Arizona Coyotes Release 3 And Re-assign 10

The Arizona Coyotes reduce roster to thirty-two –

The Arizona Coyotes reduced their roster to thirty-two players by releasing three players and re-assigning ten players to their AHL affiliate in Portland, Maine.  

Released

• Krys Barch, Forward

• Matt Kassian, Forward

• Jamie McBain, Defenseman

Re-assigned

• Alex Bolduc – Forward, Portland (AHL)

Drafted by:  St. Louis  Round:  4  Overall:  127  Year:  2003

• Darian Dziurzynski, Forward, Portland (AHL)

Drafted by:  Phoenix  Round:  5  Overall:  141  Year:  2011

• Tyler Gaudet, Forward, Portland (AHL)

Free Agent:  Signed as a free agent in November, 2013

• Phil Lane, Forward, Portland (AHL)

Drafted by:  Phoenix  Round:  2  Overall:  52  Year:  2010

• Jordan Martinook, Forward, Portland (AHL)

Drafted by:  Phoenix  Round:  2  Overall:  58  Year:  2012

• Mike McKenna, Goalie, Portland (AHL)

Drafted by:  Nashville  Round:  6  Overall:  172 Year:  2002

• Dylan Reese, Defenseman, Portland (AHL)

Drafted by:  New York  Round:  7  Overall:  209 Year:  2003

• Henrik Samuelsson, Forward, Portland (AHL)

Drafted by:  Phoenix  Round:  1  Overall:  27  Year:  2012

• Brendan Shinnimin, Forward, Portland (AHL)

Free Agent:  Signed as a free agent in March, 2012

• Mark Visentin, Goalie, Portland (AHL)

Drafted by:  Phoenix  Round:  1  Overall:  27  Year:  2010

From Arizona Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney on re-assigning Samuelsson and Guadet – 

“I thought both of them had excellent training camps.  It was a somewhat difficult decision to send them out to Portland (AHL), but we looked at the calendar and realized we start our season in less than two weeks and we have a lot of players to sort out here.  Both first-year pros simply need experience playing with and against men.” 

From Arizona Coyotes Head Coach Dave Tippett –

“They’re going to be good NHL players.  We have to make sure they get all the steps in place … They shouldn’t be discouraged about going down and getting started there.”

The Arizona Coyotes have three preseason games left before their season opener vs Winnipeg on October, 9 and Head Coach Dave Tippett would like to get his forward lines and defence pairings settled.

“We’ve given the younger players a great deal of opportunity the last week with so many games and played a lot of players in a lot of different situations.  But now this trip turns to start getting our team in order.”

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