TPS has signed Canadian defender
Travis Ehrhardt to a tryout contract. The 23-year old blueliner spent last season with
Grand Rapids Griffins in AHL. He has 138 AHL games with 27 points (5+22) and 99 PIM. He has played 3 games in ECHL collecting 2 points (1+1). Ehrhardt played junior hockey in WHL collectin 119 points (20+99) and 311 PIM in 256 games. He has fought guys like
Danny Bois and
Derek Dorsett.
Ilves has signed big (194cm/93kg) Lithuanian forward
Aivaras Bendzius to a 1+2 year contract. The 19-year old forward will most likely spent most if not the whole season playing for Ilves' junior A team. Last season he split with Energija Elektrenai in Latvian league (34. 21+17=38 22) and Energija Elektrenai-2 in Lithuanian league (15. 16+16=32 22)
Pelicans has signed defender
Antti Jaatinen to a 1 year contract. He split last season in FEL (19. 1+0=1 10) and Mestis (20. 1+4=5 4). I really don't know why he is signed. He brings absolutely nothing to the game at the FEL level. He has 119 regular season in FEL games with 9 points (1+8) and 38 PIM along with 13 playoff games with 3 points (1+2) and 4 PIM.
HIFK has signed sniper
Kimmo Kuhta to a 1 year extension. The 37-year old winger has been one of the best scorers in his team for almost past 10 years. Last season he had 40 points (14+26) and 26 PIM in 50 games.
Mestis team
Peliitat has signed steady stay-at-home defender
Pekka Saittakari to a 1 year extension. While playing for
Fayetteville FireAntz in the SPHL he fought
Mike Craigen,
David Segal and
Dan Buccella
Young power forward
Niko Palonen has joined Mestis team
TUTO Hockey on tryout. Last season Palonen played 14 games for Ässät in FEL collecting 4 points (1+3) and 58 PIM and had a nice fight with HIFK's
Siim Liivik. He also played in Mestis for Jukurit and Hokki collecting 7 points (2+5) and 12 PIM in 24 games. He has also fought big
Simo Pulkki. In FEL he has 47 games with 6 points (1+5) and 92 PIM and in Mestis he has 67 games with 21 points (5+16) and 104 PIM. Still hoping to see him in FEL the upcoming season.