Former Hull Stingrays netminder Christian Boucher's move to the Quebec based LNAH was today confirmed by Saguenay Marquis - the Canadian's latest club.
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Friday, 20 July 2012
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
BREAKING: Stingrays future in doubt as Gough pulls out of takeover
The Hull Stingrays have once again been left in potential crisis after Nic Gough pulled out of his proposed takeover of the club.
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BREAKING: Harper and McCluskey latest to leave Hull
Tristan Harper and Sam McCluskey - who joined the Hull Stingrays a year ago - have become the third and fourth players to depart the club this summer ahead of the 12/13 Elite League campaign, rejoining hometown club and the Stingrays EIHL Northern conference rivals the Dundee Stars.
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Monday, 28 May 2012
Scott becomes second to Jet off
Young defenceman Dan Scott has today become the second player to depart the Hull Stingrays this off-season, leaving to return to the English Premier League with the Slough Jets.
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Friday, 18 May 2012
BREAKING: Done deal - Gough and McEwan take over
The Excel Hull Stingrays will be enter the 12/13 Elite Ice Hockey League campaign - their tenth in existence and seventh in the top flight - with their third ever set of owners following the confirmation that a deal has been struck between bidding pair Nic Gough and Bobby McEwan and the Coventry Blaze ownership group.
The long awaited deal will transfer ownership of the club to local businessman Gough and former Humberside Seahawk and Stingrays assistant coach McEwan, provided Hull City Council agree to their terms regarding this week's Hull Arena ice-time meeting.
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The long awaited deal will transfer ownership of the club to local businessman Gough and former Humberside Seahawk and Stingrays assistant coach McEwan, provided Hull City Council agree to their terms regarding this week's Hull Arena ice-time meeting.
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Monday, 7 November 2011
Breaking news: McKinney becomes full-time Stingray
According to English Premier League side the Telford Tigers, the Excel Hull Stingrays have tonight completed the signature of British forward Andy McKinney on a full-time contract for the remainder of the 11/12 season.
The 20 year old joined the Stingrays on a two-way contract from the EPL side earlier this month, meaning he would play for the Rays when the Tigers didn't have a game, and he went on stand out on debut in the Rays emphatic 9-4 win over Braehead at the Hull Arena.
He returned to ice for the Shropshire based side - who he has scored a lone goal for in five games this season - as per the terms of the agreement, but he has now decided to terminate his contract and join up with Sylvain Cloutier's Stingrays on a permanent basis.
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Breaking news: Dulle returns to Hull
31 year old defenceman and last season's Excel Hull Stingrays captain Kurtis Dulle has today made a surprise return to the club.
The blueliner registered 12 goal and 31 assists last season and he left the UK to play in Australia during the summer with the intention that it would be the final stop before retiring.
He will return to the Hull Arena for the first time since their playoff defeat to Cardiff last April, joining up with the squad in time for Wednesday nights fixture against Drew Bannisters Braehead Clan.
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The blueliner registered 12 goal and 31 assists last season and he left the UK to play in Australia during the summer with the intention that it would be the final stop before retiring.
He will return to the Hull Arena for the first time since their playoff defeat to Cardiff last April, joining up with the squad in time for Wednesday nights fixture against Drew Bannisters Braehead Clan.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011
BREAKING NEWS: Davies returns to Rays
British forward Matty Davies has today returned to the Excel Hull Stingrays line-up for the 11/12 Elite League campaign despite sensationally quitting the club midway through a game against Edinburgh last season.
The 21 year old moved to English Premier League Peterborough Phantoms after allegedly falling out over ice-time - scoring five goals and 16 assists in 19 games - but has returned to his hometown team after resolving the problems between himself and the club, having initially agreed to join Slough Jets next season.
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The 21 year old moved to English Premier League Peterborough Phantoms after allegedly falling out over ice-time - scoring five goals and 16 assists in 19 games - but has returned to his hometown team after resolving the problems between himself and the club, having initially agreed to join Slough Jets next season.
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
BREAKING NEWS: Ondrej completes import line-up
Excel Hull Stingrays player-coach Sylvain Cloutier has today completed his ten strong import quota for 11/12 Elite League campaign, signing all-around blueliner Martin Ondrej at the third time of asking.
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Friday, 15 July 2011
Stingrays add fourth netminder and fifth pre-season fixture
The Excel Hull Stingrays have today announced the signing of former GB junior international Ben Bowns on a two-way contract from English Premier League side Sheffield Steeldogs alongside the news that they will take on the Steeldogs at Ice Sheffield on 30 August as part of their pre-season preparations.
Bowns, 20, was called up to Paul Thompson's senior national side as reserve netminder for April's World Championships in Ukraine having thoroughly impressed in four years with GB U18's and U20's. Last year the EPL stopper claimed netminder of the tournament at the U20 Division 1 Worlds having recorded a 90.9sv.% in 50 games as the underdog Steeldogs edged into the playoffs in eighth place.
He joins the Stingrays on a loan deal from his hometown Sheffield - where he has been since starting his career in 06/07 - and, although he is unlikely to make regular appearances in the blue and yellow, he will gain valuable experience training and backing up starter Christian Boucher in the Elite League when the Steeldogs are without a game.
