ICEMEN ADD SIZE TO BLUE LINE

The Jacksonville Icemen, proud affiliate of the NHL Winnipeg Jets and AHL Manitoba Moose, today announced the addition of AHL free agent Kayle Doetzel, and the release of forward Pier-Olivier Grandmaison.  Doetzel, 23, started his third professional season with the AHL's Stockton Heat, playing in one game. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound defenseman spent the majority of last season with the Heat's ECHL affiliate, the Kansas City Mavericks, where he notched 12 points (3G, 9A) and a -4 rating in 48 games. In 67 games with the Heat over the past two seasons, the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan product tallied 4 points (4A) and a +3 rating.      

Doetzel joins the Icemen in their first back-to-back games for the season. Jacksonville hosts Atlanta on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and Greenville on Friday at 7:30 p.m.. Friday's game will be followed by the first Florida-Georgia game of the weekend, when the schools' club hockey programs face each other at Veterans Memorial Arena.