Devils Acquire Brad Ference From Coyotes
Friday, Nov. 25th, 2005
East Rutherford, NJ - The New Jersey Devils on Friday acquired defenseman Brad Ference from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for centrr Pascal Rheaume and defensemen Ray Schultz and Steven Spencer.
Ference will be assigned to the AHL's Albany River Rats.
The 26-year-old Ference is third on San Antonio (AHL) with two goals and nine assists for 11 points and 39 penalty minutes in 19 games this season. He is in his seventh professional season, after spending 2004-05 in France. Ference has career totals of four goals and 30 assists for 34 points and 563 penalty minutes in 245 NHL games with Florida and Phoenix. He was traded to the Coyotes by the Panthers on March 8, 2003.
Ference played three-plus years with the Panthers' organization, recording a career-high 15 assists and 17 points in 80 games during his first full NHL season in 2001-02. He split the 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons between Florida and Louisville (AHL).
The 32-year-old Rheaume has split the 2005-06 season between New Jersey and Albany, after being re-acquired for the third time on July 22, 2004. He had two goals in nine games with the River Rats this season.
Schultz, 29, is in his second season with Albany, and ninth professional season, after signing as a free agent on July 6, 2004. He had five assists and 22 penalty minutes in 18 AHL games in 2005-06.
Spencer, 23, is in his second season with the organization, and third pro campaign, after signing with the team July 27, 2004. He has played in 15 games this season with South Carolina (ECHL).
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