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WHALE CUTS

WHALE ANNOUNCE ROSTER DELETIONS

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Two Players Released, Four Assigned to ECHL Greenville

Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld today announced the following cuts from the team’s training camp roster:

Reassigned by the Whale to Greenville (ECHL):

Defensemen (1):    Sam Klassen

Forwards (3):         Max Campbell, Brendan Connolly, Jason Wilson

Released by the Whale:

Forwards (2):         Tayler Jordan, Matt Rust

With those changes, the Whale now have 26 players in training camp:

Goal (2):           Chad Johnson, Cameron Talbot

Defense (10):    Lee Baldwin, Collin Bowman, Tim Erixon, T.J. Fast, Tomas Kundratek, Jyri Niemi, Jared Nightingale, Blake Parlett, Wade Redden, Pavel Valentenko

Forwards (14):   Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Ryan Bourque, Andre Deveaux, Tommy Grant, Carl Hagelin, Chad Kolarik, Chris McKelvie, John Mitchell, Kris Newbury, Jordan Owens, Scott Tanski, Kelsey Tessier, Andreas Thuresson, Dale Weise

The Whale kick off the franchise’s 15th season of action this Saturday night, October 8th at the Glens Falls (NY) Civic Center against the Adirondack Phantoms.  Faceoff is 7:00 PM, and all the CT Whale Rockin’ Hockey action can be heard live on “The Rock”, 106.9 FM, WCCC, as well as on-line at www.ctwhale.com.

The Whale’s regular-season home opener is coming up next Saturday, October 15, a GEICO Connecticut Cup game vs. the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.  Five-thousand fans at that game will receive a free Whale magnetic schedule, sponsored by Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.  Tickets to that game, and all 2011-12 Whale home games, are on sale now at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, as well as on-line at www.ctwhale.com and through TicketMaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Save on your tickets, and get the best seats, with a ticket plan for the Whale’s 2011-12 AHL campaign, which are on sale now. For information on season seats and mini plans, visit www.ctwhale.com, or call the CT Whale ticket office at (860) 728-3366 to talk with an account executive today.

Mitch Beck

Mitch Beck was a standup comedian and radio personality for over 25 years. His passion for hockey started with Team USA in 1980 when they defeated the Soviets at Lake Placid. He has also worked in hockey as a coach and administrator. He also works for USA Hockey as a Coach Developer. Mitch has been reporting on the New York Rangers, and exclusively on the Hartford Wolf Pack since 2005.

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