Adirondack signs two-time Kelly Cup champ Pierro-Zabotel

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – The Adirondack Thunder, ECHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils, announced that they have signed forward Casey Pierro-Zabotel for the 2019-20 season. Pierro-Zabotel enters the season as the ECHL’s active scoring leader, securing 504 points (149g-355a) in 558 games played. He played last season with the Allen Americans, skating in eight games in a season that was cut short by injury. Adirondack is Pierro-Zabotel’s eighth ECHL team after he broke into the league with the Wheeling Nailers in 2009-10. The 30-year-old forward also saw time with the Cincinnati Cyclones, Bakersfield Condors, Gwinnett Gladiators, Florida Everblades, Allen Americans and Colorado Eagles. The Kamloops, British Columbia native was a member of a pair of Kelly Cup Championship teams with the Americans in 2015-16 and in 2016-17 with the Eagles.Pierro-Zabotel was drafted in the third round (80th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins and joined Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League in 2009-10. He appeared in a combined 17 AHL games with the Penguins, Charlotte Checkers and Norfolk Admirals. Prior to turning pro, Pierro-Zabotel netted 163 points (55g-108a) in 121 games with the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League over the course of two seasons. In 2008-09, he led the WHL in points (115) and assists (79). Pierro-Zabotel played from 2004-08 with the Merritt Centennials of the British Columbia Hockey League, where he registered 210 points (92 goals, 118 assists) in 190 games before leaving for the WHL.