The WBS defense got a huge boost early this past week, with Kevin Czuczman clearing waivers on Monday and being returned to the farm. Czuczman had missed all of the season to that point following offseason surgery, and he found himself slotted right into the lineup as WBS opened its first three-game-in-three-day stretch of the season on Friday against the Hartford Wolf Pack.
WBS was forced to contest this weekend’s games without rookie forward Sam Miletic, who took an upper body injury in the second period of last Saturday’s game in Hershey and is currently described as “week-to-week.