The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Friday that senior forward Jeremiah Ketts of Johnson and Wales is the winner of the 12th annual Joe Concannon Award, which recognizes New England’s best American-born hockey player at the Division II-III level.
The Las Vegas Wranglers added five players to their roster today before taking on the Stockton Thunder tonight in California. Goalies Mike Brodeur and Robby Moss and defenseman Joe Schiller have agreed to terms with the team while forward Carlo Finucci and defenseman Daniel Nycholat have signed amateur try-out (ATO) agreements.
The Ontario Reign, proud affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, have announced today that defenseman Steven Tarasuk, in addition to future considerations, has been traded to the ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads for forwards David Fredriksson and Tommy Lange, and defenseman Steven Oleksy.
Senior All-American Jeremiah Ketts (Foristell, Mo.) has signed a professional contract with the Reading Royals of the East Coast Hockey League. The Royals are an affiliate of both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
Kyle Kraemer has an 11-game point streak, which is the second-longest active streak in the ECHL.
Including a three-point game Sunday, Kraemer has 15 goals and 35 points in 38 games. He is third on the team in points despite missing the first six weeks of the season with a knee injury. But to the second-year winger, the stats don’t matter.
Jack Combs has been showing high-caliber talent in the American Hockey League for almost six weeks now. Chad Costello, currently playing on the same Worcester team as Combs, has had a couple of stints in the higher league. And no one can forget Jon Landry, who has been on call-up the better part of three weeks with another club.
