Pair of rookies return after a year in the SPHL
BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners
PORTLAND, ME – August 10, 2021 – The Maine Mariners announced two more additions to their 2021-22 roster on Tuesday, signing forward Nick Master and defenseman Nate Kallen. Both players were rookies on the Mariners in 2019-20 and spent the 2020-21 season playing in the Southern Professional Hockey League.
Master is a 26-year-old forward from Broomall, PA, who joined the Mariners at the end of the 2018-19 season, debuting on March 24th, 2019. He was immediately productive, putting up seven points in eight games. He began his Maine career with a four-game point streak and scored his first professional goal on March 30th, 2019, at Adirondack. Master then re-signed with the Mariners for 2019-20 but played in just six games before suffering a season-ending wrist injury.
Nick was slated to return to Maine for 2020-21 before the Mariners opted out of the season due to the pandemic. He spent the season in the SPHL with the Knoxville Ice Bears instead, appearing in 36 games, with eight goals and 18 assists.
MASTER
Master played college hockey at UMass-Lowell, where he skated in 150 games over four years, with 21 goals and 47 assists. Before college, he played in the USHL with the Cedar Rapids Roughriders and Tri-City Storm. In the 2014-15 season with the Storm, Master posted 42 points in 56 regular season games, followed by seven points in as many playoff contests.
Nate Kallen, 23, made his professional debut for the Mariners right before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The defenseman joined Maine from Ferris State University in early March 2020 and appeared in three games before the season was halted. In 2020-21, Kallen got four more ECHL games under his belt, suiting up for the Rapid City Rush. He played most of the season with the SPHL’s Macon Mayhem and posted impressive numbers: 19 points in 25 games. The defenseman scored four goals while adding 19 assists for Macon. He also played in four playoff games.
After serving as alternate captain as a junior, Kallen was the captain for Ferris State in his senior season of 2019-20. He was a staple in the Bulldogs lineup for all four of his collegiate seasons, playing at least 35 games in all four and putting up productive offensive numbers. As a junior in 2018-19, he posted 24 points (7 goals, 17 assists) in 36 games, finishing third on the team. As a senior in 19-20, his 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists) were good for second on the club.
Kallen was named to the Ferris State “All-Decade team” in December of 2019, the only active member of the program to earn the distinction. With 20 goals, Kallen led all Bulldog defensemen in goals between 2010 and 2020. In the 2017-18 season, Kallen also made the WCHA All-Academic team.
MASTER AND KALLEN
Master and Kallen join forward Greg Chase and defensemen Brycen Martin and Connor Doherty on the announced 2021-22 roster.
The Mariners are now proud affiliates of the Boston Bruins and begin their 2021-22 season, presented by Hannaford To Go on October 22nd, with the home opener against the Worcester Railers, sponsored by Skowhegan Savings. The full schedule can be found here. Full season, half-season, 12-game mini-plans, and 10-ticket flex plans, as well as group tickets, are available now. Single-game tickets will go on sale on September 29th. More information on current ticketing options is available by calling 833-GO-MAINE, emailing mariners-sales@comcastspectacor.com, or visiting MarinersOfMaine.com.
Related
Related posts
Top picks
WOLF PACK SEND BRUINS PACKING WITH OT WIN
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack are headed to the Atlantic Division Finals for the second straight season. A wild bounce saw a puck clip Jake Leschyshyn and beat Brandon Bussi 9:41 into overtime of Game 4 at…
PRE-GAME: WOLF PACK CAN CLOSE OUT BRUINS TONIGHT
PRE-GAME REPORT: WOLF PACK LOOK TO CLOSE OUT SERIES AGAINST BRUINS AT XL CENTER By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack welcome the Providence Bruins to town tonight for Game 4 of their Atlantic Division Semifinals series. Thanks to…
WOLF PACK SUFFER UGLY LOSS TO P-BRUINS IN GAME 2
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack PROVIDENCE, RI – The Hartford Wolf Pack were forced to settle for a split in Providence, as the Bruins roared back to take Game 2 6-0 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion on Friday night. The series, now tied 1-1,…
WOLF PACK TAKE GAME ONE OF SEMIS IN P-TOWN
By: Shay Costa, Howlings PROVIDENCE, RI – The Hartford Wolf Pack’s Anton Blidh scored 1:28 into the third period to give the team a 4-3 road win against his former team, the Providence Bruins, in Game One of the Atlantic Division semifinal in front of…
WOLF PACK SEND BRUINS PACKING WITH OT WIN
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack are headed to the Atlantic Division Finals for the second straight season. A wild bounce saw a puck clip Jake Leschyshyn and beat Brandon Bussi 9:41 into overtime of Game 4 at…
WOLF PACK SUFFER UGLY LOSS TO P-BRUINS IN GAME 2
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack PROVIDENCE, RI – The Hartford Wolf Pack were forced to settle for a split in Providence, as the Bruins roared back to take Game 2 6-0 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion on Friday night. The series, now tied 1-1,…
WOLF PACK TAKE GAME ONE OF SEMIS IN P-TOWN
By: Shay Costa, Howlings PROVIDENCE, RI – The Hartford Wolf Pack’s Anton Blidh scored 1:28 into the third period to give the team a 4-3 road win against his former team, the Providence Bruins, in Game One of the Atlantic Division semifinal in front of…
WOLF PACK GET 3-PT NIGHT FROM PITLICK IN GM 1 WIN
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack PROVIDENCE, RI – Tyler Pitlick picked up three points on Wednesday night as the Hartford Wolf Pack marched into the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence and took Game 1 of their best-of-five Atlantic Division Semifinals series. The Wolf Pack…
ORLANDO ENDS SWAMP RABBITS SEASON
Swamp Rabbits show life late, but Orlando pulls away to win the series BY: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, SC– Jaydon Dureau’s two-goal night spearheaded a 5-1 Orlando Solar Bears win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on Tuesday to win the South Division Semifinals…
SWAMP RABBITS ANSWER BACK IN GAME 2
Eberle nets game-winner; three multi-point performers shine in win BY: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, SC—Tanner Eberle broke a deadlock in a wild third period to headline the Greenville Swamp Rabbits’ Game 2 win over the Orlando Solar Bears by a 4-2 score on Monday…
SWAMP RABBITS DROP GAME 1 in OT
Spencer Kersten ends a 72-minute game to steal Game 1 from Greenville By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. – Spencer Kersten ended a marathon goalie duel to give the Orlando Solar Bears a lead in the South Division Semifinals, 1-0, over the Greenville…
SWAMP RABBITS SCHEDULE FOR SOUTH DIVISION SEMIFINALS
Swamp Rabbits and Solar Bears begin a best-of-seven series this Sunday in Greenville By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, announced the full schedule for the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs…
Stay connected with ours socials