Steelers bring in a new defenceman

This morning the Steelers announced a new recruit to the orange ranks.

Arriving in Sheffield to add to the depleted defensive core is 24 year old Finn Miika Franssila; and we can probably believe that this was the player that Paul Thompson consulted Joonas Ronnberg over before finalising the deal yesterday. To a fair number of us, it seems to be a signing that has hardly set the fan base jumping through hoops in delight. A great deal seem to be very underwhelmed by it all.

So what do we know about the newcomer then?

Miika (and no, it's not that guy who sang "Big Girls You Are Beautiful") is a 24 year old who has spent the majority of his professional career in the Mestis Liga which is the second tier of the Finnish hockey league structure. He's played over 200 games at that level, including play-off games, and has a creditable 91 points in those games. This confirms he's more about skill and creation than toughness. A stark comparison to his recently departed countryman, and not what some Steelers fans had been crying out for.

It therefore probably leaves Davey Phillips as the only recognised stay-at-home type defenceman that is on our blue line. With Zack (Fitzgerald) on the sidelines with his jaw injury for an unknown period of time, you can understand why people are thinking we have weakened the defence more now especially when you have physical sides like Cardiff, Nottingham and Belfast in our little conference which we are struggling big time in.

However, we have to give him a chance and obviously the guy fits in with Thommo's gameplan and systems. It will remain interesting to see how well he adapts and if he is a success. Miika will be in the line up to make a home debut on Sunday when we host Belfast, and Thompson hopes he will also be able to feature in Friday's trip to Braehead.

Welcome to Sheffield Miika, hope you can prove a lot of doubters wrong.

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Steelers bring heavyweight Deveaux

This morning the Steelers announced a new signing.

Arriving in Sheffield is experienced NHL/AHL heavyweight Andre Deveaux who has showcased his talents and picked up over 1700 penalty minutes in his professional career. Deveaux, who was born in the Bahamas but is a naturalised Canadian, has had spells in "The Show" with both Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers and has had bouts with recognised enforcers such as Shawn Thornton as seen in the picture below:

Deveaux shown here in the white of Toronto grapples with Boston Bruin Thornton

Granted he has not played often recently, some are undoubtedly sceptical that this is a signing that might be the wrong fit for the Club. However, he does provide some size offensively and a bit of presence which reminds me of us signing Guillaume Desbiens when we first signed him. Hopefully he will have a similar impact to "Desi" and toughen up the team whilst also letting the team rely upon just Zack, and Brady to a lesser extent, when it comes to dropping the gloves.

Quite where Andre fits in the team line-up is obviously down to Paul and Jerry, but they have obviously decided we need to have more about us and it will stop other sides bullying the Steelers on ice like they have done on some occasions this season. Andre has been signed for the remainder of the season so could this lead to someone being released when the roster is fully healthy? We shall have to see about that. He should make his bow this weekend when we face the Devils and Giants in back-to-back home games.

Welcome to Sheffield Andre!

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Welcome to Sheffield - Andreas Jämtin

Yesterday Steelers announced the signing of Andreas Jämtin, who fills the void left by Juha Koivisto's return to Finland. First of it all it's a warm welcome from everyone here to Andreas, and we hope you enjoy your time as a Steeler. So what we do know about the new guy?

Well like the departing Koivisto, Jämtin is in his mid-thirties and also like Koivisto - he's a very experienced guy to have around the locker room. He has almost 700 games (regular and post-season) under his proverbial belt in the SHL and that's something you've got to respect. You certainly don't play that many games in the top flight of Swedish hockey without being a bit good. Agree with us on that one?

He's also twice a SHL Champion, winning that in 2003-04 and 2007-08 with our good friends at HV71, and also in 2012-13 won a World Championship Gold Medal with Tre Kronor (Swedish National team if you didn't know). Amongst his HV71 team-mates were the late and dearly missed Stefan Liv as well as current captain Martin Thörnberg, whilst he was alongside a clutch of NHL stars like the Sedin twins, and also Henrik Lundqvist's twin brother Joel for example.

