HAMMERS SIGN FABBRI, STRANGES TO PROFESSIONAL TRYOUT AGREEMENTS

The Hamilton Hammers announced Friday that the team has signed forwards Robby Fabbri and Antonio Stranges to professional tryout agreements.

Fabbri, 30, suited up last season for the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, playing in a total of 21 games and scoring two goals while adding three assists. Fabbri started the season with the Charlotte Checkers, where he had a goal and an assist in three games. The Mississauga, Ontario native has 11 seasons of NHL experience, including five years with the Detroit Red Wings and five with St. Louis, where he won a Stanley Cup during the 2019 season. In total, Fabbri has skated in 463 career NHL games and recorded 108 goals and 113 assists for 221 points.

Internationally, Fabbri captured gold medals with Canada at the 2015 World Junior Championship and 2014 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. He also spent three seasons with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League, winning an OHL Championship and Memorial Cup title in 2014.

Stranges, 24, hails from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and played 70 games with the Texas Stars last season, scoring 14 goals and adding 20 assists for 34 points. In his career, Stranges has skated in 208 AHL games across five seasons, all with Texas, registering 47 goals and 66 assists for 113 points.

Hamilton continues its three-game homestand on Friday, welcoming the Providence Bruins for Canadian Armed Forces Night before hosting the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Saturday. Both games get underway at 7:00 p.m. ET, with live coverage available on CABLE14 and AHLTV on FloHockey. Tickets are available at HamiltonHammers.com.

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