that the Coyotes have acquired defenseman David Rundblad (RUHND-blahd) and a second round draft choice in the 2012 Entry Draft from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for center Kyle Turris.

“We are very excited to have David join our organization,” said Maloney. “He is a young, highly skilled defenseman with superior offensive sense. We look forward to David joining us in the desert and becoming an important player for us in the future..”

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Rundblad has appeared in 23 games with Ottawa this season (his first professional season), recording 1-3-4 and six penalty minutes (PIM). In 2010-11, he recorded 11-39-50 in 55 games with Skelleftea HC (SEL), the second-highest point total by a defenseman in Elitserien history. He also won a silver medal with Sweden at the 2011 IIHF World Championship.

The 21-year-old native of Lycksele, Sweden played four seasons with Skelleftea HC from 2007-08 through 2010-11 registering 12-61-73 and 36 penalty minutes (PIM) in 153 regular season games. In 40 career postseason games, Rundblad recorded 4-9-13 and 13 PIM. He won a bronze medal as an alternate captain with Sweden at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship, and a silver medal at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Rundblad was originally drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round (17th overall) in the 2009 Entry Draft.

Turris appeared in six games with the Coyotes this season, recording four PIM.

The Phoenix Coyotes recalled goaltender Justin Pogge on an emergency basis from the Portland Pirates, the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate (AHL).

The 6-foot-3, 197 pound Pogge has appeared in seven games with the Pirates this season, posting a record of 3-2-2-0 with a 3.22 goals against average (GAA) and a .891 save percentage (SV%).

In 2010-11, Pogge appeared in 48 games with the Charlotte Checkers (AHL), registering a 22-18-1-4 record with a 3.12 GAA and a .907 SV%.

No word yet on what prompted this move.

GLENDALE, ARIZONA – Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have recalled defenseman Chris Summers from the Portland Pirates, the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate (AHL).

The 6-foot-2, 209-pound Summers has appeared in 17 games with the Pirates this season, collecting two assists and 24 penalty minutes (PIM). He leads the team with a plus-six rating. Summers has also played in two games with the Coyotes this season.

Last season the 23-year-old native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, recorded 1-9-10 and 54 penalty minutes in 75 games with the San Antonio Rampage (AHL). He also appeared in two games with the Coyotes in 2009-10, collecting four penalty minutes.

Summers was drafted by the Coyotes in the first round (29th overall) of the 2006 Entry Draft.

The Phoenix Coyotes and FOX Sports Arizona announced today that eight regular season games will move between FOX Sports Arizona and FOX Sports Arizona PLUS. Below are the games that are affected by the changes:

The following five games are moving from FOX Sports Arizona PLUS to FOX Sports Arizona (HD):

Thursday, January 12 Phoenix at Detroit
Saturday, January 21 Tampa Bay at Phoenix
Tuesday, January 31 Anaheim at Phoenix
Tuesday, February 21 Los Angeles at Phoenix
Tuesday, February 28 Vancouver at Phoenix

The following three games are moving from FOX Sports Arizona to FOX Sports Arizona PLUS (HD):

Monday, December 26 Phoenix at Los Angeles
Wednesday, December 28 Boston at Phoenix
Tuesday, April 3 Columbus at Phoenix

Information on channel locations for FOX Sports Arizona PLUS can be found at FoxSportsArizona.com.

Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today the Coyotes have assigned defenseman Chris Summers to the Portland Pirates, the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate (AHL).

The 6-foot-2, 209 pound Summers appeared in two games with the Coyotes this week, skating in 21:56 of ice time. He has collected one assist in 14 games with the Pirates this season. In 2010-11, the 23-year-old native of Ann Arbor, Michigan recorded 1-7-8 and 52 PIM in 58 games with the San Antonio Rampage (AHL).

Summers was drafted by the Coyotes in the first round (29th overall) in the 2006 Entry Draft.

Phoenix Coyotes forward Ray Whitney collected his 600th career assist tonight against the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI.

Whitney becomes only the 75th player in NHL history to reach 600 career regular season assists and the sixth-active player to do so joining Jaromir Jagr (966), Nicklas Lidstrom (868), Teemu Selanne (721), Joe Thornton (711) and Daniel Alfredsson (642).

The 5-foot-10, 180 pound Whitney has appeared in all 28 games for the Coyotes this season. He is tied for the team scoring lead (10-14-24) and is tied for the team lead in assists (14). Whitney recorded his fifth three-point game with Phoenix (1-2-3) on Nov. 29 at Chicago.

