With just six games remaining on their schedule, the Checkers have released center Sean Dolan from his PTO.
Dolan, 27, joined a shorthanded Checkers team on March 3 and logged 12 games with the club. Despite not recording a point during his AHL stint, Dolan filled an important fourth-line role for Charlotte.
Senior forward Alex Wideman from the Miami hockey team is getting a look from the pro ranks.
The senior winger inked an amateur tryout contract with the Binghamton Senators on Thursday. Wideman will join his brother, Chris, on the Ottawa Senators’ AHL affiliate.
Chris Wideman scored the winner in overtime and goalie Chris Driedger stopped 39 shots as the B-Sens prevented the Syracuse Crunch from clinching a playoff spot with a 3-2 victory at the Oncenter War Memorial.
The senior winger inked an amateur tryout contract with the Binghamton Senators on Thursday. Wideman will join his brother, Chris, on the Ottawa Senators’ AHL affiliate.
Sean Dolan, who played 142 games for the club over three seasons between 2012 and 2014, is back on Charlotte on a professional tryout contract. He joins from the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays, which was also true of his initial signing with Charlotte back on Jan. 6, 2012.
Mike McKenna stopped all 32 shots his way as the Portland Pirates blanked the host St. John’s IceCaps 3-0 on Friday in American Hockey League action.
The American Hockey League announced the rosters for the 2015 AHL All-Star Classic and Chris Wideman will be the lone representative from the B-Sens on the Eastern Conference squad.
Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Bulldogs general manager Marc Bergevin announced today the Bulldogs have recalled defenceman David Makowski from the ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers.
In 24 games with Wheeling this season – Makowski’s first year as a pro – he has recorded nine points (three goals, six assists) and 43 penalty minutes.
Not only has Chris Wideman proved he belongs with the elite players of the American Hockey League, he’s showing the signs of a player ready to compete at the next level.
Wideman, the CCM/AHL Player of the Month, tallied six goals, five assists and a plus-4 rating in nine games for the Senators during October.
