Stephen Sylvanie / Special to the Sun
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 | 7 p.m.
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The Las Vegas Wranglers released four players Monday, including ECHL All-Star center Justin Taylor.
Taylor notched 30 points in 36 regular season games with the Wranglers last season and earned a trip to the 2009 ECHL All-Star game. He also added two goals and four assists in 15 Kelly Cup playoff games last year.
Along with Taylor, the Wranglers cut forwards John Morea, Gabriel Andre and Matt Whitehead.
Andre and Whitehead are now both unrestricted free agents.
Opening day rosters are due to the ECHL at noon Wednesday.
The Wranglers start the season at home against Utah at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Orleans Arena, a Boyd Gaming facility located just west of the Las Vegas Strip, is one of the nation’s leading mid-sized arenas, and was recently ranked No. 1 in the United States and No. 5 internationally among venues of similar size by Venues Today Magazine.
The Arena hosts more than 200 events each year, including concerts by top names like Carrie Underwood, Daughtry, Van Halen, Brooks & Dunn, Black Eyed Peas, Akon and Rihanna; family favorites like The Harlem Globetrotters and Circus Spectacular; and a wide variety of sporting events, including NCAA basketball tournaments, the West Coast Conference and Western Athletic Conference Basketball Championships, mixed martial arts with Superior Cage Combat, and major motorsports events.
The arena serves as home to the Las Vegas Wranglers professional ECHL hockey team, the Las Vegas Legends professional indoor soccer team, and the Lingerie Football League’s Las Vegas Sin. Stay connected to the Orleans Arena on Facebook (www.facebook.com/orleansarena) and on Twitter (@orleansarena).
Steve Silver can be reached at 948-7822 or [email protected].
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