The New Jersey Devils have announced that they have recalled Brian Halonen, Mike Hardman, Nathan Legare, Marc McLaughlin, Topias Vilen, Colton White, and Isaac Poulter from their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Utica Comets.
Halonen, 26, played in 62 games this season with the Comets, where he had 27 goals, 40 points, and a plus-9 rating. He also played in two games this campaign with the Devils, posting zero points and a minus-1 rating.
Hardman, 26, had one assist in two regular-season games with the Devils this campaign. Down in the AHL with Utica, he had 18 goals, 35 points, and a plus-11 rating.
Legare, 24, played in his first three career NHL games this campaign with the Devils, where he was held off the scoresheet. In 69 games with Utica, he had 17 goals, 25 points, and 102 penalty minutes.
McLaughlin, 25, played in 50 AHL games this season split between the Providence Bruins and Comets, where he had five goals and 20 points. He also had two goals and an assist in 14 NHL games with the Bruins and Devils this year.
Vilen, 22, spent all of this season with the Comets, where he had one goal, 24 points, and a plus-2 rating in 58 contests. The Devils selected the 6-foot-1 defenseman with the 129th overall pick of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
White, 27, appeared in 61 games this season with the Comets, where he had four goals, 17 assists, 21 points, and a plus-1 rating. This was after he had eight points in 53 games last season with the San Diego Gulls.
Poulter, 23, had a 16-13-6 record, a .898 save percentage, a 2.86 goals-against average, and one shutout in 36 games for the Comets this season.
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