Defenseman Taylor Fedun has been named the 20th captain in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton franchise history, head coach J.D. Forrest announced on Friday.
Fedun, 33, was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with Pittsburgh this offseason after spending the last three years in the Stars organization.
Fedun, who will be playing in his 10th professional season this year, has previously been an alternate captain for the AHL's Rochester Americans, Utica Comets, and Oklahoma City Barons. He wore the 'C' in college in his final year at Princeton.
The Penguins on Friday also named forwards Jordy Bellerive and Michael Chaput, as well as defenseman Matt Bartkowski alternate captains.
The team shared this video of Forrest making the announcement in the locker room:
We're taking you inside the locker room as head coach J.D. Forrest announces the 2021-22 #WBSPens captain and alternates. pic.twitter.com/vWQMDr7tpy
— WBS Penguins (@WBSPenguins) October 15, 2021
Wilkes-Barre opens the 2021-22 season on Saturday when thy host the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON CAPTAINCY HISTORY
• John Slaney, Stephen Leach & Tyler Wright, 1999–2000
• Sven Butenschon & John Slaney, 2000–2001
• Jason MacDonald, 2001–2002
• Tom Kostopoulos, 2002–2003
• Patrick Boileau, Kris Beech & Tom Kostopoulos, 2003–2004
• Rob Scuderi, 2004–2005
• Alain Nasreddine, 2004–2006
• Micki DuPont, 2006–2007
• Nathan Smith, 2007–2008
• David Gove, 2008–2009
• Wyatt Smith, 2009–2010
• Ryan Craig, 2010–2012
• Joey Mormina, 2012–2013
• Tom Kostopoulos, 2013–2018
• Garrett Wilson, 2018-19
• David Warsofsky, 2019-2020
• Josh Currie, 2021
• Taylor Fedun, 2021-
