Blades to get goaltender
Veteran goaltender Mike Morrison has signed a contract with the Albany River Rats of the AHL, will begin training camp in Albany (N.Y.) then be assigned to the Florida Everblades for the start of the 2009-10 ECHL season, the Blades announced Tuesday.
Morrison, a seventh-round pick of the Edmonton Oilers in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, has played for three teams in the ECHL including, Columbus, Greenville and Phoenix and three teams in the AHL since 2002. He also has appeared in 29 NHL games with Ottawa, Phoenix and Edmonton.
His most prolific season in the NHL was in 2005-06. Morrison appeared in 21 contests with the Oilers posting a 10-4-2 record with a 2.83 goals-against average and a .884 save percent