Rays player-coach Sylvain Cloutier spoke of his first two-way signing of the summer:
With Andy Brummitt signed up to ice for both the Stingrays and English National League side Kingston Jets, and Hull born keeper Liam Jackson also training with Cloutier's side, the club is evidently taking different route with its backup netminding situation this season.
Previously - as is the case at the majority of Elite League clubs - it is common for a backup keeper to be used very sparingly, normally only when his side is on the receiving end of a thrashing or handing out a beating of its own.
That was the exact situation last season in Hull - when backup Andy Jaszczyk icing in just three games, mostly against a lacklustre Edinburgh side - however, with Brummitt, Jackson and Bowns all mixing Elite League time with lower league experience, the club and Cloutier instead look to be trying to develop a number of options next season.
Bowns has fast become a big prospect in British hockey, and Steeldogs coach Andre Payette told the Sheffield Star he believes Bowns can take his game to the next level:
The two clubs last met at Ice Sheffield in a pre-season encounter prior to the 09/10 season - Cloutier's first season in Hull - when a nine import Rays came away with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over the one import EPL side. In that game Bowns and former Hull favourite Pasi Raitanen played a big part in keeping the score to two as Tommy Sandahl notched his first and only shutout with the club and Adam Knight also impressed on his debut.
The Steeldogs will have at least three former Stingrays in their line-up in August following the signings of Ukrainian Pavel Gomenyuk, first year Ray Stuart Brittle and last season's Andy Hirst - who has returned to Sheffield.
Stingrays pre-season will see them take on Coventry home and away on the weekend of August 27 and 28, Steeldogs on Tuesday August 30 and Tilburg and Geleen on September 3 and 4 respectively.
The signing of Bowns and arrangement of the pre-season fixture only heightens speculation that the two clubs are set to announce an official link that will see tighter links between the two clubs.
Last season the Steeldogs controversially bypassed links to Elite League neighbours Sheffield Steelers in favour of their players icing in Hull. Forward Hirst made the move from two-way contractee to a full time Stingray, and Chris Sykes and Hull born Craig Elliott, amongst others, also made the trip up the M18 for ice-time, and it is thought this looks set to continue next season.
Bowns, 20, was called up to Paul Thompson's senior national side as reserve netminder for April's World Championships in Ukraine having thoroughly impressed in four years with GB U18's and U20's. Last year the EPL stopper claimed netminder of the tournament at the U20 Division 1 Worlds having recorded a 90.9sv.% in 50 games as the underdog Steeldogs edged into the playoffs in eighth place.
He joins the Stingrays on a loan deal from his hometown Sheffield - where he has been since starting his career in 06/07 - and, although he is unlikely to make regular appearances in the blue and yellow, he will gain valuable experience training and backing up starter Christian Boucher in the Elite League when the Steeldogs are without a game.
Rays player-coach Sylvain Cloutier spoke of his first two-way signing of the summer:
"I am delighted to have Ben on board and to be able to help further his development. He will be on a two-way contract between us and the Sheffield Steeldogs and we have signed him in case of an emergency as we already have Andy Brummitt backing up Christian Boucher”.
With Andy Brummitt signed up to ice for both the Stingrays and English National League side Kingston Jets, and Hull born keeper Liam Jackson also training with Cloutier's side, the club is evidently taking different route with its backup netminding situation this season.
Previously - as is the case at the majority of Elite League clubs - it is common for a backup keeper to be used very sparingly, normally only when his side is on the receiving end of a thrashing or handing out a beating of its own.
That was the exact situation last season in Hull - when backup Andy Jaszczyk icing in just three games, mostly against a lacklustre Edinburgh side - however, with Brummitt, Jackson and Bowns all mixing Elite League time with lower league experience, the club and Cloutier instead look to be trying to develop a number of options next season.
Bowns has fast become a big prospect in British hockey, and Steeldogs coach Andre Payette told the Sheffield Star he believes Bowns can take his game to the next level:
"Ben is fast becoming as good as Elite League imports. We will lose him at some stage, but for now his main responsibility is Steeldogs - he can train and play for Hull when we’re not playing.”Meanwhile, the Stingrays have also announced that their fifth pre-season fixture of the summer will see them take on the Bowns' Steeldogs in Sheffield on Tuesday 30 August (7.30pm).
The two clubs last met at Ice Sheffield in a pre-season encounter prior to the 09/10 season - Cloutier's first season in Hull - when a nine import Rays came away with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over the one import EPL side. In that game Bowns and former Hull favourite Pasi Raitanen played a big part in keeping the score to two as Tommy Sandahl notched his first and only shutout with the club and Adam Knight also impressed on his debut.
The Steeldogs will have at least three former Stingrays in their line-up in August following the signings of Ukrainian Pavel Gomenyuk, first year Ray Stuart Brittle and last season's Andy Hirst - who has returned to Sheffield.
Stingrays pre-season will see them take on Coventry home and away on the weekend of August 27 and 28, Steeldogs on Tuesday August 30 and Tilburg and Geleen on September 3 and 4 respectively.
