The 34 year old, who is three years older than his new coach, leaves the Stingrays on good terms after racking up a club record 294 league appearances in which he registered 136 goals, 169 assists and 305 points.
Unfortunately, like many players before and since, Wray controversially quit the team for debatable reasons and the wheels came off the wagon as the Rays title hopes fell off towards the end of the season, however, Glowa remained loyal to the team, as he did for the next five years, eventually hitting 35 points in 33 games.
The Rays and new captain Glowa were forced into the EPL, the league he will be joining next season, for just a year in 05/06 and the Calgary born forward excelled, as it is expected he will do next year, scoring 40 goals and adding 35 assists in 46 games as the Rays fell short in both the league and playoffs.
While the team fell short of expectations in both of his opening seasons, Glowa's commitment, never say die attitude and point scoring ability remained, making him particularly popular with the Hull Arena faithful.
Despite his obvious ability, Glowa seemed to systematically re-sign in Hull year-on-year in spite of offers elsewhere and in the hope that better things were around the corner.
Four seasons, 215 games and 195 points in the EIHL later and all Glowa would have to show for his time in Hull would be a Yorkshire Cup victory over the Sheffield Steelers and a memorable pre-season P&O Cup victory over Tilburg and Nottingham. He would register a multi point night on the penultimate night of the season, hitting two goals and two assists in the comprehensive win over Newcastle, and he would follow that up by scoring his final goal for the Rays in the final game of the regular season, a 3-2 loss to Cardiff.
The most impressive thing about Glowa's time in the Elite League with the Rays is not his 31 goals in 54 games in 08/09, although that in itself is an incredible feat considering he was consistently in a bottom two side, but the fact that he missed just one single league game in four years. That, taking into account the Stingrays chronic injury problems since their move from the EPL and Glowa's natural style of play, which works on the motto "leave it all out on the ice", is a miracle and a testament to the man himself. A captain for five of his six years, he is Mr Hull Stingrays.
For whatever reason, be it the supposed lighter workload of the semi-professional English Premier League for an aging player, a lack of contract offer from the Rays and Sylvain Cloutier, the chance to win in the EPL or a great offer from former teammate Cruickshank, the clubs greatest player, in all senses of the word, will now depart for pastures new.
It is somewhat comforting that he departed at the same high level of play that he spent all his years with the Rays playing at, and that in no way did his play noticeably deteriorate to the point that fans did not appreciate the considerable time, effort and ability that he put into the club.
He will now link up with both Cruickshank and James Hutchinson, who returned to Peterborough from Hull after a tough time in the EIHL last year, and it is hoped, by many fans, that a pre-season game between the clubs can be set up so they can give Glowa the send off he deserves.
Of course, for that to happen the Stingrays have to make it to the start line in the first place. Rumours have quickly spread that the teams main sponsor Excel Laminating, who have been the club since their year of inception, have withdrawn their sponsorship of the club, thought to be around £50,000 a year.
That is the suggested reason for the lack of news or player announcements from the club with any potential new title or main sponsor, if there are any in the offing, likely to want to their investment to be maximised via publicity of the club and signings. All will be revealed with Mike Pack promising to the Hull Daily Mail that "things will become clearer tonight" at the Stingrays fans forum (7.30pm), stay tuned.
