BULLDOGS ASSIGN PALAZZESE TO NAILERS
21-year-old goaltender signed one-year contract on Tuesday
Hamilton Bulldogs Press Release
MONTREAL, QUE. – Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Bulldogs general manager Marc Bergevin announced today the Bulldogs have assigned goaltender Franky Palazzese to the ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers.
Palazzese spent the 2013-14 season with the Ontario Hockey League’s Sudbury Wolves. In 60 regular season games with Sudbury, the 21-year-old posted a record of 27-23-9 with a 2.97 goals-against average, .916 save percentage and five shutouts. In 175 career OHL regular season games with the Wolves, Kitchener Rangers and Kingston Frontenacs from 2009 to 2014, the 6-1, 160-pound goaltender had a record of 71-69-26 with a 3.13 goals-against average, .914 save percentage and seven shutouts.
Palazzese signed a one-year, two-way American Hockey League / ECHL contract with the Bulldogs on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
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