With the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline set for January 11, Plymouth Whalers coach-GM Mike Vellucci decided to get a jump on the annual event.
Vellucci announced the acquisition of 18-year-old defenseman Jay Gilbert from the Niagara IceDogs today in exchange for a fourth round draft choice in 2011. Plymouth acquired the fourth round pick along with a second and an eighth round pick last season in a deal that sent Jeremy Smith and Patrick Lee to the IceDogs. Now, the IceDogs re-acquire the fourth round pick in this deal.
Gilbert – who is 6-foot-2 and 205 pounds – was selected by Niagara in the fourth round (68th overall) of the 2007 OHL draft and has developed into a stay-at-home defenseman. In three seasons with Niagara, Gilbert has two goals with 11 assists for 13 points and 76 penalty minutes over 75 games.
Niagara Press Release
COVERING:
Plymouth and Saginaw (Ontario Hockey League)
Muskegon (United States Hockey League)
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Port Huron, Soo (North American Hockey League)
Battle Creek, Flint, Metro, Michigan (North American 3 Hockey League)
Berkley, Hartland, Holland, Grrrowl, Ice Dogs, Soo, Tennyson
(Midwest Junior Hockey League)
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