URQUHART BACK FOR SECONDS

Defenseman Dave Urquhart was resigned to an AHL contract by the Hartford Wolf Pack Friday to patrol the blueline in the 2009-2010 season.

Urquhart was arguably the most improved Wolf Pack player over the course of the season and we have maintained it before and will say it here again, that if he makes the same level of strides that he made this season, he will be an NHL player the following year. Urquhart is a puck mover with a good shot and is not afraid to lay people out. He was superb skating with Michael Sauer as they both led the Pack in plus/minus.

Urquhart, was a rookie last season out of McGill University and played in 58 games last season. He scored six goals and adding eight assists for 14 points, with 36 penalty minutes and a +13 rating.  The 24-year-old, 6-0, 195-pounder was scoreless and +1 in six postseason games.

Prior to joining the Wolf Pack, Urquhart, a native of Thorold, Ontario, registered five assists and 10 PIM in seven games with the Pack’s ECHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers.

Urquhart originally signed with the Wolf Pack last July, after totaling 23 goals and 84 assists for 107 points, along with 330 minutes in penalties, in 147 career games at McGill, where he played the previous four seasons.

Urquhart has an excellent work ethic both in game and in practice. He’s vocal and animated and demonstrates a willingness to be coached and that was why he was resigned and why he will continue to improve in his sophomore campaign.

(Photo courtesy of rangers.nhl.com)