Miele Signs Contract with Phoenix Coyotes

The news keeps getting better for Andy Miele.

Miele, a Grosse Pointe Woods native and forward on the Miami (Ohio) hockey team, signed a contract with the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday, according to a press release.

“I’m heading in (to Phoenix on Saturday) and will be with the team Monday, which is so hard to believe,” Miele said in the release. “It’s still a dream for me. I’m very excited, I’m sure it’s a great group of guys. I’ll get up there and do what I can do to help them out.”

, and he was named the last month. Miele was the leading scorer in college hockey this season with 71 points.