IceMen Receive Nine Players from AHL Binghamton

Evansville Releases Six to Make Room on Training Camp Roster.)

 

Contact John Peterson @ jpeterson@evansvilleicemen.com or 812-463-6129

 

Evansville, IN – The Evansville IceMen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, and Head Coach Al Sims announced today that nine players have been assigned to the team from the Binghamton Senators, Evansville’s AHL affiliate. The nine players include defensemen Chris Carlisle, Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel, Spencer Humphries, Chris Rumble, and Troy Rutkowski, as well as forwards Vincent Dunn, Daultan Leveille, Joe Zarbo and Matthew Zay.

To make room on the training camp roster, Sims also announced that Evansville has released goaltender Larkin Saalfrank, defenseman Scott Morongell, and forwards Thomas Gobeil, Andrew Harrison, John Lidgett and Adam Stuart.

Chris Carlisle, 20, is entering his first season of professional hockey, after four seasons  with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League in Canada. Last season, the defenseman from Fort Lee, NJ notched seven goals and 37 assists in helping the Generals capture their fifth Memorial Cup as the top Canadian junior hockey team of 2015-16.

Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel, 29, comes to Evansville after two seasons in Quad City, where he played in 96 games for the Mallards and earned a call-up to the AHL’s Iowa Wild in 2014-15. The defensmen from Bordeaux, France is starting his seventh season in pro hockey in North America, after signing with the IceMen in September.

 

Spencer Humphries, 23, returns to the IceMen, where he finished the 2014-15 season. After starting the year in Greenville where the Delta, BC native played in 52 games for the Road Warriors, Humphries finished the season in Evansville where he tallied four points (1-3–4) in 15 games. The defensemen signed a contract extension with the IceMen in August and took part in his first AHL camp in Binghamton.

 

Chris Rumble, 25, played eight games in Evansville towards the end of the 2014-15 campaign, tallying two assists. The former Canisius College standout participated in his first AHL camp in Binghamton and is under contract with the IceMen. The defenseman from Chesapeake, VA skated in the Ottawa Senators rookie camp in September.

 

Troy Rutkowski, 23, like Rumble, participated in Ottawa’s rookie camp and took part in his third AHL camp in Binghamton. The Edmonton, AB native played 54 games on the IceMen blue line last season where he scored six goals and added 18 assists. Rutkowski skated in 15 games for the BSens in 2014-15 and 12 games for Evansville’s AHL affiliate in 2013-14, and was a 2010 fifth-round draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche.

 

Vincent Dunn, 20, begins his rookie season in Evansville after compiling 32 points (19-13–32) in 46 games for the Rimouski Oceanic in 2014-15 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in Canada. The gritty forward from Hull, QC was a fifth round draft pick of the Ottawa Senators in 2013 and played one AHL game in 2013-14.

 

Daultan Leveille, 25, is no stranger to Evansville, where he played 66 games for the IceMen in 2013-14 before taking his game overseas last season. In 2014-15, the forward from St. Catherines, ON played professionally for Rouen in France, where he had nine goals and eight assists in 26 games. The 2008 first round pick of the Atlanta Thrashers player four seasons at Michigan State University from 2008-12, before joining Hamilton of the AHL and later Wheeling and San Francisco of the ECHL in 2012-13.

 

Joe Zarbo, 24, enters his first full season of pro hockey after playing 136 games in four seasons at Clarkson University from 2011-15. At the end of his senior season, the forward from Grand Island, NY joined the IceMen for the end of last season in Evansville. Zarbo had three goals and three assists in nine games for the IceMen and earned an invite to Binghamton’s AHL camp this year.

 

Matthew Zay, 24, like Zarbo, begins his first full season as a pro in Evansville. The forward from Glendale, NY joined the AHL’s Springfield Falcons after his senior season at Mercyhurst College, where he tallied 128 points in 151 games. Zay played in 3 games for Springfield in 2014-15 before landing in Binghamton, where he scored one goal in four games.

** Blue vs. White Scrimmage – Tuesday, Oct. 6 – 6pm-8pm (Edge Ice Center – Owensboro, KY)

• The event is FREE and open to the general public.
• Owensboro Youth Hockey will be in attendance taking donations.
• The full IceMen Training Camp roster will participate in the scrimmage from 6pm to 7:30pm.
• Following the scrimmage, there will be a “Skate with the IceMen” and an autograph session.
• Evansville IceMen free schedule & ticket information will be available.
• Evansville IceMen merchandise will be available for purchase.

*** Season Ticket Holder Event – Tuesday, Oct. 13 – 6pm-8pm  (Old National Bank Plaza)

• Evansville IceMen players will be introduced to season ticket holders.
• Opportunities to meet the players, who will also be signing autographs.
• Refreshments will be available for purchase.
• IceMen merchandise will be available for purchase.

**** IceMen Media Day – Wednesday, Oct. 14  (Ford Center)

• IceMen Practice – 10am-12pm
• Players and coaches will be made available to the media – 12:30pm
• Appetizers will be served.

***** 5^th Annual IceMen Golf Scramble – Thursday, Oct. 15  (Cambridge Golf Course)

• Shotgun start at 12:30pm.
• Lunch and Dinner will be provided for participants.
• 1 IceMen player, coach or staff member will golf with each group.
• Interested teams can sign up by contacting Brian Vaal (bvaal@evansvilleicemen.com)

Evansville opens the 2015-16 season Saturday, October 17 at The Ford Center against the Indy Fuel at 7:15pm. 2015-16 IceMen season tickets are on sale now. Call an IceMen Account Executive at (812) 421-GOAL (4625), Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm for tickets. Season tickets start for as little as $10 per game.

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