Last season, the 39-year-old native of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta appeared in 75 games with the Coyotes (his first season in Phoenix), recording 17-40-57. He posted his sixth-consecutive season with at least 50 points and sixth season with at least 40 assists. On Nov. 13, 2001, he tied his career high for points in a game 3-2-5 versus the St. Louis Blues.

Whitney was originally drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the second round (23rd overall) in the 1991 Entry Draft.

Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today the Coyotes have activated defenseman Michal Rozsival off injured reserve.

The 6-foot-1, 212 pound Rozsival missed 26 games due to an upper-body injury, which he suffered during the season-opening game on October 8 at San Jose. In 2010-11, the Vlasim, Czech Republic native appeared in 33 games for the Coyotes, recording 3-3-6 after being acquired from the New York Rangers on January 10, 2011.

The Phoenix Coyotes will once again partner with 18 Degrees Neighborhood Grill at the Ice Den to host a viewing party this Thursday, December 8 as the Coyotes visit the Detroit Red Wings.

Fans throughout the Valley have a place to get together and howl beginning at 5 p.m. at 18 Degrees Neighborhood Grill, located inside the Ice Den (9375 East Bell Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85260). Puck drop is at 5:30 p.m. Several food and drink specials will be available throughout the evening including: Happy Hour specials from 5 p.m. till close, featuring $2.50 Molson Canadian pints, half-price “Red Wings” and an $8 calamari special.

Coyotes mascot Howler and the Paw Patrol will be on hand to give away door prizes, including autographed merchandise and tickets to future regular season games.

Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have assigned forward Patrick O’Sullivan to the Portland Pirates, the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate.

The 5-foot-11, 189 pound O’Sullivan has appeared in 17 games with Phoenix this season, registering 2-1-3. Last season, the 26-year-old native of Toronto ON, appeared in 31 games with Carolina and Minnesota, recording 2-6-8.

In 2010-11, O’Sullivan helped lead the Houston Aeros (AHL) to the Calder Cup Final, recording a team-high 4-14-18 in 24 playoff games. In 36 regular season games with Houston, he collected 19-29-48.

O’Sullivan was originally drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the second round (56th overall) in the 2003 Entry Draft.

Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today the Coyotes have recalled defenseman Chris Summers on an emergency basis from the Portland Pirates, the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate (AHL).

The 6-foot-2, 209 pound Summers has appeared in 14 games with the Pirates this season, collecting one assist and 24 penalty minutes (PIM). This is the second recall of the season for the 23-year-old native of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In 2010-11, Summers recorded 1-9-10 and 54 PIM in 75 games with the San Antonio Rampage (AHL). He also appeared in two games with the Coyotes last season, collecting four penalty minutes (PIM).

Summers was drafted by the Coyotes in the first round (29th overall) in the 2006 Entry Draft.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The American Hockey League announced today that Portland Pirates center Andy Miele has been named the AHL Rookie of the Month for November. Miele tallied 13 points (four goals, nine assists) and a plus-7 rating in 10 games to help the Pirates to a 7-2-1-0 record for the month.

Miele began the month in the NHL, completing a five-game stint with the parent Phoenix Coyotes. He returned to Portland and put together a six-game scoring streak from Nov. 9-19, scoring the winning goal and adding an assist in a 4-2 win over Adirondack on Nov. 15. Miele scored twice in regulation and assisted on the overtime tally in the Pirates’ 4-3 victory over Worcester on Nov. 25, and dished out two more assists in a 3-1 win over the Sharks on Nov. 26.

Miele, 23, won the Hobey Baker Award as the outstanding player in U.S. college hockey last season, when he led the nation with 71 points in 39 games at Miami (Ohio) University. The native of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., ranks third in the AHL in rookie scoring with 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) in 14 games for Portland this season while also appearing in five NHL contests with the Coyotes. Miele signed as a free agent with Phoenix on Apr. 2, 2011.

In recognition of his achievement, Miele will be presented with an etched crystal award prior to an upcoming Pirates home game.

Coyotes reassign Goncharov to Portland

Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have reassigned defenseman Maxim Goncharov to the Portland Pirates, the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate.

The 6-foot-3, 216 pound Goncharov was recalled from the Pirates on Monday. He has appeared in 16 games with Portland this season, recording 1-2-3 and 16 penalty minutes. Last season, the 22-year-old native of Moscow, Russia played 61 games with the San Antonio Rampage (AHL), registering 6-9-15 and 65 penalty minutes.

Goncahrov was drafted by the Coyotes in the fifth round (123rd overall) of the 2007 Entry Draft.

Bennett up to Portland, Cheverie down to Gwinnett

The Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League in conjunction with their AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates, announced that Spencer Bennett has been recalled from the Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL) and Marc Cheverie has been reassigned to Gwinnett.

