Whalers start the OHL Playoffs Friday at Compuware Arena against Sarnia.
Release from the Canadian Hockey League: TORONTO, Ontario – The Canadian Hockey League on Wednesday announced that Matt Mahalak of the Plymouth Whalers is the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the final week of the 2012-13 regular season ending March 17, after posting a 2-0-0-0 record with two shutouts giving him a perfect goals-against-average of 0.00 and save percentage of 1.000. Mahalak stopped all 53 shots he faced in two games last week beginning with a 29-save performance on Wednesday night as part of an 8-0 shutout win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. Mahalak picked up his second straight shutout and third of the season Sunday in the Whalers regular season finale stopping 24 shots in a 4-0 win over the Windsor Spitfires…
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Current imports Rickard Rakell, Dario Trutmann remain in Plymouth.
With two good Import players already on the roster and ready to play next season, the Whalers used today’s 2011 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft to acquire two future draft choices. Mike Vellucci, the Plymouth Whalers' president, general manager and head coach, traded the Whalers’ first pick and 31st overall in today’s Canadian Hockey League Import Draft to Erie. In exchange, Plymouth receives at seventh-round selection in the 2012 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection and a fifth-round pick in the 2014 OHL Draft. The Whalers will pass on their second selection (91st overall) in today’s CHL Import Draft. Canadian Hockey League teams can play just two Import selections. The Whalers' current Imports – Rickard Rakell, from Sweden (…
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