Opposition Signings & Departures 21/22

[SteelerBlade]

Coventry announce the return of English GB International netminder Jordan Hedley.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/1 ... dan-hedley

The 24 year old stands at 6”3” and served as the 3rd netminder for GB in Riga.

He is a product of the Milton Keynes system and has gone on to play 28 times in the EIHL as a backup for the Milton Keynes Lightning & Coventry Blaze.

[SteelerBlade]

Coventry add returnee Alex Forbes to the 21/22 squad.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/1 ... lex-forbes

The Scotsman is incredibly versatile and can play any outskater position.

The 24 year old played over 7 years in North American junior setups before joining the EIHL’s Milton Keynes Lightning in 17/18.

Since then he’s played for Coventry and accrued a total 197 games of EIHL experience.

[SteelerBlade]

The Guildford Flames have moved to add 21yr old English centreman Mac Howlett.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/2 ... ac-howlett

Howlett is a product of the Guildford junior system and spent 2 years developing in the Finnish system before joining the EIHL.

He’s iced 139 EIHL games for the Glasgow Clan & Coventry Blaze.

He spent the early part of 20/21 in the German 4th division with the U23 side of ES Weißwasser.

He’s also a former GB 18s & 20s international.

[SteelerBlade]

Elite Series All-Star & Top Goalscorer Tristan Keck has left Coventry to sign with German DEL2 outfit EC Bad Nauheim.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/1 ... istan-keck

The 25 year old adapted to the pro game excellently netting 15 times in 14 Elite Series games.

[SteelerBlade]

Belfast have moved to add 27 year old Canadian centre Slater Doggett.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/1 ... er-doggett

The six-footer joins from the Slovakian Extraliga side HC Nové Zámky.

He’s previously iced in the ECHL 12 times with the Alaska Aces & Florida Everblades.

He’s iced in the Canadian USports University League for the Queen’s University Golden Gaels where he hit over a point per game in his last 3 seasons.

He made the 1st & 2nd All-Star teams in his conference as well as the conference MVP. He also made the 2nd All-Star team for the entire Canadian USports system.

His other European experience was in the AlpsHL with Italian side Wipptal Broncos where his 42 goals was league-leading.

[SteelerBlade]

Belfast have announced the return of English winger Ciaran Long.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/38688/ciaran-long

Long re-joins after time with the Manchester Storm.

The 6”3” 30 year old was a latecomer to the EIHL first icing extensively in the EPIHL/ENL/NIHL where he’s played a total of 604 games for the Swindon Wildcats, Slough Jets, Basingstoke Bison, Manchester Phoenix & Trafford Metros.

In the EIHL he’s now played 199 games for the Manchester Storm & Belfast Giants as well as a single appearance for the Basingstoke Bison.

[SteelerBlade]

Belfast have also announced the return of another English winger, Lewis Hook, after he re-joins from Nottingham.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/115937/lewis-hook

The 24 year old is a product of the Peterborough system and has gone on to play 212 times in the EIHL with the Coventry Blaze, Milton Keynes Lightning, Belfast Giants & Nottingham Panthers.

He’s also iced in the Champions League with Belfast & Nottingham.




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[TealSteeler]

Ben Davies returns to Cardiff from Guildford whilst Josh Batch and Mark Richardson are back for 10th and 14th seasons with the Devils respectively.

https://www.cardiffdevils.com/news/theyre-coming-home/

Meanwhile, Belfast also make three more signings to take their signing total to nine. Ben Lake and Mark Garside whilst there's a newcomer in the space of American Jeff Baum

https://www.belfastgiants.com/2021/07/0 ... e-signing/

[SteelerBlade]

Guildford have moved to add undersized 5”8” defenceman Alex Yuill.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/97380/alex-yuill

Yuill had agreed a deal for the cancelled 20/21 season.

The 26 year old Canadian last iced in the Canadian USports University League for the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks in 19/20.

He played 5 years in that division.

[SteelerBlade]

19 year old English winger Austin Mitchell-King has departed from Coventry to sign for the NIHL’s Telford Tigers.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/3 ... chell-king

He iced just 4 Elite Series games with the Blaze.