Bennett, a 21-year old forward, played in four games with the Gladiators recording a pair of assists. During his previous stint in Portland he appeared in four games, scoring one goal on October 22 against Providence. The 6-foot-4 native of White Rock, British Columbia made his AHL debut during the 2010-11 season with the Abbotsford Heat, playing in two games. Prior to beginning his professional career, Bennett competed with the Vancouver Giants and Portland Winterhawks of the WHL and was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the fifth round (141st overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Cheverie appeared in one game for Portland, stopping all 17 shots that he faced while earning the win in relief of Curtis McElhinney against the Adirondack Phantoms on November 15. The 24-year old netminder has previously started in seven games for Gwinnett, earning a 2-1-4 record with a 2.47 GAA and .916 save percentage. The 6-foot-3 native of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia made his AHL debut during the 2010-11 season with the Rochester Americans, posting a 2-7-1 record with a 3.91 GAA and .888 save percentage. Prior to beginning his professional career, Cheverie played at the collegiate level for three seasons with the University of Denver and was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the seventh round (193rd overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Friday November 25th at Portland – Pirates 4 Worcester Sharks 3

Tyler Eckford scored on a power play with 1:41 remaining in overtime and Curtis McElhinney stopped a season high 44 shots as the Portland Pirates defeated the Worcester Sharks by a count of 4-3 this evening in front of 5,218 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

Eckford tallied two goals on the night, Andy Miele contributed a pair of goals and an assist, and Matt Watkins and Brett MacLean each notched a pair of assists as the Pirates improved to 9-7-1-1 overall and 6-4-0-0 at home.

Ben Ferriero, Curt Gogol and Tommy Wingels each registered goals as the Sharks dropped to 6-5-3-2 on the season.

The Pirates got on the board first, on a blast from the blue-line by Eckford just over five minutes into the game but the Sharks provided a quick answer on a power-play tally from Ferriero exactly one minute later at the 6:08 mark. In the second period, Portland claimed their second lead of the game when a shot from Miele deflected over and behind Worcester goaltender Harri Sateri with over five minutes remaining in the frame. Miele beat Sateri again three minutes later, this time on Portland’s first power-play opportunity of the game, on a snapshot from the right of the goaltender’s crease following a perfect carom off the boards from a Nick Ross shot from the point. Worcester would go on to cut the lead to one on Gogol’s third of the season, capitalizing on a rebound from a wrap-around attempt from Marek Viedensky at 8:34, and eventually tie it up on Wingel’s third tally of the season just under two minutes later. The game would go on to an extra overtime period, where Eckford blasted home his second of the night to give the Pirates the victory.

The Sharks out-shot the Pirates 47-25 as McElhinney improved to 5-7-0 on the season. Sateri stopped 21 shots while dropping to 3-4-0.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the Game were: 1. Eckford; 2. Miele; 3. McElhinney.

Saturday November 26th at Worcester, Mass – Pirates 3 – Worcester Sharks 1

Andy Miele notched a pair of assists and Matt Watkins contributed a goal and an assist as the Portland Pirates defeated the Worcester Sharks by a count of 3-1 this evening in front of 3,597 at the DCU Center.

Dean Arsene and Brett MacLean also tallied for Portland and Curtis McElhinney stopped 29 shots as the Pirates improved to 10-7-1-1 overall and are 6-0-1-0 in their last seven games.

Nathan Moon recorded the lone Worcester goal as the Sharks dropped their third straight contest in falling to 6-6-3-2 on the season.

Just over eight minutes into the game, Arsene got the visitors on the board first with his first goal of the season, a slapshot from the blue line with Igor Gongalsky screening Worcester goaltender Tyson Sexsmith. The Sharks would provide an answer before the end of the first period, with Moon knocking home his third of the season in a scrum to the left of the goaltender’s crease with less than three minutes remaining in the opening frame. MacLean provided the only tally of the middle stanza, netting a power-play goal for his second of the season with less than five minutes remaining. Four minutes into the third period, Watkins upped the Portland lead to two with a wrist-shot from the left circle beating Sexsmith to his glove side to set the final margin.

The Pirates out-shot the Sharks 31-30 as McElhinney improved to 6-7-0 on the season. Sexsmith stopped 28 shots while dropping to 3-5-2.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the Game were: 1. Miele; 2. Watkins; 3. McElhinney.

