The Americans made three trades on Monday, including one for the rights to Ryan Garbutt, shown above playing for Corpus Christi against the Allen Americans on January 29, 2010. (Photo Credit: John O'Neill)
The Allen Americans had a busy day today, completing some trades for “future considerations” that were made earlier this season. One of these deals gave them the rights to rookie all-star forward Ryan Garbutt. Earlier in the season, the Americans swapped Kurtis Dulle to the Corpus Christi IceRays for future considerations. The acquisition of Garbutt’s rights complete that transaction.
In addition to Garbutt’s rights, the Americans also acquired the rights to Andrew Davis from the Rio Grande Killer Bees. In November, Allen sent defensman Jason Seerey to the Bees.
The Americans did lose a player from their roster today, though, to complete a future considerations deal on their part. Last offseason, the Americans got veteran defenseman Erik Adams from the Colorado Eagles. Today they sent defensman George Bradley’s rights to Colorado to complete the trade.
Here is the press release from the Americans:
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ALLEN, Texas – The Allen Americans completed three trades today to wrap up the 2009-10 season that included acquiring the rights of rookie sensation Ryan Garbutt from the Corpus Christi IceRays.
Earlier in the season, Allen traded All-Star defenseman Kurtis Dulle to Corpus Christi in exchange for future considerations. Allen acquiring Garbutt’s rights completes the transaction.
Garbutt recently finished his first professional season leading all rookies in scoring with 50 points in 64 games. He also led first-years in goals, netting 22, and in the plus/minus category, going +24. The gritty forward also racked up 204 penalty minutes. He tied Americans forward Tobias Whelan for most shorthanded goals among rookies with three and led first-years in game-winning goals with four.
The Winnipeg native is pleased to have the opportunity to play for the Southern Conference Champions. “I had a lot of fun in Texas. It’s nice to have that option,” Garbutt said today. “Obviously Allen has a good franchise. They established themselves this year and had a good run in the finals. I’m sure they’ll be looking to win it next year.”
He was selected to the All-Rookie Team and finished second in voting for CHL Rookie of the Year. In the annual “Best of the Best” poll, Garbutt’s peers voted him best rookie. Prior to that, the 24-year-old played four seasons at Brown University.
“We’re excited to be able to add a player of his caliber to our roster,” Allen Head Coach and General Manager Dwight Mullins said Monday afternoon.
The Americans also completed trades with the Colorado Eagles and Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees. The Americans sent George Bradley’s rights to Colorado and the club received the rights of Andrew Davis from Rio Grande Valley.
Last offseason, the Americans received veteran Erik Adams from the Eagles. Adams finished the year with 17 points in 40 games with a +3 plus/minus rating. Before the 2009-10 season, the veteran had racked up 387 career games. With this experience, the defenseman helped guide Allen to uncharted depths in the club’s inaugural season as it won its first Southern Conference Championship. Bradley played in six games for the Americans at the end of the regular season.
In return for sending defenseman Jason Seerey to Rio Grande Vally in November, the Americans receive the rights to Andrew Davis. Davis played four seasons for Concordia University before launching his professional career in 2005 with the Memphis Riverkings. His career consists of 238 games with the majority being in the CHL. In 2009-10, he played 41 games for the Missouri Mavericks before being traded to the Killer Bees. He had 19 points in 62 games last year.
The defenseman was born June 11, 1981 and hails from Nepean, Ontario. He stands at six-foot-two and clocks in at 195 pounds.
