The Bridgeport Sound Tigers have sent defenseman Brett Westgarth to the Worcester Sharks in exchange for future considerations.

Westgarth played last season with the Sharks where he scored nine points (2 goals and 7 assists) while totaling 137 penalty minutes.  The year prior, Westgarth skated for the Iowa Stars, playing in 37 games and totaling five points (two goals and three assists).  The 6’2, 215 pound defenseman, a native of Amhertsburg, ON, is a Princeton University graduate who skated for the Tigers from 2002-2007 where he compiled four goals and 20 assists for 24 points.