Former P.E.I. Rocket forward Geoff Walker signed with the Leigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League on Friday.
The 27-year-old native of Charlottetown spent two and half seasons with the Rocket from the mid-way point of the 2005-06 season until his overage season in 2007-08.
In his last QMJHL season with the Rocket, Walker scored 38 goals and 90 points in 69 games. Walker skated in 168 total games with the Rocket and scored 83 goals and 196 points. He was originally a second round pick of the Gatineau Olympiques in 2004.
Walker has been been back-and-forth between the AHL and the ECHL (East Coast Hockey League) since his departure from the QMJHL. Last season, Walker split the season between the Ontario Reign and the Missouri Mavericks of the ECHL and combined for 18 goals and 43 points in 60 games.
In 269 AHL games with Manchester Monarchs, Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, Lake Erie Monsters and the Syracuse Crunch, the six-foot-three, 225-pound winger has collected 45 goals and 116 points. In 160 ECHL games with Ontario, Florida Everblades and Missouri, he has collected 52 goals and 123 points.
Leigh Valley is the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers.
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