WorSharks from the past: where are they playing now?
Prior to the WorSharks playing in Worcester the city was the home to the IceCats (1994-2005), the NHL affiliate of the St Louis Blues with the occasional duel affiliation with the Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders thrown into the mix in the early seasons. I recently posted a a list on AHLfans.net of players that were still playing from the IceCats which drew some comments on twitter asking about former WorSharks and where they were playing.
Below is a list every former player for the WorSharks no longer in the San Jose organization and if/where they are playing this season. The teams that are listed are the highest level a player had played this season, or in the case of splitting time between the NHL and minors both teams are mentioned. Back-up goaltenders and other players that were signed but did not appear in games are not listed.
Riley Armstrong – SaiPa Lappeenranta (SM-liiga)
Steve Bernier – Albany (AHL)
Mathieu Biron – out of pro hockey
Chris Blight – Ritten Renon (Italy)
Tim Branham – out of pro hockey
Brendan Buckley – out of pro hockey
Marc Busenburg – out of pro hockey
Joe Callahan – Hamilton (AHL)
Trent Campbell – South Carolina (ECHL)
Matt Carle – Philadephia (NHL)
Tom Cavanagh – deceased
Jonathan Cheechoo – Peoria (AHL)
Will Colbert – Gwinnett (ECHL)
Gerald Coleman – Alaska (ECHL)
Sean Collins – out of pro hockey
Mathieu Curadeau – out of pro hockey
Taylor Dakers – out of pro hockey
Mathieu Darche – Montreal (NHL)
Dan DaSilva – Poprad Lev (KHL)
Patrick Davis – Wolfsburg (DEL)
Frank Doyle – Fassa HC (Italy)
Oren Eizenman – out of pro hockey
Brennan Evans – Peoria (AHL)
P.J. Fenton – Bietigheim-Bissingen SC (2.GBun)
Scott Ferguson – out of pro hockey
Matt Fornataro – Norfolk (AHL)
J.D. Forrest – out of pro hockey
T.J. Fox – Texas (CHL)
Matt Francis – Nottingham (EIHL)
Riley Gill – Kalamazoo (ECHL)
Josh Gorges – Montreal (NHL)
Danny Groulx – Khanty-Mansiysk (KHL)
Dwight Helminen – out of pro hockey
Kevin Henderson – out of pro hockey
Garet Hunt – Stockton (ECHL)
Sean Hurley – out of pro hockey
Carter Hutton – Rockford (AHL)
Mike Iggulden – Vaxjo HC (SEL)
Jeff Jakaitis – Gwinnett (ECHL)
Kyle Jones – Colorado (ECHL)
Matt Jones – out of pro hockey
Derek Joslin – Carolina (NHL)
Lukas Kaspar – Astana Barys (KHL)
Matt Kinch – Ravensburg (2.GBun)
Justin Kurtz – Linz EHC (Aust)
John Laliberte – Wolfsburg (DEL)
Jon Landry – out of pro hockey
Ryan Lannon – KalPa Kuopio (SM-liiga)
Cory Larose – out of pro hockey
Chris Lawrence – out of pro hockey
Jay Leach – Albany (AHL)
Brady Leisenring – Kaufbeuren ESV (2.GBun)
Claude Lemieux – out of pro hockey
Louis Liotti – Reading (ECHL)
Erick Lizon – Wichita (CHL)
Nathan Longpre – Chicago (AHL)
Joe Loprieno – Bakersfield (ECHL)
Dave MacDonald – out of pro hockey
Daren Machesney – South Carolina (ECHL)
Michal Macho – out of pro hockey
David Marshall – San Antonio (AHL)
Dennis McCauley – Reading (ECHL)
James McEwan – South Carolina (ECHL)
Jim McKenzie – Allen (CHL)
Kyle McLaren – out of pro hockey
Scott Mifsud – out of pro hockey
Graham Mink – Hershey (AHL)
Mike Morris – out of pro hockey
Glenn Olson – out of pro hockey
Sandis Ozolinsh – Riga (KHL)
Dennis Packard – out of pro hockey
Dmitri Patzold – Hannover (DEL)
Jody Pederson – Stockton (ECHL)
Joe Pereira – South Carolina (ECHL)
Todd Perry – out of pro hockey
Jason Pitton – Asiago HC (Italy)
Tomas Plihal – TPS Turku (SM-liiga)
Josh Prudden – Vipiteno (Italy)
Cory Quirk – Rosenheim (2.GBun)
Nate Raduns – out of pro hockey
Ashton Rome – Portland (AHL)
Leigh Salters – Florida (ECHL)
Nolan Schaefer – HC Ambrì-Piotta (Swiss-A)
Nick Schaus – Syracuse (AHL)
Devin Setoguchi – Minnesota (NHL)
Daniel Sisca – out of pro hockey
Dan Spang – Texas (AHL)
Garrett Stafford – Hamilton (AHL)
Brad Staubitz – Minnesota (NHL)
Grant Stevenson – out of pro hockey
Dean Strong – Lake Erie (AHL)
Michael Swift – out of pro hockey
Patrick Traverse – Hamburg (DEL)
Jonathan Tremblay – out of pro hockey
T.J. Trevelyan – Ausberg (DEL)
Craig Valette – out of pro hockey
Mitch Versteeg – Trenton (ECHL)
Ryan Vesce – Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Tom Walsh – out of pro hockey
Brett Westgarth – out of pro hockey
Brian White – out of pro hockey
Michael Wilson – Rio Grande (CHL)
Ty Wishart – Bridgeport (AHL)
Brian Yandle – out of pro hockey
Steven Zalewski – Albany (AHL)