Wednesday 11 June 2008

Glowa is back for more

Canadian forward Jeff Glowa has re-signed for his 5th season with the Hull Stingrays and follows Lee Mitchell and Jason Kostadine into agreeing for the 08/09 season.


Glowa, who has played for the Stingrays in 5 of their 6 seasons of exsistance, finished the 2007/08 campaign with 18 goals, 35 assists for 53 points as well as 44 PIMs which extends his lead at the top of the all time Stingrays goals, assists and points totals. He is the current leader in total league games (194), goals (94), assists (111) and points (205) for the Stingrays who have competed in three levels of British Ice Hockey during his time at the club; the BNL (at the time 2nd tier), EPL (now the 2nd tier) and EIHL (top tier). However he brings much more than that to the table.

On the ice he epitomises what Stingrays fans like to see from their players; commitment, dedication and a passion for the club, but for him to have the ability to put up 42 and 53 point seasons in the top league in the UK makes him a valuable asset to the Stingrays.

Off the ice he is a friendly face, an approachable guy and frequently gets involved in community events which the Stingrays are so often involved with.

It is expected that he centres the first or second line. Which of those two lines he ends up centreing is entirely dependant on Rick Strachans final 6 forward signings. It would be possible that Strachan sees him as a second line centre which would be mixed with grit and skill. However equally possible is that he sees the team going with a tough second line, where points are not likely to be the option, and a skill line capable of scoring points, of which Glowa would definatly be a part of.

Theres no doubt that if Glowa can replicate last seasons 53 points, which he did with little celebration as Rankin and Riddle took the plaudits, the Stingrays will have the foundations of a team which can make the playoffs should the teams other signings be equally talented.