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Americans and Royals swap defensemen

Monday, January 13th
Americans and Royals swap defensemen
Dallas/Allen, Texas – The Allen Americans, ECHL affiliate of the Utah Hockey Club, powered by Energy Transfer Partners, announced a trade this afternoon with the Reading Royals acquiring defenseman Kenny Johnson, for defenseman Nolan Orzeck.

The Americans are adding a big strong defenseman at 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds. The native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a known shot blocker, played in 59 games with the Royals over the last two seasons. He had 83 penalty minutes in 46 games last year. He played a combined five games in the 2022-2023 season with both Orlando and Wheeling.
 
“We thank Nolan (Orzeck) for his contribution to our organization for the past 2 seasons,” said Americans Interim Head Coach Brett Ferguson. “Kenny Johnson joins us from the Reading Royals and is a big defenseman who is tough play against and fits the mold of our team moving forward.”  

Before turning professional, he played parts of four years at Penn State University (Big-10), which included 31 games and 46 penalty minutes in 2021-2022.

The Americans have back-to-back games this week on Tuesday and Wednesday night, before a long break. Allen will host Tulsa on Tuesday at CUTX Event Center, and travel to Wichita for a game on Wednesday night. Call 972-912-1000 for ticket information.
                                                      
                                      ---Allen Americans Professional Hockey Club---
 

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