Jacks Re-Sign Two

The Odessa Jackalopes announced today that they have re-signed two fan favorites in Garrett Gruenke and Mike Ramsay. This is very, very good news to hear as the Jacks are bringing back key pieces from last season to try and help bring a championship to Odessa next season. Mike Ramsay was a personal favorite of mine as he always shows heart, and has the talent and potential to put up big numbers season after season. You can view Ramsay's stats at http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=62198. Garrett Gruenke was also re-signed by the Jacks today, and I must say that although I am not as excited about Gruenke re-signing, I am still happy to see him come back to the Jacks for the 2009-2010 season. Gruenke had huge shoes to fill last season when Joly went down for the remainder of the season, and considering he was a rookie, he did do fairly well taking on the role of full time enforcer. The only problem that I had with Gruenke is that he, more often than not, seemed reluctant to drop the gloves or defend a teammate. However, since he was a rookie, I will cut him a little slack. Hopefully he will build on what he accomplished last season, and maybe the Jacks will sign another good enforcer to take some of the pressure off of Gruenke. With the Jacks bringing back two more players that helped with the success that we had last season, every other team in the CHL better watch out, because here the Jacks come and they are going to prove to everybody that they are indeed willing to do "whatever it takes" to bring home the cup next season. You can read the full article about Ramsay and Gruenke at the Jackalopes website which can be viewed at http://www.jackalopes.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244:07story01&catid=69:newstory&Itemid=119.

In other CHL news:

• The Corpus Christi IceRays announced that they have signed high scoring, veteran forward Chad Woollard for the upcoming season. This is a pretty big signing for the Rays, and maybe they will have more success than they had last season (hopefully no success against the Jacks, of course). You can read the full article on Woollard at the league website which can be viewed at http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=3524.



• The newly named Missouri Mavericks have made a pretty big splash by signing former league MVP, Jeff Christian for the 2009-2010 season. Former Jackalope great and now Maverick coach, Scott Hillman, has been a winner for pretty much his entire career, and you better believe that he will put together a team that is able to contend in the CHL. Their are some critics that say that Christian is lazy, but his numbers do not lie, and you better believe that he will continue with his success in Missouri. You can read the full article on Christian at the league website which can be viewed at http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=3522.



• Finally, former Rage and Jackalope, Aaron Davis has signed with the Tulsa Oilers for the upcoming season. This guy is a capable forward, and he should help the Oilers out tremendously. You can read the full article on Aaron Davis at the league website which can be viewed at http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=3523.

Until next time Jack fans all I have to say is GO JACKS GO!!!