Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Bulldogs Release Former Vernon Viper Gill:

The American Hockey League (AHL) Hamilton Bulldogs have released former Vernon Vipers forward Sahir Gill after his second stint with the Bulldogs this season.  Gill was signed to a professional tryout agreement (PTO) on January 17th 2015 played in 24 games with the Bulldogs collected (2-goals-2-assists-4-points) was released on March 25th 2015.  Gill will return-report to the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) Wheeling Nailers.

Gill attended the Montreal Canadians Training camp this season was released before signing with the Bulldogs on October 10th 2014. Gill was released after going pointless in one game with Hamilton returned to the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) Wheeling Nailers where he played last season before signing a professional tryout agreement (PTO) with the American Hockey League (AHL) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Gill played in 12 games with the Penguins collecting (1-goal-2-assists-3-points) before being released January 16, 2015.

Gill played last year with the ECHL Wheeling Nailers. Gill finished sixth in rookie scoring and lead the team in scoring collecting (13-goals-41-assists-54-points). Gill was suppose to enter his fourth and final season at Boston University last season but left school signing with the Nailers early in the season. Gill played parts of two seasons in Vernon (2008-2010). Gill left the Vipers in July of 2009 for the United States Hockey League (USHL) Chicago Steel but after just 26 games would return to Vernon in mid January of 2010. In 71 regular season games with the Vipers Gill recorded (21-goals-30-assists-42-points).

Sahir Gill's Player Profile:

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=38017

This is posted on the Bulldogs twitter account:

Hamilton Bulldogs‏@BulldogsAHL

24 Mar 2015

NEWS: Sahir Gill's professional try out contract has expired. He will report back to the @WheelingNailers.

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