Ryan Ready has been called up from the Phantoms. Ready scored 7 goals and had 18 assists in 72 games last year with the Phantoms.
Tuesday will be his first NHL game.
‘Ready is a guy that we really like,’ said Hitchcock’Until he hurt his groin [in the preseason], he was vying for a spot on our hockey club. We really felt like he was going to make our club coming out of training camp. He’s back playing with the Phantoms and has been arguably their best player since coming back and we want to give him every opportunity to play here.’