Ice Chips: Sens re-assign Kelly to Belleville

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Ottawa Senators

The Senators have re-assigned forward Parker Kelly to the AHL's Belleville Senators, it was announced Friday.

Roster update: The #Sens have re-assigned forward Parker Kelly to @BellevilleSens.

Kelly did not play in Thursday night's 2-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins and has not seen the ice with the Sens in a game since late November.

The 22-year-old has one goal and one assist in 11 games so far this season at the NHL level and two goals for nine points in 23 AHL games. 

Washington Capitals

The Capitals have re-assigned forward Aliaksei Protas to the AHL's Hershey Bears.

NEWS | The Capitals have re-assigned forward Aliaksei Protas to the Hershey Bears.#ALLCAPS | @FTX_Official https://t.co/STenF0BHK8

The 21-year-old has appeared in 33 games so far this season for the Caps, scoring three goals and adding six assists. He was a third-round selection in the 2019 NHL Draft.

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Penguins have re-assigned forwards Michael Chaput and Valtteri Puustinen to the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

The Penguins have re-assigned forwards Michael Chaput and Valtteri Puustinen to the @WBSPenguins. Details: https://t.co/e6mJxkFLvF pic.twitter.com/5oqxsVB8oU

Neither player has appeared in a game at the NHL level so far this season.

Philadelphia Flyers

The Flyers ruled out forward Sean Couturier for the season after he underwent successful back surgery in Philadelphia Friday morning.

In 29 games prior to the injury, the Phoenix native had six goals and 11 assists while averaging 20:23 of ice time per game.

Read more about Couturier here.