Dulle iced alongside new Rays keeper Christian Boucher and former defenceman Stephen Burns with the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees in 08/09 and iced against Cloutier's Ice Rayz in a year he was named an CHL All Star after notching career bests in goals (7), assists (28) and points (35). Last year Dulle found himself on the Ice Rayz roster with Tendler after starting the year once again in Rio Grande before moving on to Colorado and Allen along the way, he finished the regular season with six goals and 21 assists.
Tendler also experienced playing against the Rays current player-coach with the Tulsa Oilers before impressing Cloutier enough to earn a trade to his Corpus Christi side, going on to hit nine goals and 13 points in 17 games in Texas
Well versed in the ways of the CHL having played there for at least part of the last five seasons, Dulle looks to have replaced the experienced hole left by Joshua Mizerek's defection to his former side HYS Den Haag. Although he is unlikely to take the place of Jeff Glowa as club captain, as Mizerek was expected to do, his stats going forward look ever so slightly more impressive than Mizerek's, with 33 goals and 98 assists in five CHL years, even if his leadership skills may not be enough for him to be handed the C.
Meanwhile, forward Tendler, who totaled 49 goals and 48 assists in 126 games in Springfield, Massachusetts at NCAA college side American International College is a boost to the Stingrays offensive line. He moved on to professional hockey in 08/09, after his stint in the NCAA, as he split the year between CHL sides Tulsa and Corpus Christi, and IHL side Kalamazoo. Between the three clubs he netted 18 times in 58 games, after starting the year with just four goals in 36 games, and he returned to Corpus Christi last year hitting career best figures.
The Saskatchewan native comes to the UK as a goalscorer rather than playmaker, with goals outnumbering assists at each of the five clubs he has graced in the last three years and with hat-tricks in both the CHL and IHL. With ice time guaranteed in the three line Elite League, it is fair to say goals are expected from the Canadian with hopes of another career year not beyond reasonable doubt.
And while a definite goal getter, on first glance he appears to be the 'extra' and 11th import promised by the new owners after Brit James Archer departed, as opposed a high spec replacement for star man Chris Korchinski, whose replacement is rumoured to be 40 point ECHL man Sean Berkstresser.
Meanwhile, 19-year old Beverley born forward Ben Lowe returns to the club having signed his first professional deal with the club last year. Seldom used until the result was beyond doubt, Lowe failed to register a point in 20 games with the club but will enter the season as a young prospect on the fringes of the squad.
There he may be joined by energetic 27 year old forward Ryan Lake, who has begun training with a mixture of players currently based in Hull after a few years out of the professional game. The former fan favourite has only just resumed training, however, an appearance later in the season is not completely out of the question.
The club now requires a minimum of two defencemen and one forward, all likely to be imports, taking Cloutier's roster to 17 players and 11 imports, ahead of an opening day Challenge Cup clash with Cardiff on Sunday 3 October.
