December 5, 2007

River Rats Loan MacDonald to Florida

ALBANY, NY -- The Albany River Rats announced today that former Rensselaer forward Kirk MacDonald has been returned on loan to the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.

MacDonald, 23, has appeared in 11 games for the River Rats this season, scoring two points, including his first goal of the season on November 30th versus Norfolk. The Victoria, British Columbia native will be making his second trip this year to the Everblades; he played two games for Florida just after Thanksgiving, before returning to Albany on November 25th. MacDonald is expected to join Florida prior to their next game, which is scheduled for Thursday, December 6th on the road as the Everblades face off with the Gwinnett Gladiators for a 7:05 pm start at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Georgia.

The River Rats have two games on their schedule for this week, beginning with a home game on Friday, December 7th at the Times Union Center; a 7:00 pm face off against the Portland Pirates. Sunday afternoon Albany will be at the Giant Center in Hershey for a 5:00 pm face off with the Hershey Bears.