COLUMBUS, OH -- The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned left wing Kerby Rychel to the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced Friday.
Rychel, 21, who was recalled on November 4, recorded a fighting major and logged 9:18 of ice time in his Blue Jackets season debut at Chicago on October 17. He leads Lake Erie and is 13th-T in the AHL in scoring with 4-6-10 and has a +4 plus/minus rating in six games this season. He collected 0-3-3 with two penalty minutes and was +3 in five games with the Blue Jackets in his first professional season in 2014-15 and added 12-21-33, 43 penalty minutes and was +7 in 51 games with the AHL's Springfield Falcons. The Torrence, California native was the club's second first round pick, 19th overall, in the 2013 NHL Draft.
The Blue Jackets return to action tonight when they visit the Anaheim Ducks. Game time from the Honda Center is 10 p.m. ET. Live coverage on FOX Sports Ohio begins with the Blue Jackets Live pre-game show at 9:30 p.m.
(Blue Jackets press release)