Another thing that might surprise some is that he's not your typical Swedish player. Most expect Sweden to be full of flair and panache, Jämtin isn't. He's from what I've watched clips of, more like a Swedish version of Tylor Michel and he was a rink rat and a half wasn't it? Hopefully Andreas will do a fair of the same too. I've also spoken with our Swedish friend Tim Larsson, one of the many HV71 Steelers as we could call them, and asked him for a few thoughts:

"He was really bad last season but that was in a bad team. About 5-6 years ago he was an outstanding grit player. He's a probably better version of (Yared) Hagos to be honest. That said, the media here were saying he was in better shape than ever a few weeks ago. So I think he can do well in EIHL."

Thanks for them Tim, always good to have an insight on Swedish hockey from you. It certainly sounds like Andreas could be a good fit for us, but we will have to see. He makes his debut tonight in the NIC and his home bow on Sunday when we entertain the Braehead Clan.

Our new signing Andreas Jämtin, looks a bit mean doesn't he?

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Steelers bring in an injury cover signing

Steelers this morning added to their depleted injury hit roster, a trait which has seemingly hit others as well, by bringing in experienced Finnish winger Juha Koivisto to the ranks. Koivisto has been signed an initial four-week injury cover basis whilst Paul Thompson’s men have to do without a combination of Messrs. Roy, Fretter, Nelson and Marquardt in that time due to various injuries and knocks picked up these afore mentioned players.

33-year-old Koivisto comes with an established pedigree with over 600 games in the top two divisions in his homeland, and half of these in Liiga which is the top flight of Finnish hockey. That’s an impressive stat if there ever was one. Predominantly a right winger, he should provide welcome relief to the roster who have seen numbers reduce and lines reshuffled almost on a game by game basis throughout the pre-season fixtures.

He becomes only the fourth Finn to play for the Steelers in their history, following in the steps of Timo Wiilman, Ilpo Salmivitra and of course current blue liner Joonas Ronnberg. An exclusive club indeed. The club have announced that he will wear 42 in his time here in Sheffield, and will be making his bow in Steelers colours at Altrincham tomorrow night when the boys travel there to face Manchester Storm in the Challenge Cup.

Welcome to Sheffield and to the Steelers Juha, we hope you enjoy your time here in orange.

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Steelers make a signing

Late last night or early this morning, Sheffield Steelers added a new import to their roster. After releasing Jesse Schultz, Steelers took their time in finding a new face to replace him. Joining the Steelers for the remainder of the campaign is 29 year old Canadian right winger Geoff Walker, acquired from Fassa HC in the Alps Hockey League. 

So what do we know about our new import? Here's a few bits of information we've delved into and found out about him:

• Before joining the Steelers, Walker was top scorer in the Alps HL. He'd scored 20 times and had 32 assists in addition for 52 points in just 32 games - that's more than a point and half per game.
• Whilst he never made a NHL appearance, he has 125 points in 293 AHL games (regular and post-season). That's also a decent pedigree.
• He's not afraid to have a scrap and courts Louis Robitalle as one of the guys he's dropped the mitts with. At 6'3 and 224 pounds, Walker is not afraid to use his size.
• In 2013-14 he played briefly with our very own Mathieu Roy at Florida Everblades. In the same roster was Charles Landry who was at the Bears the following year.
• He's also featured at Missouri Mavericks, whom Colt King, Matt Stephenson and Mike Ramsay iced for after leaving Sheffield. Amongst his team-mates there were Manchester duo Mike Clementè and Dallas Erdhardt, Fife's Sèbastian Thinel and Belfast's David Rutherford.
• He's worn shirt numbers 8 and 17 in the past. With Markus Nilsson already wearing 17, could Walker be our new number 8?

So we expect him to be in the line-up on Wednesday night when we entertain Fife Flyers; which means he'll get to see his old buddy Thinel probably. He looks a more than useful addition, able to score goals and in all situations too. After Schultz's departure, Thommo needed to find a player with a decent pedigree, I think he's got one here. It does mean that one non-EU import will need to sit to accomodate him however, whoever that is - that becomes PT's call obviously.

