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Lightning Recall Mike Angelidis

Tuesday, Feb. 21st, 2012

TAMPA BAY, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL parent club of the Norfolk Admirals, have recalled forward Mike Angelidis from the Admirals, Lightning Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman announced today.

Angelidis, 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, has played in 49 games with the Admirals this season, registering 12 goals and 23 points with a plus-8 rating and 123 penalty minutes. Norfolk's captain is tied for fifth in goals and is second in penalty minutes on the team this season. Angelidis made his NHL debut on January 24 with Tampa Bay, scoring his first NHL goal on his first shot. He was also plus-1 in 4:01 of ice time.

A native of Woodbridge, Ontario, Angelidis has played in 364 career AHL games between Norfolk and the Albany River Rats, netting 74 goals and 146 points with 748 penalty minutes. Angelidis has also skated in 22 career Calder Cup Playoff Games, notching two goals and eight points.

Angelidis spent his junior career with the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League, amassing 96 goals and 161 points in 284 games. He was undrafted and signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on July 27, 2006. The Lightning signed Angelidis as a free agent on August 3, 2010.



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