MCKELVIE UP 

WHALE RECALL FORWARD CHRIS MCKELVIE FROM GREENVILLE

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Rookie has Six Points in 16 ECHL Games

HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has recalled forward Chris McKelvie from its ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.

McKelvie, a 6-1, 195-pound rookie out of Bemidji State University, has skated in 16 games for the Road Warriors this season and has scored three goals and added three assists for six points, while serving 20 minutes in penalties.  Prior to being loaned to Greenville December 4, McKelvie, 25, also skated in 15 games for the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale this season, totaling one goal and two assists for three points, along with 15 penalty minutes.

McKelvie, a native of New Brighton, Minnesota signed an AHL contract with the Wolf Pack prior to the 2010-11 season. He played six games for the Wolf Pack in the 2009-10 season while on an Amateur Tryout Agreement, after spending four seasons with Bemidji State, where he totaled 18 goals and 15 assists for 33 points in 120 games for the Beavers.

The Whale are back in action tomorrow night, Friday, January 21, hosting the Hamilton Bulldogs in a 7:00 PM game at the XL Center.  Fans can meet ex-Hartford Wolf Pack favorites Todd Hall and Terry Virtue, who will be signing autographs in the XL Center atrium from 6:00-7:00 PM, and being a Friday night, it’s a Guida’s Family Value Night.  Family Value packages start as low as $48 and include three tickets, three hot dogs or pizza slices, three sodas and a Whale souvenir. Guida’s Family Value Night packs are available at the XL Center ticket office and on-line at www.CTwhale.com.

Tickets for all 2010-11 Whale home games are available now at the XL Center ticket office, through Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.ctwhale.com.  Tickets start at $7 each at the XL Center ticket office on game day.

For information on Whale ticket packages, group sales and VIP packages, call (860) 728-3366.

The AHL’s CT 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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