ECHL: Ghost Pirates Trade Veteran Forward to Railers

Today, the ECHL announced that Ryan Scarfo, a 30-year-old veteran forward, had been traded from the Savannah Ghost Pirates to the Worcester Railers for a consideration in the future.

Scarfo joined the Ghost Pirates in the 23-24 season, where he has played 56 games with four goals and eight assists, gathering 12 points this season. Before coming to Savannah, Scarfo was with the South Carolina Stingrays, Wheeling Nailers, and Brampton Beast. Scarfo originally started his professional career in the AHL in the 2018 season.

But with one Goodbye, Sav has two Welcome home.

On February 23rd, 2024, Henderson made the call and received two forwards to add strength to their numbers while dealing with NHL roster gaps.

Savannah answered by sending Alex Swetlikoff, a 22-year-old left-handed second-year veteran Forward, and Simon Pinard, a 22-year-old left-handed Forward in his Rookie season, to join the Silver Knights roster.

Swetlikoff has played 19 AHL games with three goals this season, adding to his ECHL season numbers of 20 games, eight goals, and nine assists. Pinard has played 11 AHL games with only one assist and 44 ECHL games with 18 goals, 18 assists, and 36 total points.

With 15 games left in the Silver Knights‘ and 15 in the Ghost Pirates season, we could still see more roster moves to assist with the AHL and its needs. However, we are approaching the trade deadline for the ECHL. Could this be the beginning of what we will see in trades for the Ghost Pirates?

With the welcome home and trade, they also saw movement on the roster, with the final move of the day coming with Nolan Welsh to the Injured Reserve, active on 3/6/24.

The Ghost Pirates are currently ranked 13th in the Eastern Conference, and their next game is Wednesday the 13th against the Atlanta Gladiators.