The signing of Bowns and arrangement of the pre-season fixture only heightens speculation that the two clubs are set to announce an official link that will see tighter links between the two clubs.
Last season the Steeldogs controversially bypassed links to Elite League neighbours Sheffield Steelers in favour of their players icing in Hull. Forward Hirst made the move from two-way contractee to a full time Stingray, and Chris Sykes and Hull born Craig Elliott, amongst others, also made the trip up the M18 for ice-time, and it is thought this looks set to continue next season.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Fan favourite Lake returns
Energetic, fan favourite Ryan Lake has today become the only British returnee from the Excel Hull Stingrays 10/11 campaign, returning to Sylvain Cloutier's side for another year following the departure of no fewer than six British players.
The 27 year old forward - who last season netted a valuable five goals and five assists on his return to the sport following four years away - becomes the sole homegrown returnee after Craig and Lee Mitchell, Andy Hirst, Lee Esders, Ben Lowe and Andy Jaszczyk all left the club this summer.
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Friday, 8 July 2011
Campbell signs as final import forward
Sylvain Cloutier has today completed his Excel Hull Stingrays import forward lineup for the 10/11 campaign with the addition of experienced EIHL forward Derek Campbell.
Campbell has spent the last five seasons in the Elite League icing for Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Coventry - winning consecutive league titles in the last two seasons with the latter two.
He has recorded 245 points in 252 games along the way, although is perhaps better known for his unpredictable physical style of play which has earned him 1021 PIM's.
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Campbell has spent the last five seasons in the Elite League icing for Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Coventry - winning consecutive league titles in the last two seasons with the latter two.
He has recorded 245 points in 252 games along the way, although is perhaps better known for his unpredictable physical style of play which has earned him 1021 PIM's.
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Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Mizerek signs again
33 year old American defenceman Joshua Mizerek has today rejoined the Excel Hull Stingrays, the club he quit 12 months ago following its untimely demise, signing from Dutch Eredivisie side HYS Den Haag.
He becomes the fourth former Adirondack player to join the club following the signatures of fellow blueliner Dmitri Suur, power forward Frantisek Bakrlik and player-coach Sylvain Cloutier, as the head coach looks to recruit known players ahead of his third year in charge in Hull.
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He becomes the fourth former Adirondack player to join the club following the signatures of fellow blueliner Dmitri Suur, power forward Frantisek Bakrlik and player-coach Sylvain Cloutier, as the head coach looks to recruit known players ahead of his third year in charge in Hull.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Stingrays add British duo
The Excel Hull Stingrays have today added young Brits Bobby Chamberlain and Andy Brummitt to their roster for the 11/12 Elite League campaign.
Netminder Brummitt joins the club in place of Andy Jaszczyk from ENL side Chelmsford Cheiftans while hometown forward Chamberlain, 16, returns to the city after a season spent in Canada.
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Netminder Brummitt joins the club in place of Andy Jaszczyk from ENL side Chelmsford Cheiftans while hometown forward Chamberlain, 16, returns to the city after a season spent in Canada.
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Monday, 13 June 2011
Czech power forward Bakrlik joins Rays
Excel Hull Stingrays player-coach Sylvain Cloutier has today completed the signing of 6'5, 231lbs Czech power forward Frantisek Bakrlik from Polish top flight side MMKS Podhale Nowy Targ.
A former junior prospect in Canada's Ontario Hockey League, the now 28 year old has since iced in the SPHL, Czech Second Division, UHL - where he played alongside Cloutier and fellow new Stingray Dmitri Suur - and the Polish top division - where he has spent the majority of the last five seasons and was last year an All-Star.
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A former junior prospect in Canada's Ontario Hockey League, the now 28 year old has since iced in the SPHL, Czech Second Division, UHL - where he played alongside Cloutier and fellow new Stingray Dmitri Suur - and the Polish top division - where he has spent the majority of the last five seasons and was last year an All-Star.
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Monday, 16 May 2011
Boucher back for Stingrays
Canadian netminder Christian Boucher has today become just the second ever netminder to return to the Excel Hull Stingrays for a second consecutive year, re-signing with the club for the 11/12 Elite League campaign.
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Monday, 9 May 2011
Osman first new import signing for 11/12
29 year old American forward Dominic Osman has today become the first new import face to sign for the Excel Hull Stingrays ahead of the 11/12 Elite League campaign, joining the club after two years in the ECHL with Toledo Walleye and Florida Everblades.
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010
BREAKING NEWS: Stingrays live again!
The Hull Stingrays have been revived for the 10/11 Elite League campaign with new owners Paul Thompson, James Pease, Andy Buxton and Mike Cowley stepping in at the last minute to save the club.
The sports unlikely and somewhat surprising return to the city after less than a week away, will see Sylvain Cloutier return once again as player-coach.
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The sports unlikely and somewhat surprising return to the city after less than a week away, will see Sylvain Cloutier return once again as player-coach.
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Strachan sacked as coach in club re-structuring
Rick Strachan has been sacked as head coach of the Excel Hull Stingrays after the club today announced a re-structuring that will see a new player-coach signed for the 09/10 season.
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