Press Release
Kennewick, WA – Tri-City Americans Governor/General Manager Bob Tory announced today that the team has traded 19-year-old Sam Grist to the Kamloops Blazers in exchange for a 3rd round pick in the 2013 Bantam Draft and a 5th round pick in the 2014 Draft.
After
a whirlwind of moves, today’s trades brings Tri-City’s roster down to
the WHL-mandated three overage player limit and includes forwards Justin
Feser and Jesse Mychan and defenseman Drydn Dow. The Americans’ roster
now sits at 24 players, including 14 forwards, 8 defenseman and 2
goaltenders.
Grist, a 6’4
200-pound defenseman from N. Saanich, British Columbia, was originally
listed by Tri-City in April of 2010 before joining the club full time at
the start of the 2010-11 season. Since then, Grist has gone on to
appear in 119 WHL games, while totaling 3 goals, 15 points, 207 penalty
minutes and a career plus-17 rating. Prior to posting a season full of
personal bests in 2011-12, Grist received a free agent invite to the
Philadelphia Flyers’ training camp in 2011.
“With
the emergence of some of our younger defensemen like (Wil) Tomchuk and
(Brodie) Clowes, who is close to returning to practice, we had to get
our numbers down on defense,” explained Tory. “This move allows Sam to
play on a good team, closer to home, while opening some ice time for our
other players.”
Tory continued by saying that “Sam has been a great teammate and will be missed. We wish him all the best in Kamloops.”
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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