It's one thing for a rookie to get his first career recall late in the season when the NHL team is not in the playoff hunt. It's a good time to get young players' feet wet with NHL competition and an opportunities for players to let management see if that's where they belong the next year.
For Moorhead native Brian Lee his first recall came on March 25th by the Ottawa Senators, a team fully entrenched in a Stanley Cup chase. With three games remaining on the regular season schedule the Senators are currently in fifth place.
In each of Lee's first three NHL games he played a good chunk of minutes skating at least 20 shifts in each game and playing as part of the regular defensive rotation. Lee played two seasons at the University of North Dakota before turning pro. As a member of the Bighamton Senators he scored three goals and recorded 22 assists in in 55 games. During February and March Lee missed 16 games with an ankle injury returning on March 22nd. Lee played in the AHL All-Star Classic this season.
The Senators remaining games are against Montreal, Toronto and Boston.
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