Trades

Americans trade Nino Musitelli to Dayton for future considerations

June 30, 2011
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Americans trade Nino Musitelli to Dayton for future considerations

In a bit of a surprising move, the Allen Americans announced on Thursday that they had traded forward Nino Musitelli to the Dayton Gems in exchange for future considerations. The Americans say that Musitelli requested the trade, citing personal reasons for the request.  The club agreed to this request, although it was almost certainly...

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Allen Americans deal Whitley to Wichita for 3 players

June 16, 2011
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Allen Americans deal Whitley to Wichita for 3 players

In a surprising move on Thursday, the Allen Americans traded all-star goaltender Chris Whitley to the Wichita Thunder in exchange for three players. The deal was a surprising one, as Whitley has been a fixture between the pipes for Allen through both of their seasons.  But it appears that the Americans may be in...

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Idaho Sends Goaltender Jake Weslosky to Florida

March 1, 2011
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Idaho Sends Goaltender Jake Weslosky to Florida

The Idaho Steelheads traded rookie goaltender Jake Weslosky to the Florida Everblades on Tuesday.  In exchange, the Steelheads are receiving ‘financial considerations’. Weslosky came to the Steelheads in December after opening the year in the Victoria Salmon Kings training camp.  The 22-year-old made 20 appearances in net for Idaho and had a 7-6-3 record with...

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Idaho Adds Defenseman Matt Case from Gwinnett

January 18, 2011
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Idaho Adds Defenseman Matt Case from Gwinnett

The Idaho Steelheads completed a trade today, receiving defenseman Matt Case from the Gwinnett Gladiators to complete an earlier trade for John-Scott Dickson. Case, 24, is a rookie out of Ferris State.  His numbers are pretty low this season – in 38 games with the Gladiators, he has posted one goal, two assists, and...

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Idaho Ships Caffaro to Ontario for Future Considerations

October 26, 2010
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Idaho Ships Caffaro to Ontario for Future Considerations

Idaho Steelheads head coach and director of hockey operations Hardy Sauter announced Tuesday that the team has traded defenseman Lane Caffaro to the Ontario Reign in exchange for future considerations. Caffaro, 26, appeared in two games with Idaho, registering seven penalty minutes. He split last season between the ECHL (Wheeling) and American Hockey League...

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Allen Americans Get Defenseman Chris Mifflen from Missouri Mavericks

October 12, 2010
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Allen Americans Get Defenseman Chris Mifflen from Missouri Mavericks

The roster continues to change for the Allen Americans.  After a full day of transactions, the team made one more to wrap up a busy Tuesday. The Missouri Mavericks have sent defenseman Chris Mifflen to Allen for future considerations.  The Mavericks were in a spot where they needed to reduce the number of defensemen...

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Allen Americans Make Several Roster Moves

October 12, 2010
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Allen Americans Make Several Roster Moves

The Allen Americans made some roster moves on Tuesday, releasing several players from their training camp, and trading another to complete a trade from earlier in the year. Here is the information from Allen: *** In preparation for this weekend’s season opener, Americans Head Coach and General Manager Dwight Mullins announced several roster moves,...

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Allen Trades for Simoes’ Rights, Sends Wooddisse’s Rights to Mississippi

July 27, 2010
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Allen Trades for Simoes’ Rights, Sends Wooddisse’s Rights to Mississippi

The Allen Americans made a move they feel will strengthen their blue line for the 2010-2011 season, sending the rights to defenseman Tyler Wooddisse to Mississippi in exchange for the rights to defenseman David Simoes. Here is the press release from Allen, which has some good quotes from Coach Mullins, as well as info...

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Allen Americans Add All-Star Forward, Complete Three Trades

May 17, 2010
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Allen Americans Add All-Star Forward, Complete Three Trades

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...

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Americans Send Goaltender Charlie Effinger to Mavericks

February 8, 2010
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Americans Send Goaltender Charlie Effinger to Mavericks

On Monday, the Allen Americans shipped goalie Charlie Effinger to the Missouri Mavericks to complete the trade they made at the end of last year to bring in defenseman Sean Perkins.  The Americans waived Perkins at the end of last month, but still needed to complete the trade with the Mavs.  Although I wasn’t...

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