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Judd Blackwater (C)

Las Vegas Wranglers

Biography

HOW ACQUIRED: Acquired in a trade with Stockton Jan. 21, 2010

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2008-09: Began season with Fresno Falcons, scoring 14 points (5g-9a) in 30 games before signing with the Thunder as a free agent ... added 8 points (2g-6a) and 25 PIM in 19 games with Stockton ... was nearly a point-per-game in the Kelly Cup Playoffs with eight assists in 10 games ... scored first professional point (assist) in his pro debut at Stockton Arena on 10/18/08 at Thunder ... notched first pro goal on 11/8 at Bakersfield (5-2 win) ... signed a 25-game professional tryout agreements (PTO) with the Rockford Ice Hogs (AHL) and Rochester Americans (AHL) and skated in 21 AHL games, scoring four goals and adding 18 PIM's ... scored a goal and added a shootout winning goal in his AHL debut on Jan. 29 at Manitoba

JUNIORS: Spent all three seasons of his junior hockey career with the Spokane Chiefs (WHL) ... accumulated 114 points (50g-64a) and 253 penalty minutes in 171 career games ... helped lead WHL's Spokane Chiefs to their first Memorial Cup championship in 17 seasons in 2007-08 . . . finished second on the Chiefs that year with 31 goals, while finishing fifth with 60 points . . . during the team's march to the championship, added 10 goals and eight assists in 21 games