Brandon Yip will play for Portland Pirates
|GLENDALE. Ariz. — The Phoenix Coyotes have assigned veteran forwards Tim Kennedy, Brandon McMillan and Brandon Yip to the Portland Pirates, their AHL affiliate.
Between them, the three players have played a total of 419 NHL games.
Kennedy, a center who has played for the San Jose Sharks, Florida Panthers and Buffalo Sabres, scored 18 goals and had 49 assists during the 2008-09 season while playing for the Pirates.
McMillan, a 23-year-old left wing, played parts of three seasons with the Anaheim Ducks.
Yip, a 28-year-old right wing, spent the last two seasons in the NHL with the Nashville Predators.