DONATI GOES BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE

The Tyler Donati experiment is over in Hartford. The Whale today announced that they have “loaned” Donati to the Jackals. Donati really didn’t do all that much as a member of the team and had been scratched the past several games.

Donati has familiarity and history with Elmira as he was the ECHL’s leading scorer and MVP with the Jackals last season.

Here’s the official release:

WHALE ASSIGN TYLER DONATI TO ELMIRA

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Was Scoreless in Eight Whale Games

HARTFORD, November 30, 2010:  Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has loaned forward Tyler Donati to the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL.

Donati, who signed an AHL contract with the Whale October 21, went scoreless with eight shots on goal in eight games with the Whale.  Last season with the Jackals, he was the ECHL’s leading scorer and MVP, with 38 goals and 76 assists for 114 points in 67 games.

The Whale return to action tomorrow night, Wednesday, December 1, as they travel to Worcester to take on the Sharks at 7:00 PM (WTIC HD-2, www.ctwhale.com, www.wtic.com).  The team’s next home game at the XL Center is this Saturday night, December 4, also against Worcester and also at 7:00.  Tickets for that, and all 2010-11 home games, are available now at the XL Center box office, through Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.ctwhale.com.

Special season ticket deals are also available for the Whale portion of this 2010-11 AHL season.  For details on that, and all of the Whale’s many ticketing options, visit www.ctwhale.com, or call (860) 728-3366 to talk with an account executive today.

The AHL’s Connecticut Whale is operated by Whalers Sports and Entertainment, a Hartford-based sports marketing and event firm founded by Howard Baldwin.  The team is the top player-development affiliate of the NHL’s New York Rangers.

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