Set to make the jump from Junior A to college hockey for Michigan Tech in 2007-08, he was deemed ineligible to play for the first semester by the NCAA for academic reasons [REF].
Pierro-Zabotel began the season on the Penguins' ECHL affiliate, the Wheeling Nailers, but was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on January 21, 2010.