Welcome to Sheffield Geoff, hope you enjoy your time here.

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New Signing News

Steelers today officially confirmed the re-signing of Canadian defenceman Jace Coyle until the end of the season after the paperwork had been finalised and resolved.

Coyle, 26, was a part of the Steelers team that captured the Elite League crown last year in dramatic circumstances and initially refused to re-sign for a second campaign as he was getting married in the summer despite Paul Thompson's pleas. Now he's back in orange and will be making his second debut on Wednesday night at Ice Sheffield when Steelers entertain Marc LeFebvre's Dundee Stars.

The defenceman made 70 appearances last season in all competitions after joining from Aalborg Pirates where he had worked under Thompson beforehand. In those 70 games, Coyle recorded 11 goals and 24 assists for 35 points which means he chalked up a point every other game for the stattos out there. He also picked up 32 penalty minutes in the same season.

After his wedding, Coyle joined Quad City Mallards in the ECHL for the new season but Thompson never lost contact with him. So when injuries started to bite, Coyle had no hesitation to answer his former coach's call. Mallards placed him "under suspension" whilst the formalities were sorted but tomorrow last season's number #24 returns to the Steelers team. His move will allow Mike Ratchuk to continue as a forward and Coyle should slot into the role that Ratchuk was occupying on the blue line. He knows the systems so that should enable himself to slot straight into the team. 

According to Thompson, he's not been re-signed to force someone out, but apparently as a spare import. It now puts pressure on those in the defence to perform knowing there's someone ready to nab your roster spot. Welcome back to Sheffield Jace.
 

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The Walkeden Review - Swedish Vestberg Joins The Steelers

Paul Thompson makes Swedish Left Winger Fredrik Vestberg his next signing

The 32-Year-Old left winger joins the Steelers after spending the last 13 years in the Allsvenskan where he spent 8 of them years in his hometown club of Aimtuna. Despite being a left winger Vestberg has spent the last 3 years playing centre so it will be interesting to see what Thompson will use him as.

In 509 games in the Allsvenskan Vestberg has record 280 points (108+172) adding a further 22 points in 40 post-season games (10+12) even then he's only sat 200 PIM including post-season so impressive numbers put up for the experienced winger. Fredrik will probably be expected to play plenty of Ice time and I think we'll certainly see him on one of the powerplay units. Fredrik has also represented Sweden at U16 through to the U19 level so it'll certainly good to see him in Sheffield for the new season as he takes up one of our two EU slots.

One final thing to say and that is welcome to Sheffield Fredrik.

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The Walkeden Review - Fitzgerald Joins the Steelers

Sheffield Steelers have completed the signing of American D-man Zack Fitzgerald from the Braehead Clan

Fitzgerald spent last season at the Braehead Clan where he helped them to finish runners up to the Steelers. Fitzgerald is a bit of your old fashioned enforcer and while there is many mixed views amongst fans on whether its a good signing or not in my opinion no one can deny it is what we lacked last season and it might not appeal to everyone but it certainly what we need someone to protect the other players to give them the freedom to play.

Last season with the Clan Fitzgerald recorded 14 points (2+12) in 50 games and sat for an impressive 336 PIM. The Steelers new signing joins up with former team mate Cullen Eddy who he played with at the Adirondack Phantoms.

When I saw the name of who we had signed I didn't know what to say because I wasn't very fond of him at the Clan especially after the incident with Danny Bois but I cant deny he is what we need so as long as he wears orange I'm sure i'll learn to love him and cheer him on.

Welcome to Sheffield Zack

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The Walkeden Review - Jace Coyle Is Added To The Blue Line

Jace Coyle Joins Paul Thompson for a Second Successive Season

24-Year-Old Canadian Defenceman spent last season with Thompson at Aalborg in Denmark and has been convinced to join Thompson at the Steelers for the 15/16 season.

