Coal Street announced Wednesday morning that they have signed goaltender Colin Stevens to a professional tryout contract. Stevens, as you may recall, was in training camp with Wilkes-Barre.
His numbers with the Wheeling Nailers are a small sample size; 2-0-1 record, .907 save percentage and a 3.27 goals against average.
The save percentage and goals against are bad, but that’s because Stevens actually won a 7-6 game that the Nailers played in Greenville on October 14. Hunter Fejes had four goals in the contest. Stevens won a 4-2 game against Cincinnati on October 21 and lost a 2-1 game in overtime the next day in Reading.
Regardless, he’s the best man for the job for right now.
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The reason the Penguins didn’t recall Sean Maguire is because he is injured right now. From what I have been able to gather he was wearing a splint on his arm the last time he was seen.
Stevens comes highly recommended from those who have seen him play and those who cover the Nailers…
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I do not see Stevens getting a game this weekend unless Friday’s game against the Hershey Bears is a physical one. Pens are in Bridgeport Saturday then off until next Friday, November 3 in Allentown then off Saturday and home Sunday November 5 against Hershey. Conceivably, Tristan Jarry starts all four games. But then again, if the Penguins want to see what they want to do with Stevens from a perspective of signing him to an AHL contract for good, he’s probably going to need to see a game. Maybe that comes this weekend. Who knows.
One other bit of non-goaltender related news before I go…
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I believe Obie meant Colin Smith, not Colin Stevens in this tweet.
I don’t think I will have anything of note Thursday, so check back Friday for the Gameday setup against the Hershey Bears.
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