Published Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 | 6:20 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 | 6:37 p.m.
Hockey Talk
First day of Camp Mougenel
Las Vegas Wranglers beat reporter Steve Silver interviews Wranglers head coach Ryan Mougenel after the first day of training camp at the SoBe Ice Arena.
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The Las Vegas Wranglers' talent pool grew a little larger Wednesday as the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League assigned two players to the team for the start of training camp.
Defenseman Nick Ross and forward Matt Watkins will join the Wranglers on Thursday.
Ross, the 2007 first-round draft pick of the Phoenix Coyotes, will provide a big boost to the Wranglers' blue line.
Last season, the 6-foot, 194-pound Lethbridge, Alberta, native split time between the Kamloops Blazers and Vancouver Giants of the WHL. He notched 43 points and 83 penalty minutes in 74 games. Ross, who is only 20 years old, spent four games with the Rampage in the 2007-08 season.
Watkins, who was the Dallas Stars' fifth-round (No. 160) selection of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, joins the Wranglers after four years at the University of North Dakota.
The Wranglers will report to the Orleans Arena Thursday for physicals and then take the ice at the Fiesta Rancho for the first day of training camp Friday.
Force of nature: The Wranglers also announced Wednesday that Imperial Palace headliners Human Nature will perform at opening night on Oct. 16.
Human Nature has produced four multi-platinum albums in Australia with five top-10 singles.
"We are thrilled to have Human Nature share their incredible talent with our fans on Opening Night," said Billy Johnson, President and COO of the Las Vegas Wranglers. "The show at the Imperial Palace is amazing and fun, and we are all in for a treat at the Orleans Arena on October 16."
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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