British forward James Archer has joined Matt Suderman in leaving the Hull Stingrays amid news of a club revival following last weeks admission that previous owners Mike and Sue Pack would be unable to ice a team this season.
Archer has joined Pavel Gomenyuk and Curtis Huppe in signing in the EPL with Tony Hand's Manchester, however, it now appears that new backers are ready to step in to save the Stingrays this season.
An official announcement on the news is expected soon but it is thought the majority of Sylvain Cloutier's previous 16 man squad have held off signing elsewhere with the league prepared to allow the club to start the season in October.
While the identity of the backers are currently unknown, they are thought to have some involvement in the Coventry Blaze and appear to have acted very quickly in an attempt to save the team for this season.
Whoever the group may be, it seems they may have a long term plan for the club with it highly unlikely that they are a short term measure to save the Rays for just the one season.