The Pirates will continue their seven-game road trip on Friday, December 2 in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton when they take on the Penguins in a 7:05 p.m. faceoff. The following night on Saturday, Portland will travel down to Hershey for a 7 p.m. faceoff with the Bears at the GIANT Center, and will wrap up the three-game weekend set at Springfield on Sunday at 3 p.m. Fans can catch all of the action with broadcaster Jeff Mannix on the Portland Pirates Radio Network 95.9 WPEI and 95.5 WPPI.

Week in review

Thursday, November 24: Gwinnett Gladiators, 1, Wheeling Nailers, 5 – L

The Gwinnett Gladiators fell 5-1 to the Wheeling Nailers Thanksgiving evening at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. Wheeling moved into a tie with the Gladiators for second in the American Conference with 20 points apiece.

The Nailers forward Ben Farrer scored the first goal of the game for the Nailers late in the first at 15:31 with assists from Denver Manderson and Tim Priamo.

Early in the second period, the Nailers scored two goals minutes apart by first and second stars of the game, Cody Chupp and Andrew Hotham. Both goals came on the power play.

The Gladiators were down 3-0 going into the third period.

Gwinnett looked to get back in the game 61 seconds into the third period on Tyler Murovich’s third goal of the season. Gwinnett’s assist leader Joey Haddad notched another helper on the season as he threaded the puck through the Nailers defense to set up Murovich’s goal.

Wheeling answered at 8:31 of the third period to put the game away. Wheeling’s Chris Barton picked up the goal as Hotham added his third point of the game with an assist.

Hotham added an empty netter for the Nailers with 44 second left in the third period to seal the win.

Wheeling outshot the Glads 29-16 in the game and Wheeling finished 3-5 in the power play, while Gwinnett went 0-for-3 on the man advantage.

Friday, November 25: Gwinnett Gladiators, 3, Wheeling Nailers, 1 – W

It was a Black Friday for the Wheeling Nailers as the Gwinnett Gladiators won 3-1 Friday evening at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. Gwinnett was the first team to outshoot the Nailers this season posting a 32-to-17 shots on goal margin.

The Nailers (10-5-0-0) did not skip a beat from the Thursday night as they scored the first goal of the game 54 seconds into the first period. Wheeling’s Cody Chupp got the goal with an assist from Zach Hansen.

The Gladiators (9-6-2-2) were able to fight back with a man-advantage goal from Pat Galivan with a snapper at the top of the right wing circle and an assist from rookie defensemen Shane Sims and Colin Vock to tie the game at one.

Gwinnett and Wheeling remained tied ending the second period 1-1. Gwinnett held Wheeling to three shots, which tied the season low for fewest shots allowed in a period this season for Gwinnett.

Early in the third period, the Glads Colin Vock weaved through the Wheeling defense to punch the puck past the Nailers netminder Peter Delmas for an unassisted game-winner at the 4:20 mark. Vock notched his first goal of the season for the Glads, putting Gwinnett up 2-1.

Gwinnett’s Tyler Murovich gave the Glads the insurance goal to seal the 3-1 win with the help of defenseman Will Colbert at 15:29 in the third.

Billy Sauer collected 16 saves for his second victory with Gwinnett.

Gwinnett was able to hold Wheeling 0-for-4 on the power play.

Saturday, November 26: Gwinnett Gladiators, 4, South Carolina Stingrays, 5 – OTL

Trent Campbell’s overtime goal lifted the South Carolina Stingrays to a 5-4 win over the Gwinnett Gladiators Saturday night at North Charleston Coliseum. The Glads (9-6-3-2) did pick up a point despite the loss, and are now tied with the Rays (11-6-0-1) atop the South Division.

Gwinnett forward Spencer Bennett and defenseman Corey Fienhage were recalled to the AHL earlier in the day, and with defenseman Brad Miller being put on the 21-day IR the Gladiators were three players short for their third game in as many days. Despite battling back from 2-0 and 4-2 deficits, Campbell worked his way to the slot and beat goaltender Marc Cheverie 1:42 into OT to seal the Rays win with Zach Tarkir and goaltender Philipp Grubauer assisting.

It was Campbell’s second game-winning goal in the past couple weeks against Gwinnett. He had the winning marker late in the third of SC’s 3-2 win over the Gladiators back on November 19th.

Cheverie made 26 saves in his first start back with Gwinnett after being previously called up to AHL Portland.

South Carolina notched the first two tallies of the game, as David de Kastrozza scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season at 6:20 and 7:40 to make it a 2-0 game. His first marker came on the Rays first shot of the contest.

Gwinnett answered on their first shot of the game and only shot of the opening period. Forward Joey Haddad took an outlet pass from Tyler Murovich and broke in alone on Grubauer, deking to the near side and rifling a shot top shelve far side to bring the Glads within one at 15:18. Colin Vock had the second assist, and the Rays led 2-1 through 20 minutes out-shooting Gwinnett 10-1.

