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Chad Costello (F)

Colorado Eagles

Biography

HOW ACQUIRED: Signed by the Thunder as a free agent on 8/11/09

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2008-09: Skated in 65 games in his rookie season for the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League - led Lumberjack rookies with 46 points (17g-29a) and 17 goals ... posted a season-best five-game scoring streak (8 points, 2g-6a) from Dec. 30-Jan. 9 ... tallied a season-high three points on three separate occasions (most recent: vs. Flint, 1g-2a on 2/21 which was a 9-3 Muskegon win) ... recorded 10 multi point games ... scored his first career pro goal on 11/1 at Kalamazoo

2007-08: Skated in two games for the Texas Wildcatters (ECHL) ... made his pro debut on 3/22 at Mississippi ... signed by the Wildcatters as a free agent on 3/28

AMATEUR: Suited up in 59 games throughout two seasons for Northeastern University (NCAA), scoring 35 points (14g-21a) and posting 14 goals ... named to the Hockey East Conference all-rookie team as a 2006-07 freshman ... led the program in scoring that year with 22 points (11g-11a) and 11 goals in 32 games ... his point total was the highest for a Northeastern freshman since 2002-03 ... named Hockey East Rookie of the Month for November after scoring six points (4g-2a) in six games ... suited up in 164 games in the USHL and NAHL during his three-year (2003-06) junior career, scoring 154 points (65g-89a) and 65 goals ... led the USHL in scoring with a junior career-high 76 points (31g-45a) in 59 games ... his totals that year shattered the RoughRiders single-season record ... former junior teammate of Teddy Purcell (Los Angeles Kings)