In the pros: Lowery signs with South Carolina

Former CC captain Ryan Lowery signed a contract with ECHL South Carolina, joining former college teammate Tyler Johnson.

From the press release …

Lowery, 24, heads into his second professional campaign after splitting last season between the Stockton Thunder and the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League.

The Inverness, Ill. native appeared in 22 games with the Thunder picking up seven points (1g-6a) and 28 contests with the Barons adding seven points (1g-6a).

In 2011, he appeared with the Edmonton Oilers in the YoungStars Tournament.

Before going pro, Lowery completed a four-year collegiate career at Colorado College totaling seven goals and 39 assists for 46 points in 152 games and served as captain his senior season.

In the pros: ECHL, AHL playoffs update

San Antonio's Mark Cullen had a big game against Chicago in the AHL playoffs on Saturday night.

In the AHL, Mark Cullen picked up two assists, including the first assist on the game-winner in San Antonio’s 4-3 win over Chicago, which plays Bill Sweatt.

Gabe Guentzel played his second playoff game for Syracuse and finished plus-2. David Civitarese has yet to appear for Hershey in the postseason.

Today is a busy day for former Tigers with Bridgeport’s Trevor Frischmon trying to avoid elimination in the best-of-five series against Connecticut while Houston hopes to do the same at OKC. Abbotsford, which features Brian Connelly, will try to take a 2-0 lead at Milwaukee this afternoon.

Former Tiger Brian Swanson assisted the opening goal as the Alaska Aces defeated Stockton 4-1 in Game 5 of their ECHL second-round playoff series and advanced to the Western Conference finals for the sixth time in the franchise’s nine years. They Aces will face the winner of the Las Vegas-Idaho series (LV leads 3-1).

Tim Hall played for Alaska. The loss ends Ryan Lowery’s stay in Stockton He may now be called up to AHL Oklahoma City, which holds a 2-0 lead in its best-of-five series against Houston, which has Kris Fredheim, Nate Prosser and Chad Rau on its roster.

Tuesday reading: Owens, Lowery, honors, MTU, commits

Tigers coach Scott Owens talked with Gazette columnist David Ramsey about this past season.

Former Tiger captain Ryan Lowery, pictured at left,was called up from ECHL Stockton to AHL Oklahoma City. Lowery had seven points in 22 games since being sent down to the Thunder from the Barons in February.

College Hockey News announced its national player honorees. No one from CC was honored.

Former CC assistant Norm Bazin was named as Coach of the Year by the New England Hockey Writers Association. He has already garnered the same honor from College Hockey News and Hockey East.

Michigan Tech is developing a good talent pipeline with the BCHL.

Here’s a copy of the latest list from Chris Heisenberg on CC’s commits. He does a good job of keeping track of every team.

COLORADO COLLEGE	Name	Commit date	Likely start at school	Previous team	Height, weight		Notes
.	Jared Hanson-RW	3/12/12		Lincoln (USHL)	6′ 190 1-24-93
.	Hunter Fejes-C	3/5/12		Shattuck St.Mary’s	6′ 165 5-31-94
.	Alex Roos-RW	2/8/12	2013 or 2014	Team Illinois U18	5’8 150 12-5-94
.	Daniel Labosky-LW	12/29/11	2013 or 2014	Benilde St.Margaret	5’6 150 5-24-95		2011 USA U17 Team
.	Duggie Lagrone-RD	10/24/11	2013	Des Moines (USHL)	5’10 185 6-23-94
.	Garrett Cecere-LD	8/18/11	2013 or 2014	Janesville (NAHL)	5’9 155 1-5-95		2011 USA U17 Team
.	Gustav Olofsson-LD	3/11/11	2013 or 2014	Colorado Thunderbirds	6’1 170 12-1-94
.	Jaccob Slavin-D	12/17/10	2013	Chicago (USHL)	6’2 167 5-1-94		2011 USA U18 Team
.	Christian Heil-C	12/16/10	2013	Chicago (USHL)	5’11 150 3-25-94
.	Michael King-D	12/7/10		Westside (BCHL)	6’4 200 1-22-93		48-5-18-23-22
.	Matt Hansen-RW	10/5/10		Austin (NAHL)	5’10 163 5-11-93		44-5-5-10-4
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