The Evansville IceMen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and AHL’s Binghamton Senators, and Head Coach Al Sims announced Monday that the IceMen have been assigned forward Alex Wideman from Binghamton. Evansville also placed defenseman Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel on Injured Reserve with a lower body injury.
Wideman, 23, comes to the IceMen from Binghamton, where the rookie forward skated in two games this season. The St. Louis, MO native signed with the Senators organization as a free agent after his college career at the University of Miami-Ohio ended in March. Wideman played in four games at the end of 2014-15 for the BSens and participated in Ottawa’s rookie camp in September. In his senior season at Miami, the 5’7, 150 lbs. winger set career highs with seven goals and 11 assists for the RedHawks. His older brother Chris was a 2009 4th Round Pick of Ottawa and is in his fourth pro season in the Senators organization.
Dieude-Fauvel suffered a lower body injury in the first period of Saturday’s 3-2 win at Greenville and did not return. The defenseman from Bordeaux, France was placed on Injured Reserve, effective Oct. 31, and will be re-evaluated when he is eligible to return Nov. 19. Dieude-Fauvel is in his first season in Evansville, after splitting last season between the ECHL’s Quad City Mallards and AHL’s Iowa Wild. He signed with the IceMen in September.
Evansville prepares for a three-game week, starting with a Wednesday morning showdown with the Indy Fuel at 9:30am at the Ford Center for the organization’s fifth-annual Education Day. The IceMen face the Fuel again Friday at 7:15pm at the Ford Center and will feature a Youth Jersey Giveaway for kids in attendance, presented by TRCI.
Evansville wraps up the week with a Saturday road trip to Cincinnati for a 7:35pm game against the Cyclones. It will be the first of eight meetings between the two Midwest Division rivals.
