Bears Assign 5 to Reading (ECHL); Release 7 Others

[chilly666]

HERSHEY, Pa. - The HERSHEY BEARS announced today that 12 players have been released from the club's 2012 training camp. The announcement was made by BEARS President/GM Doug Yingst.

The 12 players, all of whom will report to the ECHL's Reading Royals, are defensemen Adam Comrie, Dustin Stevenson, Brad Walch and Scott Wietecha; forwards David Civitarese, Tyler Gron, David Marshall, Jesse Todd and David Vallorani; and goaltenders Brandon Anderson, Philipp Grubauer and Sergey Kostenko.

[flamesblackace]

Man... These poor bastards... How bad do you have to be to be cut fromt he ECHL???

Time to give up on the hockey dream already... Grab a hammer and a bucket of nails and get working... Be the stud of your floor hockey team maybe, but c'mon, the dream is soooo dead.

[chilly666]

they got cut from the ahl guy, sent to the echl.....

[flamesblackace]

well, someone has to get cut from the EC, guy

[chilly666]

these guys all have contracts already with reading, hence why they are going there. the 6 released were on tryouts and most tryouts don't make the team.

[flamesblackace]

Originally Posted by chilly666

these guys all have contracts already with reading, hence why they are going there. the 6 released were on tryouts and most tryouts don't make the team.

I see... Yeah, I would imagine most tryouts are like "Pros vs Joes"... Maybe the odd Rocky in the mix makes it... And thats always cool

[4thLineGoon]

Originally Posted by flamesblackace

Man... These poor bastards... How bad do you have to be to be cut fromt he ECHL???

Time to give up on the hockey dream already... Grab a hammer and a bucket of nails and get working... Be the stud of your floor hockey team maybe, but c'mon, the dream is soooo dead.

Really dude? Have you ever skated with guys that played in the Coast? Unless you put together a 10+ year AHL/NHL career, you can't run your mouth, the guys are still seriously filthy, just have flaws in their game compared to full time AAA level guys.

Not to mention, guys cut from the A are top dog in the E. They're not going to fall two rungs on the ladder if they were in the running for AHL spots unless there just aren't any offers out there.

[flyersrule]

i like this move for reading. gets them some big tough dudes in stevenson and comrie and overall a group of decently rough and tumble dmen

[caps05]

Originally Posted by flyersrule

i like this move for reading. gets them some big tough dudes in stevenson and comrie and overall a group of decently rough and tumble dmen

Wietecha seems like he's scrappy too.