KFDM COOP Posted January 5, 2007 Report Posted January 5, 2007 Goalie gets Aeros start Two players have left the Texas Wildcatters hockey team since New Year's Day, but Wildcatters coach Malcolm Cameron expects one of them to return today.Goalie Miroslav Kopriva made his first start this season Thursday with the Houston Aeros and is the fourth Wildcatters player within the last two weeks to play for an American Hockey League team.Cameron said he expects Kopriva to return to the Wildcatters in time for the first game of the team's three-game series against Columbia that starts tonight at Ford Arena.Also gone is rookie forward Casey Lee, who left the Wildcatters to return to school, Cameron said Thursday. Lee will attend the University of Saskatchewan, where he will play hockey.Rules in Canada give hockey players until Dec. 31 of their first professional season to decide if they want to return to school without losing amateur status. After Dec. 31, a player can regain amateur status by sitting out a year.Lee, 21, had a goal and two assists in 19 games.The Wildcatters have played the last five games without J.F. David and Marco Rosa and one game without Kevin Baker. All three are high-scoring players and are with AHL clubs.Kopriva has a professional contract with the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild organization. The Aeros are the Wild's AHL affiliate.Kopriva has been called up to Houston several times this season but never played until Saturday, when he had 10 saves in 25 minutes. He returned to Beaumont earlier this week but was sent to Houston for Thursday's game. Kopriva played 12 games with Houston last season.With Kopriva, the Wildcatters have 18 active players on its roster.
hockeyfan Posted January 5, 2007 Report Posted January 5, 2007 The Aeros sent us one of their goalies, Tony Quesada.
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