IOWA SIGNS LANG AND RIOUX
Jan 21, 2014IOWA SIGNS LANG AND RIOUX
Iowa Begins a Three-Game Road Trip, Starting in Texas Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Des Moines, IA – Iowa Wild General Manager Jim Mill announced on Tuesday the American Hockey League (AHL) club has signed forward Mickey Lang and defenseman Nicholas Rioux (pronounced – Ree-you) to professional tryout agreements (PTO).
Rioux rejoins the Wild after he was sent back to the team’s Central Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in Quad City. He made his Iowa and AHL debut at Milwaukee on Jan. 6, a 4-3 shootout loss for Iowa. The Quebec native played in five games for the Wild, going scoreless with a +1 and two penalty minutes. Rioux is a third-year pro who spent training camp with Iowa before heading to the team’s Central Hockey League (CHL) affiliate in Quad City. He made 28 appearances in Quad City with the Mallards, scoring twice and setting up 10 others for 12 points. He has played his first three pro seasons in the CHL. In 159 career CHL games, the 27-year old has 14 goals and 46 assists for 60 points.
Lang joins the Wild from the team’s ECHL affiliate in Orlando, where the forward scored five goals and added seven assists for 12 points in eight games played. He also played in 24 games for the ECHL’s Fort Wayne Komets, scoring 17 goals and totaling 26 points in 24 games played. In all, the 5-foot-9, 185-pounder scored 22 goals in 32 ECHL games, while totaling 38 points. The Reno, NV native is a third-year pro, who also played two years in the CHL from 2011-13 for Quad City. In 125 games, the forward scored 60 goals and totaled 123 points. In 2012-13, Lang scored 41 goals and added 42 assists for 83 points in 64 games played. The 27-year old has one AHL game under his belt, going scoreless in his lone appearance with Rockford in 2012-13. He attended Manhattanville College from 2007-11, scoring 47 goals and totaling 93 points in 88 games played.
Iowa will play three straight games on the road, all in the Lone Star state. The Wild visits the Texas Stars on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. The team also plays a pair of games at San Antonio prior to returning home on Friday, Jan. 31 for a 7:05 p.m. game with the Milwaukee Admirals. Friday’s game on Jan. 31 against Milwaukee marks Military Appreciation Night, presented by the Marines. The game will feature various in-game elements to honor those who serve our country. The first 2,500 fans to the game receive a Wild camouflage hat, compliments of 92.5 KJJY. The game is also a $2 Beer Night, where fans may purchase $2, ten-ounce domestic drafts through the first period of play, presented by 100.3 The Bus. After the game, fans are invited to bring skates for a Postgame skate opportunity on the Wells Fargo Arena ice.
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