Mormina Secures Contract
WILKES-BARRE, PA – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have
agreed to terms with former Colgate defenseman Joey Mormina on a
one-year American Hockey League contract, it was announced on
Monday.
Mormina, 29, will return to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for his third
season with the organization. In 120 games with the Penguins,
Mormina has recorded 22 points (4+18), 115 penalty minutes, and a
combined plus-54 rating.
In six professional seasons, the 6-6, 220-lb. native of Montreal
has totaled 82 points (15+67) in 397 career AHL games with
Manchester, Albany, Adirondack, and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Mormina also appeared in one NHL contest with the Carolina
Hurricanes.
A sixth-round selection (193rd overall) of the Philadelphia Flyers
in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, Mormina broke into the professional
ranks in 2005-06 after a four-year college career with Colgate
University (ECAC).
