{"id":33843,"date":"2010-12-21T13:32:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T19:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=33843"},"modified":"2010-12-21T13:32:24","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T19:32:24","slug":"velischek-leaves-providence-for-ushl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2010\/12\/21\/velischek-leaves-providence-for-ushl\/","title":{"rendered":"Velischek leaves Providence for USHL"},"content":{"rendered":"
Providence defenseman Alex Velischek has left the school to play for the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old Velischek had a goal and 11 assists last season while playing in all 34 games as a freshman. He was also a co-winner of the Rev. Herman Schneider Most Valuable Freshman Award.<\/p>\n
This year, the Kinnelon, N.J., native played in just nine games with a goal and an assist while reportedly dealing with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n
Velischek, a fifth-round draft pick of Pittsburgh back in 2009 and son of former NHL defenseman Randy Velischek, is expected to join the Musketeers after the holiday break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Providence defenseman Alex Velischek has left the school to play for the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL. The 20-year-old Velischek had a goal and 11 assists last season while playing in all 34 games as a freshman. He was also a co-winner of the Rev. Herman Schneider Most Valuable Freshman Award. This year, the Kinnelon, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n