Pokulok Heads Back to AHL
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The San Antonio Rampage, the American Hockey League affiliate of
the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes, have signed former
Cornell defenseman Sasha Pokulok to a professional try-out (PTO)
contract.
Pokulok, 23, joins the Rampage from the Bakersfield Condors (ECHL)
where he has scored 11 goals, 17 assists and posted a plus-9 rating
in 39 games this season. He has amassed 16 goals, 38 assists and a
plus-28 rating in 83 career ECHL games over the span of four
seasons with South Carolina and Bakersfield. In 2009 he was a
member of the Kelly Cup Champion South Carolina Stingrays in which
he made 11 playoff appearances and posted four assists.
The Montreal, Quebec native has appeared in 60 career AHL games
recording one goal and 11 assists over the course of four seasons
with Hershey and Springfield.
The 6-foot-5, 230-pound blueliner collected seven goals and 16
assists in 53 games with Cornell University (NCAA, 2004-06). He was
selected in the first round (14th overall) by the Washington
Capitals in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
