Silverthorn, who can play both wing or centre, joined the Stingrays part way through last season as a replacement for the under performing Matt Reynolds, after averaging a point per game in two seasons with Cardiff and one with Edinburgh.
The Ontario native continued that form last year in Hull as he and Konstantin Kalmikov instantly clicked under Sylvain Cloutier on the Rays first line, despite breaking his jaw on debut, putting him out for a number of weeks.
"When he came back it took him a while to get back on track but he and Konstantin Kalmikov started to click and we then got a good line going," said CloutierHe eventually accumulated an impressive 21 goals and 26 assists in 43 games in another disappointing 8th placed finish for the Rays. Nevertheless, the Stingrays will be hoping for a similar return next season from a player that, according to Cloutier, 'shows up every night'.
"Silver brings speed and experience to the team. We know Silver can put up the numbers but he also brings leadership to the team. We will be counting on him to put some numbers up again next season."He becomes the Rays fifth import to sign out of the ten that the Rays will sign and his signature follows hot on the heels of the return of coach Cloutier and defenceman Stephen Burns and the signing of impact forward Chris Korchinski and experienced defenceman Joshua Mizerek.
Rumours suggest that the teams roster for next season is already complete with young forward Andrew Coburn, tough defenceman Matt Suderman, offensive blueliner Trevor Read and netminder Christian Boucher already signed up, however, the club are likely to maximise publicity by drip feeding any further signings.
