Solar Bears acquire Matt Schmalz in trade with Wichita

Forward Mitch Hults reassigned to Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Solar Bears announced Wednesday that the team has acquired forward Matt Schmalz from the Wichita Thunder in exchange for forward Stefan Fournier, along with future considerations.

Additionally, the Solar Bears have sent back the future considerations originally acquired from Wichita in the Nov. 5 trade for defenseman Zach Todd.

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Schmalz, 22, recorded five points (2g-3a) and five penalty minutes in 11 games with Wichita this season.

In 73 career professional games with the Thunder, Manchester Monarchs and Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League, the 6-foot-6, 217-pound forward has 47 points (26g-21a) and 47 penalty minutes.

Prior to turning pro, the Dunnville, Ontario played in the Ontario Hockey League for the Kitchener Rangers, Sudbury Wolves and Owen Sound Attack, logging 119 points (56g-63a) and 245 penalty minutes in 308 career games.

Schmalz was a fifth-round selection (#134 overall) of the Los Angeles Kings in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Fournier, 26, posted two points (1g-1a) and 45 penalty minutes in nine games with Orlando. He originally signed with the Solar Bears on Sept. 27.

Meanwhile, the Solar Bears announced Tuesday that forward Mitch Hults has been reassigned to the club from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Orlando’s NHL affiliate.

Hults, 24, produced one assist in two games with the Solar Bears earlier this year during a previous assignment to Orlando. He also has five points (1g-4a) and four penalty minutes in 11 combined AHL games with the Syracuse Crunch and San Diego Gulls.

Hults was acquired by the Lightning in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks on Oct. 18.
 


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