Two more players have been signed by the Kalamazoo
Wings and both should be familiar to K-Wings fans.

Forwards Andrew Luciuk, acquired by the K-Wings last
year in a trade with Muskegon, and David Hukalo join
goaltender Chad Alban and forward Tyler Willis as
those under contract for the new season.

Last year, Luciuk led the team in scoring with 27
goals and 36 assists for 63 points.

K-Wing sign Luciuk, Hukalo
http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1088677226326960.\
xml

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If Jim Duhart repeats as the United Hockey League's
leading goal scorer, it won't be in a Flint Generals
uniform.

Duhart, who led the UHL with a career-high 56 goals
last season, has been traded from Flint to the
expansion Danbury Thrashers. The deal is expected to
be announced Friday during a news conference in
Danbury, Conn. Duhart wouldn't comment when reached at
his Grand Blanc home Wednesday night and Generals
coach Robbie Nichols originally declined comment until
learning that Danbury coach Todd Stirling had
confirmed the trade in an interview with the Port
Huron Times Herald.

"The Generals are moving in a different direction,"
Nichols reluctantly said Wednesday. "Players get in
one spot for a while and coaches do, too. Change is
good. It's a combination of that and it being a great
situation for Jim Duhart and his family to move to a
great city."

Gens trade Duhart
http://www.mlive.com/sports/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1088695731207260.\
xml

The Gen's got Danbury's expansion draft pick and
selected Tom Menicci, formerly of the Quad City
Mallards.

Kevin Kerr is the only General under contract for next
season. Kerr, who needs two goals to become the
all-time minor-league leader with 664, was scheduled
to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery today to repair
cartilage damage.

=====

Jackals sign rookie forward

From the Star-Gazette

The Elmira Jackals have signed their first player for
next season: 6-foot-4, 230-pound rookie forward Mike
Duffy.

The forward spent the past three years at Division III
St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vt. He had 19
goals, including four game winners, and 11 assists in
27 games last season. He had 31 goals and 25 assists
in 69 career games at St. Michael's.

"Mike has proven to be very strong along the boards,"
Jackals coach Todd Brost said in a release. "He is
very coachable and will bring great scoring potential
to our team."

A native of Malone, N.Y., Duffy played nine games with
Division I Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute during the
1999-2000 season.

=====

Chris Grenville, one of the most prolific scorers in
minor-league hockey, has joined the Fort Wayne Komets.

The signing came Wednesday morning, about two years
later than everyone in the Komets’ organization
initially hoped it would.

“After two years of waiting, he finally becomes a Fort
Wayne Komet,” general manager David Franke said with a
chuckle.

The Komets had acquired the rights to Grenville, a
right wing, in the summer of 2002, when a dispersal
draft was held because the Binghamton (N.Y.) Icemen
had folded. But rather than joining the Komets,
Grenville opted to bolt from the UHL and play for the
Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League, where he
would also be an assistant coach.

Grenville finally becomes a Komet
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/sports/9055795.htm

Also:

Better late than never: Grenville is coming to Fort
Wayne
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/sports/9057734.htm

Unless the UHL changes its rules regarding veterans –
each team is allowed to play six veterans in each game
– the Komets have only one more available veteran spot
for an everyday player. That player will likely be a
defenseman, David Franke said.

The Komets’ veterans are Grenville, Neumeier,
goaltender Kevin St. Pierre, and forwards Colin Chaulk
and Sean Venedam. The Komets have also signed forwards
Dustin Virag and Danny Stewart, plus defenseman Steve
Rodberg.

Two more players have been signed by the Kalamazoo
Wings and both should be familiar to K-Wings fans.

Forwards Andrew Luciuk, acquired by the K-Wings last
year in a trade with Muskegon, and David Hukalo join
goaltender Chad Alban and forward Tyler Willis as
those under contract for the new season.

Last year, Luciuk led the team in scoring with 27
goals and 36 assists for 63 points.

K-Wing sign Luciuk, Hukalo
http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1088677226326960.\
xml

=====

If Jim Duhart repeats as the United Hockey League's
leading goal scorer, it won't be in a Flint Generals
uniform.

Duhart, who led the UHL with a career-high 56 goals
last season, has been traded from Flint to the
expansion Danbury Thrashers. The deal is expected to
be announced Friday during a news conference in
Danbury, Conn. Duhart wouldn't comment when reached at
his Grand Blanc home Wednesday night and Generals
coach Robbie Nichols originally declined comment until
learning that Danbury coach Todd Stirling had
confirmed the trade in an interview with the Port
Huron Times Herald.

"The Generals are moving in a different direction,"
Nichols reluctantly said Wednesday. "Players get in
one spot for a while and coaches do, too. Change is
good. It's a combination of that and it being a great
situation for Jim Duhart and his family to move to a
great city."

Gens trade Duhart
http://www.mlive.com/sports/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1088695731207260.\
xml

The Gen's got Danbury's expansion draft pick and
selected Tom Menicci, formerly of the Quad City
Mallards.

Kevin Kerr is the only General under contract for next
season. Kerr, who needs two goals to become the
all-time minor-league leader with 664, was scheduled
to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery today to repair
cartilage damage.

=====

Jackals sign rookie forward

From the Star-Gazette

The Elmira Jackals have signed their first player for
next season: 6-foot-4, 230-pound rookie forward Mike
Duffy.

The forward spent the past three years at Division III
St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vt. He had 19
goals, including four game winners, and 11 assists in
27 games last season. He had 31 goals and 25 assists
in 69 career games at St. Michael's.

"Mike has proven to be very strong along the boards,"
Jackals coach Todd Brost said in a release. "He is
very coachable and will bring great scoring potential
to our team."

A native of Malone, N.Y., Duffy played nine games with
Division I Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute during the
1999-2000 season.

=====

Chris Grenville, one of the most prolific scorers in
minor-league hockey, has joined the Fort Wayne Komets.

The signing came Wednesday morning, about two years
later than everyone in the Komets’ organization
initially hoped it would.

“After two years of waiting, he finally becomes a Fort
Wayne Komet,” general manager David Franke said with a
chuckle.

The Komets had acquired the rights to Grenville, a
right wing, in the summer of 2002, when a dispersal
draft was held because the Binghamton (N.Y.) Icemen
had folded. But rather than joining the Komets,
Grenville opted to bolt from the UHL and play for the
Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League, where he
would also be an assistant coach.

Grenville finally becomes a Komet
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/sports/9055795.htm

Also:

Better late than never: Grenville is coming to Fort
Wayne
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/sports/9057734.htm

Unless the UHL changes its rules regarding veterans –
each team is allowed to play six veterans in each game
– the Komets have only one more available veteran spot
for an everyday player. That player will likely be a
defenseman, David Franke said.

The Komets’ veterans are Grenville, Neumeier,
goaltender Kevin St. Pierre, and forwards Colin Chaulk
and Sean Venedam. The Komets have also signed forwards
Dustin Virag and Danny Stewart, plus defenseman Steve
Rodberg.





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