The Glads fought back in the second period to tie the game, as Bryan Brutlag was hauled down on a breakaway drawing a penalty shot, and he beat Grubauer five-hole to tie the game at 2:10 of the second.

South Carolina answered back to regain their two-goal lead. Matt Pope’s seventh at 4:55 and Trent Campbell’s fifth at 8:29 again out the Gladiators’ backs against the wall, and again Gwinnett came back.

Pat Galivan fired a shot from the point that beat a screened Grubauer on the powerplay at 11:41 to make it 4-3 SC with Will Colbert picking up the lone assist. Ryley Grantham then tied it at 18:51, burying a centering pass from Brandt from in close to tie the game at four heading into the third.

South Carolina out shot the Glads 31-20, while Gwinnett managed to go 1-for-5 on the man advantage while limiting SC to an 0-for-5 collar.

Other News

November 26th

The AHL Portland Pirates, announced that Spencer Bennett has been recalled from the Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL) and Marc Cheverie has been reassigned to Gwinnett.

Overtime!

The Gladiators went past regulation for a league leading seventh time on Saturday night in a 5-4 overtime loss to the South Carolina Stingrays. Gwinnett has posted a 2-0-3-2 record in overtime this season. With Sunday’s overtime loss to South Carolina, the Gladiators are on pace to tie the ECHL record of 18 for most overtime/shootout losses in a season. The organization holds the current record with 18 overtime/shootout losses recorded in the 2001-02 season as the Mobile Mysticks.

Getting Going

The Gladiators forward Tyler Murovich collected at least one point in each of the Gladiators last three games. For Murovich, it was his fifth, sixth and seventh point (4g, 3a) in the last nine games for the Gladiators. He began the season with just three assists in the first 11 games of the season.

Take a Shot

The Gladiators forward Bryan Brutlag was awarded the first penalty shot of the season for the Gladiators in Saturday’s 5-4 overtime loss against the South Carolina Stingrays. The rookie forward out of Lakeville, MN, was successful on the penatly shot for Gwinnett. It was the first penalty shot for Gwinnett since Pat Galivan was unsuccessful against the Reading Royals on February 27, 2011.

Aim High!

Gladiators forward Pat Galivan notched his ninth goal of the season in the Gladiators 5-4 overtime loss against the South Carolina Stingrays on Saturday night. With nine goals through first 20 games of the season, Galivan in on pace to finish the season with 32 goals, just four goals shy of the Gladiators all time team record for goals in a season of 36 held by Colton Fretter during the 2006-07 season. Mark Turner’s 45 goals with the Mobile Mysticks in 1999-2000 is the organizational all time team record.

Looking for 50

In addition to being on pace to finish the season with 30 or more goals this year, Galivan needs just nine goals to become the 8th player in Gladiators team history to record 50 or more goals in a Gwinnett Career. Andy Brandt, who notched his 50th career Gladiators goal on November 19th, was the 7th player to reach the milestone for Gwinnett.

Hartford, Connecticut – Brendan Bell scored a power-play goal with 1:31 remaining in the overtime period as the Connecticut Whale defeated the Portland Pirates by a count of 3-2 this evening at the XL Center.

Blake Parlett and Jonathan Audy-Marchessault also found the back of the net for Connecticut and Tim Erixon assisted on all three goals as the Whale won their third straight game and improved to 10-4-1-2 overall.

Evan Bloodoff and Ashton Rome tallied for Portland as the Pirates dropped to 8-7-1-1 on the season, ending their four-game winning streak.

After a scoreless first period where the Pirates led in shots 13-8 while failing to capitalize on three power-play opportunities, Bloodoff got the visitors on the board with his first career professional goal just over eight minutes into the second frame. Five minutes later, Rome put in his own rebound to up the Pirates lead to two but Parlett would get the hosts on the board with less than three minutes remaining in the period. With 1:11 remaining in regulation, Audy-Marchessault evened the score with a shorthanded tally from inside the crease of Portland goaltender Curtis McElhinney to send the game into overtime. Following a hooking penalty to Portland defenseman Nick Ross, Bell gave the hosts the victory with a tap-in rebound score from the right side of the crease.

Connecticut out-shot the Pirates 36-27 as Cameron Talbot improved to 6-2-0 on the season. McElhinney stopped 33 shots while dropping to 4-7-0.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the Game were: 1. Bell; 2. Erixon; 3. McElhinney.

Pirates hockey will return to the Civic Center on Black Friday, November 25 at 7 p.m. when the Worcester Sharks come to town for the first of 12 meetings this season.