Adam Nightingale Signs Contract With ECHL's Greenville Grrrowl
3/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
March 23, 2005
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State senior forward Adam Nightingale (Cheboygan, Mich.) signed a contract with the ECHL's Greenville Grrrowl on Tuesday, March 22. Nightingale, who completed his senior season in last Saturday's 3-2 loss to Alaska Fairbanks in the CCHA Super Six Third-Place game, suited up for Greenville's game last night. Greenville has nine regular-season games remaining, including seven home games.
Nightingale, a two-year assistant captain, appeared in 67 career games at MSU, recording 11 goals and 10 assists for 21 points and 65 penalty minutes. As a senior in 2004-05, he appeared in 31 games with two goals and five points. During his junior campaign (2003-04), he played in 36 games, posting 9-7--16 totals and won MSU's Fitness Award. He scored his first goal as a Spartan in a 4-2 win at Ferris State Nov. 1, 2003, which also turned out to be the game winner.
He sat out the 2002-03 season after transferring from Lake Superior State. He played in 33 games for LSSU in 2001-02 and was the team's third-leading scorer with six goals and 15 points. As a freshman in 2001-02, he skated in 14 games and was LSSU's Gay Blade Award as the team's most humorous player.