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  43Piskula, Joe
Height : 6'3''
Weight : 216
Shoots/Catches : Left
Hometown : Antigo, WI
Date of Birth : 07/05/1984
Age : 26
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2008-09 Season: Recorded 12 points (0-12=12) and 40 penalty minutes in 67 games with Manchester…Led the Monarchs with a plus-11 rating…Had a plus-5 rating in a four-game span from December 26-31, 2008…Was a plus-1 in five straight games from November 19-28, 2008.

Career Highlights: Appeared in his first AHL game with the Monarchs against the Springfield Falcons on October 7, 2007…Scored his first professional point, an assist, with Manchester against Lowell on December 2, 2007…Registered six assists and 57 penalty minutes in 55 games with the Monarchs…Collected four penalty minutes in four playoffs games…Made his NHL debut with the Los Angeles Kings on March 23, 2007…Played in five games with the Kings, all on the road…Registered five points (1-4=5), 34 penalty minutes and a plus-2 rating in 38 games with the University of Wisconsin Badgers…Voted as the Badgers’ Otto Breitenbach Most Improved Player by his teammates in 2005-06…Appeared in 112 Badger games from 2004-07…Totaled 22 points (3-19=22), 80 penalty minutes and a plus-36 rating with Wisconsin…Played for the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League for two seasons (2002-04)…Collected 14 points (4-10=14) and 86 penalty minutes with the Buccaneers.

Transactions: Signed an entry level contract with the Kings on March 21, 2007…Inked a one-year contract with the Kings on July 16, 2008…Signed a one-year contract with the Kings on July 15, 2009.

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