5 OHL Alumni Playing For AHL's Portland Pirates 5

The Portland Pirates will be the AHL affiliate with the NHL's Buffalo Sabres. This past season, 2009-10, five Ontario Hockey League alumni played for ones Pirates. Despite finishing fifth inside the American Hockey League over the regular season, Portland was swept in the first round of this AHL playoffs by Manchester.Mike Weber was picked inside the second round by the Sabres in 2006 draft. He has got played an overall of 23 games aided by the NHL club since entering the joy of professional hockey in 2007. However, Mike sincerely been a complete 2009-10 season when using the Pirates. Mike played four seasons from the OHL from 2003-04 to 2006-07. His first three seasons were messed around with the Windsor Spitfires while his fourth and final season was split, 30 games apiece, between your Spitfires and therefore the Barrie Colts.Cody McCormick played four seasons inside OHL aided by the Belleville Bulls from 1999-00 to 2002-03. Drafted through Colorado Avalanche in 2001, Cody played in 190 games together with the NHL club before putting a full season around Portland this holiday season.Jeff Cowan played three seasons in your OHL from 1993-94 to 1995-96. His initial couple of seasons were spent when using the Guelph Storm impressive final season is at Barrie aided by the Colts. Jeff has played over 400 NHL games considering the Calgary Flames, Atlanta Thrashers, Are generally Kings and Vancouver Canucks. This really Jeff's first season using the Pirates.Mark Mancari played four seasons within the OHL, all with the Ottawa 67's, from 2001-02 to 2004-05. Drafted by your Sabres on the seventh round from the 2004 draft, Mark has played just 16 games with Buffalo over five seasons, spending the other percentage of his time in the AHL. Mancari has publish solid offensive numbers along with the Rochester Americans plus the Pirates since from the AHL and it will only be a matter of time before he finds an area during the NHL.Drew Schiestel played four seasons around the OHL, by using the IceDogs (2 in Mississauga and a couple of in Niagara) from 2005-06 to 2008-09. One minute round pick on the Sabres in 2007, he played his first season of pro hockey this season entirely aided by the Pirates.