3 Pats off to the Pros

Congrats to Jordan, Colton & Martin with getting a late season call up, im sure Davidson would of as well had he not separated his shoulder. That could be a big blow to him with the possibility of not getting signed before the draft (as i dont recall he has signed as of yet) come at the draft he would be a Free Agent. Im guessing the NYI have given up on Bidlevskii or r they just not in a position to make the playoffs or need a body.



Three members of the Regina Pats will have their season continue in the American Hockey League. Pats forward Jordan Weal and Defenseman Colton Jobke and Martin Marincin have all been recalled by their NHL teams and have departed to join American League clubs.

Jordan Weal was drafted by the LA Kings in the 3rd round (70th overall) of the 2010 NHL draft and signed his first pro contract last summer. The native of North Vancouver, BC finished the 2011/12 season in 4th place on the Regina Pats career scoring list with 385 points and a team high plus 31. Jordan will join the Manchester Monarchs, the Kings AHL affiliate immediately.

Colton Jobke joined the Regina Pats in a September trade with Kelowna and became a huge part of the Pats leadership core and went on to hit career highs in goals (10), Assists (19), points (29) and penalty minutes (104). Colton was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Wild in September 2010 and will join the Houston Aeros.

Martin Marincin was acquired at the WHL trade deadline in January and picked up 23 pts in 28 games helping the Pats to a berth in the WHL Playoffs. Marincin was a 2nd Round Selection of the Edmonton Oilers in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and he will join the Oilers AHL affiliate in Oklahoma City.

Just surfed the American league web site and note Marincin is on Barons roster as one of 10 D-men. Jobke is not on the Aeros roster yet and they have 10 D-men on the roster. Weal is not on the Monarchs roster yet and they have 15 forwards on the roster. The on or off the roster could be that the team has not had a game yet or has not dressed them to play.

Weal got into a few games last season im not sure about the others but i dont think they did.... they will make space for them to get into games if they r truely wanting to see what they can do at that level... heck if there is an NHL lockout we could see all 3 of them back as 20yr olds, altho i could see us moving 1 of Marincin or Jobke cuz i think we need Scheidl (& Weal if he falls into our lap again) as a 20yr fwds more then (2) 20yr old Dmen.

Lots can happen still with that situation heck the NHL may not even lock out but the odds are very high that they will... it may not be for the full season tho like it was last time & im not sure how the ruling will go with the 20yr olds that get returned to junior if it happens if they will have a grace period where they can take them out of junior & put them back into the AHL im sure the CHL will fight it cuz the CHL could take in huge rewards of getting back alot of the top 19yrs as 20yr olds.