GLENDALE, ARIZONA – Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have reassigned forward Matt Watkins to the Portland Pirates, the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate (AHL).
The rookie had no points and a minus-1 rating in his NHL debut.
The following players have been assigned to the Portland Pirates training camp: FORWARDS Mathieu Beaudoin, Spencer Bennett, Evan Bloodoff, Alexandre Bolduc, Darian Dziurzynski, Brett Hextall, Ryan Hollweg, Colin Long, Donny Maloney, Brendan Shinnimin, Jordan Szwarz, Matt Watkins, Ethan Werek
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have signed free agent defensemen Nathan Oystrick and Dean Arsene as well as free agent forward Matt Watkins to one-year (two-way) contracts. As per club policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.