April 2, 2010

Rockford Releases Hagel from PTO

ROCKFORD, Ill.- Chicago Blackhawks General Manager of Minor League Affiliations Mark Bernard announced on Thursday that the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League have released left wing Kyle Hagel, a former Princeton standout, from his professional try-out agreement.

Hagel has been held without a point in nine games with the IceHogs.  He has posted 36 penalty minutes in his second stint in the AHL.  The Hamilton, Ontario native will return to the Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL), where he has posted seven goals, seven assists and 75 penalty minutes in 40 games during the campaign.

In 90 career professional games, the second-year pro has 14 goals, 13 assists and 259 penalty minutes between the ECHL’s Fresno Falcons (2008-09), Reading Royals (2008-09) and Las Vegas (2009-10) as well as the AHL’s IceHogs (2009-10) and Rochester Americans (2008-09).