Marlies Sign Paul Ranger

[chilly666]

The Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League signed defenceman Paul Ranger to a contract.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning 183rd overall in 2002, Ranger played for the club from 2005-09, recording 18 goals and 74 assists in 270 games.

In the 2007-08 season, Ranger hit a career high with 10 goals and 21 assists in 72 games.

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[Humpzilla]

Um, what changed?

Someone must have really wanted to get out of Florida.

Last i read, he was doing this

Paul Ranger, a smooth-skating defenseman who left the Lightning in October 2009 to deal with a personal matter and has not returned, is an assistant coach for a bantam team in Whitby, Ontario, his hometown.

The team's head coach is David Branch, for whom Ranger played minor hockey for four years before moving on to the junior Ontario league and then the Lightning, which drafted Ranger in the sixth round in 2002.

Before the start of Lightning training camp last season, general manager Steve Yzerman said Ranger was “sorting out what he wants to do with his hockey career and with his life. At this time he’s not prepared to commit to coming back to the NHL, and I respect his position.”
Posted by Times Editor at 6:22:00 pm on March 11, 2012