A triple local press release from Springfield: The Falcons have signed Jaime Sifers, Riley Wetmore and Mathieu Gagnon to AHL contracts. Sifers is the former Fairfield Prep standout from Stratford who went on to UVM and the Toronto organization before going to Germany the past few years. Wetmore and Gagnon both played here and in Stockton on AHL contracts last year.
Meanwhile, Texas has its new coach, Derek Laxdal.
TEAM | Old | New |
BPT | Scott Pellerin (5/2) | Brent Thompson (5/2) |
MCR | Mark Morris (5/7) | Mike Stothers (7/1) |
HER | Mike Haviland (Colorado Coll., 5/9) | Troy Mann (7/2) |
ADK-a | Troy G. Ward (6/7) | Ryan Huska (6/23) |
SPR | Brad Larsen (CLB ass’t, 6/16) | Jared Bednar (6/16) |
TEX | Willie Desjardins (VAN, 6/23) | Derek Laxdal (7/3) |
NOR | Trent Yawney (ANA ass’t, 6/23) | — |
a-Former Abbotsford Heat and new Adirondack Flames.
And RIP, Louis Zamperini. If you haven’t read Unbroken, you want to change that.