This is some seriously sucky news
RiverKings trade Banga for pair of Killer Bees
The Memphis RiverKings announced today that the team has traded the rights to center Travis Banga to the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees for the rights to forward Matt Reynolds and defenseman Ryan Carrigan.
Reynolds, 6-foot, 200 lbs, played the 2005-06 season with the Fort Worth Brahmas and was originally signed last off-season by the Rocky Mountain Rage. The Athens, Ontario native was traded to Rio Grande Valley on September 11, 2006. Last season with the Killer Bees, the second year professional scored 17 goals and had 28 assists in 56 games. Prior to turning pro, Reynolds played college hockey at York University in Toronto and major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League.
Carrigan, 6-foot-1, 203 lbs, played his second pro season and his first with the Killer Bees in 2006-2007. He started his professional career with the Rockford IceHogs before signing with Rio Grande Valley prior to last season. In 62 games with the Bees, the Burlington, Ontario product scored six goals and assisted on 15 others in 62 games.
Banga finished his third season with the RiverKings in 2006-2007. The High River, Alberta native scored 26 goals and had 32 assists in 58 games. Over his three seasons with the RiverKings, he played in 163 games, scored 84 goals and collected 106 assists for 190 points. His 84 goals are fourth on the team’s all-time list while his point total is sixth. He led the team in goals scored last season with 34 and was named to the CHL All-Star Game for the first time this past January.
