The 30-year old Russell has spent parts of four seasons in the AHL, playing in 127 regular season games, tallying 10 goals, with nine assists, for 19 points.

Russell had his most productive offensive season as a pro during the 2000-01 campaign, when he played alongside Bucks All-Time Leading scorer Jeff Bes, on the ECHL's Jackson Bandits. During that campaign Russell notched career high's in goals (38), and points (68), to be named to the All-Star team.

"Bobby is the guy that I've been looking to get all summer", said Bucks Head Coach and General Manager Terry Ruskowski. "He can score, and do the little things that we need here. He played with Jeff Bes and Jeff had great things to say about him".

The Surrey, British Columbia Native spent the last three seasons playing overseas in France and Italy. Last season Russell split time with Italy's Cortina SG, and Bruneck SG, scoring eight goals, with six assists, for 14 points, in 15 just 15 games.

Russell's last season in the United States was in 2004-05, when he tallied 26 goals, with 37 assists, for 63 points for the ECHL's Idaho Steelhounds.

"We are excited to have him on our roster, hopefully he can make a difference for us this season", Ruskowski said.

The 6'2, 210 pound Russell has led his team in scoring in two separate seasons, in 2004-05 with Idaho (26-37=63), and in 2006-07 with Italy's Fassa HC (15-17=32).

Zaore, who is entering his second professional season, spent last year in the ECHL with the Johnstown Chiefs.

The 6'2, 200 pound Zaore (Pronounced Zor-AY) is participating in the Houston Aeros training camp this week, giving the Bucks four players that went to AHL camps this season (Zaore, Erick Lizon, Ryan Hand, Darryl Smith).

Last season Zaore spent his rookie campaign with the Johnstown Chiefs, scoring six goals, handing out seven assists for 13 points, to go along with 72 penalty minutes in 61 games played. Zaore played in two playoff games last year for the Chiefs.

"Zaore is very tough. It's what we need here this season. He will work very hard for us", Ruskowski said.

Prior to turning pro, Zaore spent five seasons playing Junior hockey in the QMJHL. He played his first four seasons (2002-2006) with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, before spending the 2006-07 season with the Victoriaville Tigres.

In 294 career QMJHL games, Zaore had nine goals, 48 assists, for 57 points, to go along with 442 PIM.

Zaore, a native of Ste-Foy , Quebec , played the 2002-03 season as a teammate of Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. During that campaign, Zaore picked up seven points (2-5=7), and 63 penalty minutes.

The hard-nosed defenseman had two seasons of 100-plus penalty minutes in juniors, when he piled up 110 PIM's in 2004-05, and then a career high 139 in 2006-07.

Amory Mudrewich spent the last three seasons playing junior hockey, including the last two with the AJHL's Okotoks Oilers.

The 6'2, 200 pound Mudrewich (Pronounced mud-dre-wich) picked up over 100 penalty minutes in each of his three junior seasons, including a career high 218 PIM's in 2006-07.

Mudrewich, a native of Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , scored eight goals, with 29 assists, for 37 points, to go along with 479 penalty minutes in 154 games combined in his three junior seasons.

Last season with the Oilers, Mudrewich scored three goals, with 14 assists, for 17 points in 62 games, to go along with 156 penalty minutes.

Russell, Zaore and Mudrewich are the 25th, and 26th, and 27th players officially signed by the Bucks for the 2008-09 season.