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jevers
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 Posted - 04/03/2010 : 5:16:16 PM
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CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Cyclones, ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators, announced this afternoon that they have signed forwards Josh Heidinger and Will Ortiz to standard player contracts.
Heidinger, 24, completed his senior season at Canisius College, playing in 37 games and picking up eleven goals and 28 assists for 39 points and 62 penalty minutes. Twice named Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week this past season, Josh helped the squad to sweep Mercyhurst in the opening round of the Atlantic Hockey postseasonadvancing Canisius to the league's semifinals for the first time since 2004. The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), which has advanced to the 'Frozen Four' in NCAA hockey, eliminated the Golden Griffins from the Atlantic Hockey semifinals.
The five-foot-nine, 175 pound native of Buffalo, NY collected four varsity letters at Canisius. Leaving the Golden Griffins as the program's all-time leading scorer, Heidinger amassed 132 points on 37 goals and 95 assists in 141 games. Josh has been assigned jersey number 15 by the Cyclones.
Ortiz, 23, recently completed his senior season at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he appeared in 36 games and netted 13 goals to go with 13 assists for 26 points and 37 penalty minutes. During the season, Will recorded seven multi-point gameshighlighted by a two goal game against Merrimack on December 12.
The five-foot-nine, 170 pound native of Framingham, MA earned four varsity letters for the Minutemen. Ortiz played in 131 games, tallying 33 goals and 39 assists for 72 points and 119 penalty minutes. UMass went 18-18 this season, with a 13-14 record in Hockey East to finish seventh among the ten teams. Will has been assigned jersey number 12 by the Cyclones.
The Cyclones travel to Wheeling for tonight's regular season finale. Cincinnati can finish anywhere from first overall in the American Conferenceall the way to fifth place based on the results of games tonight. The broadcast of the game can be heard at www.cycloneshockey.com with the puck drop at 6:05pm from WesBanco Arena.
The opening round of the Cincinnati Cyclones USA Collision Centers postseason will be during the week of April 5 and will be a best-of-five series. The format for Kelly Cup playoff games, opponents and dates will be determined as the postseason approaches. The latest information on the team and playoffs can be found at www.cycloneshockey.com. .
Tickets for the 2010-11 Cincinnati Cyclones season are now on sale. The Cyclones Sales Department can be reached at 513-421-PUCK, extension 3. Selected Friday night games are carried on 1530-AM Homer, while all 72 regular season games can be heard on the club's website at: www.cycloneshockey.com. The next game on ESPN 1530 will come with the Cyclones first road game in the Kelly Cup playoffs.
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JK_112880
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 04/03/2010 : 5:40:22 PM
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| I can't believe this team is ignoring all of the talent that Mercyhurst produces!!! ;) |
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bags
(Person With Nothing Better To Do!)
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Posted - 04/03/2010 : 7:00:01 PM
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| I would rather see a GOALIE being signed !! |
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goaliejudge
(The Next Level!)
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2010 : 8:59:47 PM
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| signing a goalie is useless since it would be a college kid and he would not get into a game. the additon of the 2 college kids actually hurt the team tonite since they had to play which meant morehouse and ian sat on such an important game. the college kids must of played one game to be eligable for the playoff. with rene injuried and the likely hood we are not going to get any of the call ups back before the start of the playoffs chuck had to get some bodies, unfortunatly it had to happen at this game and not the past week or two to at least get these kids a game in. with the two new players both being forwards you had to split up 2 lines to get them into the game. to take some minutes. the playoffs start soon and hope they go long but if we can make it out of the first round the team may be able to make some noise in the play offs, but that first round is critical and it appears its going to be sc or charlotte. both tough teams to beat with our normal line-ups let alone a make shift line up. |
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