Coyle has had a professional contract with the Dallas Stars as well as their AHL affiliated team the Texas Stars where he played alongside Gord Baldwin who has spent two years at the Steelers. He has also spent time with Idaho Steelheads in the ECHL before moving to Europe to join Aalborg where in 36 games scored 21 points (2+19) adding a further goal in the post season and accumulating 85 penalty minutes through the regular and post season.

Coyle is very early in his professional career but is said to be an extremely good skater probably one of the most mobile defenceman in the league and will be expected to put up points with plenty of Ice time and Jace said that he likes to quarter-back on the powerplay so improvements to any man advantage is a good addition.

Jace Coyle is a massive pick up for the Steelers and certainly look forward to seeing him in orange.

Seth Bennett spoke with Paul Thompson about the signing

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Peter Spencer spoke with Jace Coyle about signing for the Steelers

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One final thing left to say and that is welcome to the Sheffield Steelers Jace Coyle.

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The Walkeden Review - Moyer Joins Steelers

Steelers today confirmed the signing of 32-year-old Canadian Russel Moyer.

Moyer is the first new signing to the Steelers for the 15/16 season and the defenceman is known as an all-round player in past teams he'd contributed offensively for his teams but more recently he's had to play a more defensive role while in Sweden and adapt to their style of play and as a part of Karlskrona last season they wasn't fancied to get promoted to top division in Sweden but played a big part in helping them achieve promotion to the top division.

A well experienced player who has spent the last 6 years playing in Europe in some good league and will be a good addition to the Steelers, Moyer stands at 6ft and Thompson said he wanted to add a bit more size to the team so expect some bigger guys to come in. Moyer makes that 3 defenceman for the 15/17 season and just below this is his interview with Peter Spencer so take a listen.

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On another note good luck to Mark Thomas who after 10 years of service to the Steelers has joined the Manchester Phoenix to be closer to home. Thank you for all the memories Mark you'll be missed but I'm sure we'll see you around the Arena during the season.

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The Walkeden Review - Steelers Make A Double Swoop

The Sheffield Steelers have made a double signing and they have brought in 25-year-old American Goaltender Josh Unice and 28-Year-Old Slovakian Tomas Petruska.

It has come to the attention that goaltender Frank Doyle has been playing hurt for some time and it has now come to the time where he just can't continue to play anymore so Sheffield made the move for the former #86 overall third round pick by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2007 draft.

It's safe to say that this is a gamble on Unice as he hasn't really had a shot at a professional level, He has had a short stint in Slovakia but it didn't work out well for him only playing in 2 games but at the end of 25 he's still very young. As G said in an interview we aren't going to go out and find another Frank Doyle at the end of January but we had three options open to us and Unice was the strongest of the three. Looking at Josh's stats he has had a very good university career and he's coming here to prove himself. Josh flew to Sheffield on Friday and trained with his new team mates and will start the game on Saturday against Coventry as the Steelers look to pick up their form. Josh has represented USA at U17, U18 and U20 level as well as getting U18 goaltender of the year in 2007 so somebody somewhere rates and I look forward to seeing him in a Steelers Jersey.

After the sacking of Danny Bois on Monday his replacement has come in the shape of highly rated Slovakian forward Tomas Petruska. Petruska is a right-handed shot who has put some big numbers up in Europe however more noticeable is his most recent team Graz 99ers in Austria where in 20 games he's only managed 9 points (4+5) but I think that could be to do with his ice time sometimes you can see a player go to a league they don't know and won't have quite the same impact just because their ice time drops. With Petruska coming to the Steelers and with Fretter possibly still out injured I wouldn't be surprised to see Tomas on the top line along with Forney and Roy but there is a chance Petruska won't feature tonight for the Steelers as he flies into Sheffield Saturday night and if there is any delays he won't be playing but if all goes well and as planned then G is expecting him in the line-up tonight.

Looking at Petruska's honours he had a very successful season last year winning the Danish Cup with Herning as well as making it into the All-Star team. It also looks like he is a man that enjoys the post season for example 2012 he scored 21 points in 13 games (8+13) or in 2013 in 7 relegation games scored 12 points (4+8) and then last season scored 15 points in 12 games (8+7). So it just comes to show that he can put numbers up and I'm sure he will for us hopefully starting tonight.

