{"id":29236,"date":"2007-05-01T20:46:31","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T01:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2007\/05\/01\/purcell-leaves-maine-for-la-kings\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:02","slug":"purcell-leaves-maine-for-la-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2007\/05\/01\/purcell-leaves-maine-for-la-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Purcell Leaves Maine For LA Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Kings have signed Maine forward Teddy Purcell to a multi-year entry-level contract, Kings President\/General Manager Dean Lombardi has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Purcell played in 40 games this season as a freshman for Maine and had 43 points (16-27&#8211;43), seven power-play goals, five game-winning goals and 34 penalty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>His 27 assists led the Black Bears and his 16 goals and 43 points were both ranked third on his team, which reached this year&#8217;s NCAA Frozen Four.<\/p>\n<p>Purcell was named the Hockey East Rookie of the Year, and also earned Hockey East Rookie of the Month honors three times this season.<\/p>\n<p>Purcell, a 6-3, 177-pound native of St. John&#8217;s, Newfoundland, played for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL) prior to attending Maine. 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