McCutcheon to Experience Norway
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Former Cornell standout Mark McCutcheon will continue his professional career as the Ithaca, New York native has signed a contract with Vålerenga (Norway) for the 2010-11 season. The team announced the signing Monday on its Web site.
McCutcheon split the 2009-10 campaign between the East Coast
Hockey League (ECHL) and American Hockey League (AHL), playing 34
games with the ECHL's Idaho Steelheads, and 17 AHL games with the
Portland Pirates and Manitoba Moose. He amassed 46 points,
including 14 goals, in 34 games with Idaho, and two goals in five
games with Portland.
McCutcheon played in 145 career games in the AHL in three seasons
with Portland, Lake Erie and Manitoba where he totaled 28 points
(10g & 18a). McCutcheon had his best season in 2008-09 with the
Monsters when he collected 17 points (6g & 11a) in 65
games.
McCutcheon, who was originally drafted by the Colorado Avalanche
in the fifth round, 146th overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft,
played in 115 collegiate contests with the Big Red. He scored 19
goals and assisted on 25 tallies.
