Cruthers re-called to Utah Grizzles of the ECHL

Posted by Dave Weldon at 4/05/2008 07:32:00 PM

"WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Utah Grizzlies announced that the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League have reassigned goaltender Michael Mole and rookie defenseman Andrew MacDonald from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League to Utah.

It was also announced that rookie forward Ryan Cruthers has been returned to the Grizzlies from Bridgeport.

The Grizzlies are the ECHL affiliate of the Islanders of the NHL and the Sound Tigers of the AHL."

Source: ECHL.com

Ryan did not dress in Friday's game with the Sound Tigers when they played against the Philadelphia Phantoms. No word as to why Ryan has been sent back down, my guess would be that his chances of playing this late in the season would be minimal and based on his prior stint in Utah, he has shown that he should get some playing time to make a case for himself with the AHL club next year.

 

4 Comments:

  1. Andrew Chiappazzi said...
    April 6, 2008 at 1:18 AM  
    Bizarre. The Grizzlies just finished their season, too. Their last game was tonight - I think Cruthers played.

    Weird.
    Anonymous said...
    April 6, 2008 at 11:53 AM  
    New York Islanders assigned G Mike Mole, D Andrew MacDonald and F Ryan Cruthers to Utah of the ECHL
    Anonymous said...
    April 7, 2008 at 12:04 PM  
    The Isles season ended and they sent a bunch of players down to Bridgeport in a final push to make the playoffs. He just got caught in a numbers game.
    Anonymous said...
    April 10, 2008 at 8:24 PM  
    I tried to catch the Bridgeport game on B2 network the night Ryan was supposed to play, but the feed was horrible. It turns out he wasn't even on the roster for that game. Oh well, Ryan should stand a good chance next year.

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