Pro Ice Hockey Player from Downingtown Will Have a Change in Scenery After Being Traded

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Image of Jimmy Lodge via the Manitoba Moose.

Downingtown native Jimmy Lodge – a productive center in the ECHL, one of the NHL’s two minor leagues – has been traded by the Orlando Solar Bears to the Toledo Walleye in exchange for future considerations, writes Mark Monroe for The Toledo Blade.

This season, Lodge has played in 13 games for Orlando, having scored three goals and assisted on two others.

The 24-year-old previously played in 114 games at the AHL level. In the 83 games he’s played in the ECHL, he’s tallied 21 goals and 41 assists.

He was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the third round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Walleye coach Dan Watson was happy to see Lodge join his team.

“He plays center and has decent size, which are both valuable,” Watson said. “His skill sets allow him to play anywhere in our lineup and he has experience.”

Lodge also played a couple of games overseas this season for a team in Slovakia.

In the 2017-2018 season, he played for the ECHL’s Jacksonville IceMen and finished second on the team in scoring.

Read more about Jimmy Lodge in The Toledo Blade here.

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