.04 13-12-2 4 55 FA/10
Adirondack AHL 4 244 2.71 1-2-1 0 11
32 Alex Stalock 6-0 180 L 7/28/87 South St. Paul, Minnesota Worcester AHL 58 3534 2.63 39-19-2 4 155 ED/05
Acquired:
ED/YR Entry Draft/Year Drafted Head Coach: Roy Sommer CEO: Michael T. Lehr
FA/YR Free Agent/Year Signed Assistant Coach: David Cunniff President: Michael A. Mudd
AHL/YR AHL Contract/Year Signed Head Athletic Trainer: Matt White General Manager: Wayne Thomas
TR/YR Through Trade/Year Acquired Head Equipment Manager: Chris Davidson-Adams PR / Broadcaster: Eric Lindquist
WA/YRVia Waivers/Year Acquired Strength & Conditioning Assistant: Jaime Rodriguez NHL Affiliation: San Jose Sharks
PTO Player Tryout Agreement Assistant Equipment Manager: Corey Morong ECHL Affiliation: Stockton Thunder
Get your Worcester Sharks tickets today by calling 508-929-0500 or by visiting SharksAHL.com. Opening night at the DCU Center in Saturday, October 23rd vs. the Providence Bruins!
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