So welcome to both Josh and Tomas and we wish you all the best in Sheffield and hope you both have a successful stay.

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The Walkeden Review - Legue Returns to the Steelers

We all thought it was the end of an Era during the summer when Jeff Legue decided to leave to join the Steeldogs well it turned out we was wrong when on the evening of Tuesday 23^rd December 2014 it was announced by the Elite League leaders that Top all time point scorer in the EIHL era Jeff Legue had re-signed for them till the end of the 2015/16 season.

I think I speak for a lot of fans when I say welcome home Jeff. Jeff will also not being wearing his usual #11 shirt as it is now back in the rafters after it was retired in honour of Tommy Plommer but Jeff has taken on the #12 shirt as his son was born in the 12^th month. Now for the question what line will Jeff play on? For me I can’t see Gerad breaking up our top two lines as they have major chemistry and are just outstanding so that leaves Legue joining the third line and what an improvement he makes to it and that’s not taking away how well they have done over the last few weeks but on a personal note a massive upgrade on Latulippe as the former Devils man just never turned out to be the player he was in Cardiff. I can see Jeff jumping on the power play unit though alongside Sarich maybe! As let’s be honest we all know what them two can do together especially on the man advantage. But we will find out on Friday as Legue makes his debut in the Boxing Day showdown with them down the road the Nottingham Panthers before the Steelers travel to Nottingham on Saturday.

Gerad had this to say about the re-signing of Jeff (From the Steelers website) “I Couldn’t be happier, Jeff Legue knows what it is to be Steeler. He knows how to win and what is expected from players here. The whole club just got a lot better today.”

Jeff had this to say himself (From the Steelers website) “This is a great opportunity for me to come back to the Steeler sand help contribute to a push for a championship. Chances like that don’t come around often, especially at this stage of my career.”

So far in a Steelers jersey since his debut in 2007 Jeff has played in 448 games scoring 551 points getting a massive 240 goals and a further 311 assists. So far this season while playing for the Steeldogs in the EPL Legue has played in a total of 20 games scoring 32 points (20+12) and he’ll look to continue his scoring form as well as add to his Steelers total this coming Friday. So get along to the Arena for the crunch game to which will be an almost near sell out and the first chance to welcome Jeff home.

So once again Jeff welcome home!

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The Walkeden Review - Danny "Bwah" Bois Signs For The Steelers

The Sheffield Steelers are now back to full strength after filling their import quota.

Danny Bois has today signed for the Sheffield Steelers. The 31-year-old right winger joins after four years in Europe spending three seasons in Austria playing for EC Salzburg and Dornbirner EC where he was captain for his one year stay and last year he spent the season in Germany in the DEL playing for EHC Munchen.

The Canadian forward is from Thunder Bay, Ontario and was drafted #97 overall in the third round of the 2001 NHL draft by the Colorado Avalanche. Despite never playing for Colorado he spent four years in the OHL with the London Nights before spending five straight years in the AHL with the Binghamton Senators where he also played one game for the Ottawa Senators scoring no points but managing 7 PIM’s. Bois comes with more than 400 hundred AHL games on his CV scoring 135 points in 409 games (64+71) and accumulating an impressive 1124 penalty minutes during his time in the AHL.

The Steelers new signing has one silverware in Europe and they both came with EC Salzburg when he won the Austrian championship as well as the European trophy during his time in Europe Bois made 184 appearances scoring 91 points (40+51) putting up a further 558 penalty minutes so looking at his Stats we know were getting a player that is going to stick up for his team mates. After doing my research he’s a player that doesn’t go looking for trouble but he’ll sort it out when the time comes to it. Bois stands at 6ft and weights at around 90kg and a bit further down I’m going to put some videos up of a few of his fights one of them being against a certain Trevor Hendrikx.

I think Danny Bois is exactly what we need and is a perfect replacement for Pascal Morency who unfortunately had to retire due to Injury. Bois will stick up for his  team mates and there a few teams in the league with a few bigger guys so it’s nice to know we’ll have someone that can stand up to them and go toe to toe.

