The Elmira Jackals announced on Thursday that they have signed forward Jordan Lane and defensemen Mike Devin and Dominic D'Amour to standard player contracts for the 2011-2012 season.

Click here for video of Jackals coach Pat Bingham discussing the acquisitions.

Lane, a 6'8", 243-pound second-year enforcer led all CHL rookies in 2010-2011 with 14 major penalties, all for fighting, with the Evansville IceMen. His 132 penalty minutes were second among the league's rookies. The Whitehorse, Yukon native also contributed three goals in his first professional season.

Click here for a video one of one Lane's fights from the 2010-2011 season.

Prior to his rookie campaign, Lane spent five seasons as an amateur in Canadian junior hockey, scoring 21 goals and adding 29 assists for 50 points while amassing 807 penalty minutes.

"You can't teach size, and Jordan uses his size to his advantage," Bingham said. "He has a lot of promise being just 22 years old so we are excited to see what he can do this season."

Devin enters his rookie season after skating the last four years at Cornell University (NCAA, D-I). In his senior season of 2010-2011, the 6'2", 187-pound Devin was named an ECAC Third-Team All-Star. He totaled 15 goals and 39 assists for 54 points in his four-year career. The Scituate, Mass. product was a teammate of Jackal Evan Barlow from 2007 to 2009 with the Big Red.

"Mike is a versatile defenseman who has a good shot and likes to jump up in the play," Bingham said. "He's a good athlete, is physical, and I'm sure he'll have a great following here having played college hockey just down the road at Cornell."

D'Amour, a 6'3", 220-pound veteran enters his eight professional season and third in the ECHL, having played as high up as the AHL. A third round pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, D'Amour split 2010-2011 in the CHL with the Missouri Mavericks and Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, accumulating 11 goals and 12 assists for 23 points with the two squads.

In 2009-2010, D'Amour skated with the EIHL's Nottingham Panthers, netting 13 goals with 20 assists for 33 points while adding 165 penalty minutes and was named one of the league's First-Team All-Stars.

The LaSalle, Quebec native spent time with two ECHL teams (Dayton Bombers and Florida Everblades) and two AHL teams (Philadelphia Phantoms and Albany River Rats) in 2008-2009, recording nine goals and 20 assists for 29 points that season combined. He split time with the CHL's Witchita Thunder and Italy's HC Fassa in 2007-2008, notching seven goals and 13 assists for 20 points.

D'Amour played all of 2006-2007 and 2005-2006 with the AHL's Toronto Marlies, scoring three goals while adding 13 assists for 16 points in the two seasons. He also saw time in the AHL in his rookie season of 2004-2005 with the St. John's Maple Leafs while also playing for the ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots that season, a campaign in which he recorded his first five professional goals and nine assists for 14 points.

As an amateur, D'Amour went to the CHL's Memorial Cup in consecutive seasons, first with Hull in 2002-2003 and Gatineau in 2003-2004, each year as the QMJHL's champion.

"Dominic is a big body who will provide us with a good veteran presence," Bingham said. "He'll add offense from the blue line and will be tough to play against in our own zone."

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JACKALS TO HOLD HOCKEY EQUIPMENT SALE THIS SATURDAY

The Elmira Jackals will hold a hockey equipment sale this Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the First Arena main floor. The public is invited to attend the sale free of charge.

Items for sale will include helmets, pants, gloves, sticks, skates, socks, and more. The cost of each item will vary based upon its condition.

Anyone with questions regarding the event should call (607) 734-7825 ext. 3219.

JACKALS HOCKEY: GET JACKED!

UPCOMING FIRST ARENA EVENTS

HOCKEY EQUIPMENT SALE
Saturday, September 17th
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

TWIN TIERS TEEN NIGHT CRAZE
Saturday, September 24th
6:00 - 10:00 p.m.

PRESEASON HOCKEY
Blue vs. White Intrasquad Game
Thursday, October 6
7:00 p.m.

Elmira vs. Reading
Saturday, October 8
7:35 p.m.

SIXTH ANNUAL GOLF WITH THE JACKALS
Sunday, October 9

2011-2012 HOME OPENER
Elmira vs. Trenton
Friday, October 14
7:35 p.m.

Elmira vs. Trenton
Saturday, October 15
7:35 p.m.

Elmira vs. Florida
Friday, October 21
7:35 p.m.