Riopel agreed to an AHL contract with the Syracuse Crunch and is likely destined for the ECHL K-Wings...
In a depth move, the Syracuse Crunch signed goalie Nic Riopel to a one-year AHL contract. The move seems clearly a depth addition for the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL as the 27 year-old Riopel spent his 2015-16 season in the ECHL between the Norfolk Admirals and Rapid City Rush. His career only has him staked with 21 games of North American hockey higher than the ECHL. Those games came by way of the Adirondack Phantoms in 2009-10 and 2010-11.