January 18, 2011

DeVergilio Continues Career in Norway

Former St. Lawrence standout Kevin DeVergilio has joined the Manglerud Stars (Norway), the team announced Monday. DeVergilio heads to Norway after spending the 2010-11 campaign with Elmira of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL).

In 32 contests with the Jackals, DeVergilio scored seven goals and added 12 assists.

DeVergilio spent time with two winning teams in his rookie season of 2009-10. He started the year with the AHL's Texas Stars, eventual Calder Cup finalists, recording an assist in 13 games. With the Idaho Steelheads, DeVergilio totaled 18 goals and 20 assists for 38 points in 48 games as Idaho won the ECHL's 2010 Brabham Cup with a 46-17-2-5 record. In 15 postseason games, DeVergilio had three goals and seven assists as the Steelheads qualified for the 2010 Kelly Cup Finals.

The Sterling Heights, Mich. native's professional career started off with a bang, scoring two goals in his first professional game on April 3, 2009 with the Las Vegas Wranglers and notching two assists in the Wranglers' final regular-season game of 2008-09 the next night.

Prior to his professional career, DeVergilio played four seasons for St. Lawrence. DeVergilio was one of the Saints' top three scorers during each of his final three seasons with 32 points (2nd, 9g-23a) in 2006-07, 25 points (2nd, 8g-17a) in 2007-08, and 31 points (3rd, 11g-20a) in 2008-09. His freshman season of 2005-06 saw him post 25 points (14g-11a).