Nashville, Tenn. (December 12, 2022) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the team has recalled defensemen Kevin Gravel and Roland McKeown from Milwaukee (AHL).
Gravel, 30 (3/6/92), has six points (6a) and 10 penalty minutes in 22 games with the Admirals, his ninth professional season. He recorded three of his assists during a three-game point streak from Nov. 26-Dec. 1, a stretch that also saw him post a +2 rating and six shots on goal. Gravel came to the Predators organization in July after skating in a career-high 59 AHL games with Stockton in 2021-22; the 6-foot-4, 205-pound blueliner also recorded 14 points (3g-11a) – his most since 2017-18 – and a +12 rating for the Heat. He made his NHL debut in 2015-16 with Los Angeles and has gone on to skate in 109 games, with his most recent action coming in 2019-20 with Toronto.
McKeown, 26 (1/20/96), is tied for the Admirals lead and is tied for fifth among all AHL skaters in plus-minus this season at +12, and his eight points (2g-6a) put him in a tie. for second out of Milwaukee blueliners in the category through 22 games. A veteran of eight professional seasons – skating in his first with the Predators organization – McKeown has appeared in 10 career NHL games, all for Carolina in 2017-18, and won the Calder Cup with Charlotte in 2019.
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