The newest member of the Sharks, Brendan Buckley threw out the first pitch at the Worcester Tornadoes game on Tuesday on Kevin Shea Bobblehead Night!  Buckley tossed a high and tight fastball to the Tornadoes catcher.

 

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Buckley, who played in Germany last season, posted nine points (2-7-9) and 107 penalty minutes in 63 games as captain of the AHL’s Manchester Monarchs during the 2006-07 season.

The 31-year-old has appeared in 501 career AHL games with Cincinnati, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Syracuse, the Worcester IceCats, Peoria, and Manchester, totaling 83 points (13-70-83) and 84 penalty minutes.

A Needham, Mass., native, Buckley reached the Calder Cup Finals in 2001 with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and has totaled five assists in 54 career Calder Cup Playoff games. He played against the Worcester Sharks in the first round of the 2007 Calder Cup Playoffs as a member of Manchester. Buckley was originally drafted by Anaheim in 1996.