Sproat Loaned to Milwaukee
CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Cincinnati Cyclones, ECHL affiliate of
the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators, announced
this afternoon they have loaned former Princeton forward Dustin
Sproat to the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL). Sproat appeared in 33 games
for the Cyclones in 2009-10, racking up eleven goals and 17 assists
for 28 points.
Sproat, 29, is in his second professional season. He joined the
Cyclones in January 2009 after signing with the club as a free
agent. With Fresno last season, the six-foot, 195 pound native of
Red Deer, Alberta, played in 16 games and had a pair of goals and
four assists for six points. With the Cyclones, he played in 39
games and had 13 goals and 21 assists for 34 points.
Sproat was a three-time letterwinner at Princeton, playing in 92
games and collecting 28 goals and 29 assists for 57 points with 62
penalty minutes. The 2004-05 season was his finest, netting 18
goals and collecting 17 assists for 35 points in 31 games.
Sproat also won a pair of prestigious awards at Princeton. As a
freshman in 2002-03, he was the winner of the university's Hobey
Baker Trophy, as the top freshman player there. In 2005-06, Dustin
was named the winner of the Blackwell Trophy for his contributions
on the ice, sportsmanship and influence on the team. A two-time
ECAC All-Academic choice, he began his professional career in
2005-06 with Reading (ECHL) and saw action in 16 games, netting a
goal and an assist for two points.
Sproat becomes the tenth different Cyclones player to earn an AHL
promotion this season, after 17 players earned the nod to the AHL
last year. In the three-plus seasons that Chuck Weber has been the
coach of the Cyclones, 58 players have earned promotions to the
AHL.
