Adirondack is in the middle of a busy week. The good news is reinforcements are on the way from both affiliates as a 3 in 3 weekend and a 12 game road swing looms.
-First, on the Devils side, rookie defenseman Colton White was reassigned by Binghamton. The 20-year-old made his professional debut on Saturday in a 4-3 loss to Lehigh Valley, going scoreless and a -3. A 2015 4th round draft pick by New Jersey, White also was part of Albany’s taxi squad during the 2016 and 2017 playoff runs.
-Second, on the Lightning/Crunch side, forward Shane Conacher was reassigned. The younger brother of Cory, this Conacher came to Syracuse via a tryout after performing well in Nashville in a preseason rookie tournament, and ended up with an AHL/ECHL deal. He appeared in 2 games for Syracuse going scoreless, but a numbers game is sending him north. The second year pro split last season between Orlando (25 games) and Toronto (3 games) after completing three years at Canisius College.
Just earlier today the brothers were interviewed for CNY Central about playing together…well…
With the additions of White and Conacher, the Thunder now have 14 forwards and 9 defensemen on the roster. After an outstanding opening night, Troy Bourke has missed the last three games, no information available as to why.
After a loss to Greenville last night, the Thunder host Toledo for the first time ever for a pair of games Friday and Saturday, then it’s goodbye Glens Falls for the next 4 weeks, as the epic 12 game road swing begins Sunday afternoon.
Shameless Plug: here’s my weekly Raw Charge column. I’m bringing my old Devil recap concept every Tuesday afternoon! This space will be for any news during the week, such as today for example.
I’ll be back on the AHL beat next week with my first…sigh…Binghamton game in Utica. But I’ll have my weekly column on Inside AHL Hockey every Monday or Tuesday.
I will be in Adirondack on Friday night, my lone game this week (work weekend, complete with a 6 AM shift on Sunday…so yeah not going far).
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