SHELAST IS FIRST ON GREENVILLE ACQUISITION LIST

GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that they have received forward Tyler Shelast in a trade with the Stockton Thunder in exchange for future considerations.

Shelast, 26, is in his fourth season of professional hockey and his second in the ECHL. He brings 151 games of experience to the Road Warriors’ lineup which includes 60 games at the American Hockey League level. The 6-1, 210-pound forward spent last season with the Quad City Mallards of the Central Hockey League and produced 41 points (19G, 22A) along with 29 penalty minutes in 53 games. Prior to this season, he skated in the ECHL with the Idaho Steelheads in 2008-09 and posted 21 points (9G, 12A) in 31 games.

BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – WADE REDDEN, YEAR TWO

BY: Bruce Berlet

Despite spending a pleasant summer in picturesque Kelowna, British Columbia, with his wife and young daughter, Wade Redden experienced a bit of an unsettling offseason, proving again that money can’t buy you complete happiness.

First, Redden had a chat with New York Rangers coach John Tortorella, who, not surprisingly, told the 13-year NHL veteran that he didn’t fit into the Blueshirts plans despite a strong finish to his first season in the minors with the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale. In fact, Redden wasn’t invited to Rangers training camp because if he got injured, his $6.5 million contract would count against the salary cap, meaning the Rangers would have to release and/or trade other players.