Generous Goes to Finland
Rauman Lukko (Finland) announced Monday the signing of former St. Lawrence standout Matt Generous to a one-year contract with a second-year club option.
Last season, Generous, who hails from Cheshire, Connecticut, split time between Reading of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and Lake Erie of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 62 games, he scored two goals and assisted on eight others (10 points). Generous played 40 games with Lake Erie, amassing one goal and four assists.
Generous began his professional career with the Portland Pirates of the AHL, seeing action in four games in 2008-09 after completing his collegiate career, and 61 games in 2009-10. He racked up 13 points, including two goals, in his first full professional campaign (2009-10).
A seventh round pick of the Buffalo Sabres in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Generous had a stellar four year career at St. Lawrence, where he was a four-time member of the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team. Generous, who signed a one-year entry level contract with the Buffalo Sabres after completing his college career in 2008-09, was named ECAC Hockey's Defensive Defenseman of the Year. In 139 total college games with the Saints, Generous registered 56 points (18g-38a) and 133 penalty minutes.
