2017-2018 AHL contracts

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@mkeadmirals have claimed former Grand Rapids & @UWBadgers Mark Zengerle off waivers. Was playing in Sweden this year.

Zengerle had been released by his SHL club after being limited to one assist in 9 nine games.

In order to come back to the AHL, Zengerle had to sign a SPC (see the "Andrew Yogan rule'') and go through waivers.
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As posted by Tao Jones, Matt Carey has left the Griffins for a Swedish team.

Carey had registed a goal and an assist in 8 contests before leaving for Europe.

PTOs tracker
Belleville : Justin Vaive
Charlotte : Mike Ferrantino
Chicago : Keith Aulie, CJ Motte and Brett Sterling
Cleveland : Brady Austin and Terry Broadhurst
Iowa : Ryan Malone
Lehigh Valley : Adam Comrie
Manitoba : Charles-David Beaudoin and Cam MacLise
Providence : Sena Acolatse* and Josh Hennessy*
Rochester : Stuart Percy
San Jose : Olivier Archambault
Springfield : Bobby Farnham
Syracuse : Jason Akeson*
Texas : Tommy Thompson
Utica : Cameron Darcy and Brendan Woods
Wilkes-Barre : Kevin Spinozzi and Colin Stevens
*Unknown status

Recently signed : Adam Comrie (Lehigh Valley)
Recently released : Matt Carey (Grand Rapids) and Kyle Bonis (Iowa/5GP 0-0-0)

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Released from PTO according to the AHL transactions page.

 

[LadyStanley]

TheAHL.com

Gahagen signs with Barracuda. (Friedman had long section in his weekly "31 Thoughts" on his situation) On the long list for Olympics, so couldn't (yet) sign with Sharks.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Cleveland signed PTO Brady Austin.

 

[LadyStanley]

Parker Gahagen | San Jose Barracuda

Gahagen signed to ATO, not SPC

 

[Booba]

Cleveland signed PTO Brady Austin.

Confirmed by team.

Parker Gahagen | San Jose Barracuda

Gahagen signed to ATO, not SPC

He's practicing with the team but I'm not sure if he's allowed to play for now.

The Army allowed Gahagen to briefly join the Sharks for their development and rookie camps this summer. After achieving World Class Athlete status, he joined their minor-league team in San Jose last week. He's on an amateur tryout contract, made necessary since Gahagen can't collect paychecks from both the team and military.

Officer and a goalie: Amherst's Parker Gahagen sets sights on U.S. Olympic hockey team
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PTO tracker
Belleville : Justin Vaive
Charlotte : Mike Ferrantino
Chicago : Keith Aulie, CJ Motte and Brett Sterling
Cleveland : Terry Broadhurst
Iowa : Ryan Malone
Laval : Étienne Marcoux
Manitoba : Charles-David Beaudoin and Cam MacLise
Providence : Sena Acolatse* and Josh Hennessy*
Rochester : Stuart Percy
San Jose : Olivier Archambault
Springfield : Bobby Farnham, Rob Hamilton and Tony Turgeon
Texas : Tommy Thompson
Utica : Cameron Darcy and Brendan Woods
Wilkes-Barre : Kevin Spinozzi and Colin Stevens
*Unknown status

Recently signed : Étienne Marcoux (Laval), Tony Turgeon (Springfield) and Rob Hamilton (Springfield)
Recently released : Jason Akeson (Syracuse/11 GP 1-4-5), Adam Comrie (Lehigh Valley 2 GP 0-0-0) and Ryan Walters (Belleville/0 GP)

 

[LadyStanley]

Former Army goalie Parker Gahagen joins Barracuda while...

Article on Gahagen mentions him trying to "steal" game time. So I think he will be able to play for Barracuda. (But pro playing future after Olympics is something else)

 

[Mike Jones]

Former Army goalie Parker Gahagen joins Barracuda while...

Article on Gahagen mentions him trying to "steal" game time. So I think he will be able to play for Barracuda. (But pro playing future after Olympics is something else)

Doesn't he have to do any service or have those requirements changed?

 

[LadyStanley]

Doesn't he have to do any service or have those requirements changed?

Read article. Currently involved in athletic program prepping for Olympics, sanctioned by Army.

 

[Mike Jones]

Read article. Currently involved in athletic program prepping for Olympics, sanctioned by Army.

I tried - pay wall.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

 

[Booba]

According to theahl.com, Scott Allen (Tucson) has been released from his SPC.

PTO tracker
Belleville : Justin Vaive
Charlotte : Mike Ferrantino
Chicago : Keith Aulie, CJ Motte and Brett Sterling
Cleveland : Terry Broadhurst
Iowa : Ryan Malone
Manitoba : Charles-David Beaudoin and Cam MacLise
Ontario : Cory Ward
Providence : Sena Acolatse* and Josh Hennessy*
Rochester : Arvin Atwal, Eric Knodel and Stuart Percy
San Jose : Olivier Archambault
Springfield : Bobby Farnham, Maxime Fortunus, Rob Hamilton and Tony Turgeon
Texas : Tommy Thompson
Utica : Cameron Darcy
Wilkes-Barre : Kevin Spinozzi and Colin Stevens
*Unknown status

Recently signed : Maxime Fortunus (Springfield), Cory Ward (Ontario), Arvin Atwal (Rochester) and Eric Knodel (Rochester).
Recently released : Étienne Marcoux (Laval/0 GP), Charles Williams (Hartford/0 GP)

 

[Booba]

Recently signed : Arvin Atwal (Rochester) and Eric Knodel (Rochester)

According to theahl.com, they've been signed to AHL SPCs but Rochester's site says they were signed to pro tryouts...