I’m not sure what number Bois will be wearing but I can hear it now when he scores at the Arena “Oh Danny Boy” let’s be fair that one is a no brainer. I believe Danny also has a strange way of pronouncing his name very similar to the way we say Mathieu Roy "Rwah"  I believe Danny will be here to play this coming weekend starting with our double header in Braehead and it now means we have our full Import quota. Bois joins the Steelers with his new team sitting third in the standings only a point of the top spot but with three games in hand.

Welcome to Sheffield Danny! Hope you enjoy your stay and can contribute to the team’s success.

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The Walkeden Review - O'Connor Signs For The Steelers

Is it just me guys or is Sheffield absolutely buzzing today (Thursday 16^th October 2014) and this is all down to the fact the Steelers signed GB international Ben O’Connor! I’m not going to lie I’m extremely excited about this signing as he’s one of the best players around and he’s only going to make our blue line better.

Ben was released by Arlan from Kazakhstan and I don’t know why he was released but does it matter as the important thing is that he’s going to be putting on a Steelers uniform this weekend, I’ve been saying for years that I wanted to see Ben play for the Steelers and its finally happening.

Now the part that puts a bit of a downer on the news it’s only a short term deal which could become a permanent deal but that is a decision that Ben has to make as no doubt he’s going to have a lot of interest from teams in Europe so I myself expect him to be back out in Europe sooner rather than later. This deal allows Cullen Eddy to play up front as were still without the injured Robert Dowd and Pascal Morency who Morency actually hasn’t appeared since the first game of the season and with Colton Fretter back from suspension on Saturday means were back to full strength and it all means that Ben will slot straight into the Steelers blue line.

Ben comes to Sheffield with some big boots to fill as everyone knows his dad is a hero round here but I’m 100% that he won’t let Mike down. This isn’t his first time in the EIHL as he’s previously played for the Basingstoke Bison, Edinburgh Capitals and the Coventry Blaze in total scoring 63 points (21+42) in 166 appearances but for the last 4 years the GB D-man has been in Europe spending the last three years in Kazakhstan but before that he was in France with Morzine-Avoriaz-Les Gets where in the regular season he recorded 13 points in just 26 games which is a point every other game but then he moved to Kazakhstan first spending a year at Saryarka Karaganda playing 62 games overall scoring 35 points (15+20) before spending the last two years at Arlan Kokshetau where he played a total of 124 games regular and postseason scoring 113 points (35+78) which doesn’t include the 12 points he’s got this season for Arlan in 9 games (7+5) so his stats show he can play with the best and this weekend at home to the Cardiff Devils we get to see him in a Steelers uniform for the first time.

I believe Ben will be wearing #81 (It’s what I got from the Steelers twitter account from a picture of the sponsorship grid I have tweeted them to see if they can confirm it) and I’m pretty sure his Jersey will be a good seller especially if he ends up being here for the whole season I mean look at Sestito he was only here for a short term and I see plenty of his jersey about.

So come on then guys what are your views on this singing tell us what you think and how excited you are? Or maybe you’re not (quiet think of a reason why you wouldn’t be) but you know fans nowadays.

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Steelers Capture Free-Scoring Mathieu Roy

Over the last week, I think Gerad Adams has been able to replace the goals of Jeff Legue and Stefan Meyer.

(Obviously no one actually knows what is happening with Meyer at the moment, but as it stands he isn’t a Steeler.)

In addition to Mike Forney last week, Steelers head coach has acquired the services of free-scoring Canadian left winger Mathieu Roy.

Steelers Welcome A New Sniper!!

Steelers have unveiled their latest addition to the 2014/2015 roster in the shape of American born Mike Forney.

The 6’2 left winger joins the Sheffield Steelers at 26-years-old from the Arizona Sundogs in the CHL. Forney, who is a right-handed shot was drafted back in 2006 by the Atlanta Thrasher (#80 overall) but never made an appearance for the Thrashers as he spent four or five years in between the AHL and the ECHL, playing 26 games in the AHL.