Portland, Maine - The Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League announced today that they have signed Nick Tuzzolino to a tryout agreement.
The 25 year-old defenseman was playing for Utah in the ECHL where he had seven goals and 18 assists for 25 points in 45 games. The 6-foot-5 Buffalo, NY native, who also played with the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers earlier this season (one assist in three games), has played in 179 career ECHL games collecting 22 goals and 62 assists for 84 points and 361 penalty minutes. The New York Islanders originally drafted him in the seventh round (196th overall pick) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
cool that another buffalo native is getting a shot with the sabres organization like goalie david leggio did this past summer...
just curious as to why?...
we all know that the sabres have eight defensemen up with the big club...
over in portland they have eight as well: marc-andre gragnani, tj brennan, drew schiestel, nick crawford, alex biega and dennis persson, all sabres draft picks...they also have free agent signee, tim conboy...
the eighth is recent pto-signee brian o'hanely (02-05-2011)...
unless o'hanely is released from his pto contract, that will make nine d-men on the portland roster...
as the trade deadline nears, anyone else find this:
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