UFA Patrick Dwyer (Charlotte) has signed with the Danish club of SønderjyskE

 

[LadyStanley]

PTO tracker

And ATO: Gahagen (SJ)?

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Actually Joe Faust.

Edit: Tweet has been removed it said John Faust.

COMETS SIGN DEFENSEMAN JOE FAUST TO PTO | Utica Comets Official Website

 

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[Booba]

It hasn't been posted on theahl.com yet but Anthony Greco (Springfield) and Angelo Miceli (Milwaukee) have presumably been released from their AHL SPCs.

According to Renaud Lavoie, Greco has been signed to a NHL contract for the remainder of the season.

Miceli has signed with the Italian club of Bolzano of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Miceli's ECHL rights had recently been traded from Norfolk to Atlanta. He only played one game for Atlanta before leaving for Italy. In 13 ECHL games this season, Miceli scored 4 goals and 9 assists.

PTO tracker
Bakersfield : Jamie Doornsboch
Belleville : Chris Kelly and Justin Vaive
Charlotte : Mike Ferrantino
Chicago : Keith Aulie and Brett Sterling
Cleveland : Terry Broadhurst
Iowa : Ryan Malone
Laval : Willie Corrin
Manitoba : Charles-David Beaudoin and Cam MacLise
Ontario : Cory Ward
Providence : Sena Acolatse* and Josh Hennessy*
Rochester : Arvin Atwal**, Eric Knodel** and Stuart Percy
San Diego : Ryan White
San Jose : Olivier Archambault, Parker Gahagen (ATO), Marco Roy
Springfield : Bobby Farnham, Maxime Fortunus, Rob Hamilton and Tony Turgeon
Texas : Tommy Thompson
Utica : Cameron Darcy, Joe Faust, Brian Ward
Wilkes-Barre : Kevin Spinozzi and Colin Stevens
*Unknown status
**Incorrectly listed as SPCs on theahl.com

Recently signed : Jamie Doornsboch (Bakersfield), Chris Kelly (Belleville), Willie Corrin (Laval), Ryan White (San Diego), Parker Gahagen (San Jose), Marco Roy (San Jose), Joe Faust (Utica), Brian Ward (Utica)
Recently released : CJ Motte (Chicago)

And ATO: Gahagen (SJ)?

Making his first start tonight!

 

[LadyStanley]

FWIW Gahagen making first AHL start tonight

 

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BARRACUDA RECALL SPENCER ASUCHAK FROM ALLEN | San Jose Barracuda

Spencer Asuchak - apparently signed to SPC

 

[Booba]

BARRACUDA RECALL SPENCER ASUCHAK FROM ALLEN | San Jose Barracuda

Spencer Asuchak - apparently signed to SPC

It was "unofficially" announced back in October.

Also, as I've mentioned in an earlier post, any player who started the season or played in Europe at some point in the season has to sign a SPC in order to get back to the AHL. (Asuchak played 6 games in Slovakia before joining the Barracuda's organisation)

Now, it’s common knoweledge that the Cyclones current leading point scorer, Andrew Yogan was called up to the AHL before the trip to Indy. After speaking with Cyclones broadcaster, Everett Fitzhugh, it’s actually an interesting story.

The Cyclones were actually already on the bus heading towards Indy when Yogan received the call-up (it was never confirmed as to which AHL team it was). The bus pulled over at a gas station to let Yogan off so he could Uber his way back to Cincinnati. About 15 minutes after Yogan got off the bus, Head Coach Matt Macdonald received a call from the AHL coach Yogan was supposed to sign with. Turns out, he couldn’t accept the call-up due to the fact he started the season in Europe. Because of this, if Yogan was to go to the AHL, he would have to sign a standard player contract (SPC). He was not allowed to sign a professional try-out (PTO), which is what he was offered.

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In other news, the IceHogs have recalled Radovan Bondra from Indy.

Bondra was limited to one goal in 11 games in the ECHL. It might be a normal recall but I have a feeling that Bondra might be headed to the WHL or Europe soon.

 

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[Tao Jersey Jones]

Elite Prospects lists UFAs Jake Baker (Manitoba) and Mac Bennett (Rochester) as retired on their respective player pages.

 

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COMETS RECALL DANNY MOYNIHAN, RELEASE JOE FAUST | Utica Comets Official Website

Utica releases Joe Faust from PTO.

 

[Booba]

Elite Prospects lists UFAs Jake Baker (Manitoba) and Mac Bennett (Rochester) as retired on their respective player pages.

Seems accurate according to their Linkedin profiles.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-baker-24a09b117/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mac-bennett-7936a6a6/

Remaining UFAs*
Joel Rechlicz (Bakersfield)
Scott Greenham (Binghamton Sens)
Brandon Denham (Manitoba)
Scott Glennie (Manitoba)
Justin Gutierrez (Ontario)
Kent Simpson (San Antonio)
Nick Tarnasky (San Diego)
Yann Danis (St. John's)
Marc-André Cliche (Toronto)
Austin Lotz (Tucson)