Fan favourite Esders, 21, will return for his fourth year in Hull, where he has a cumulative total of 24 goals and 16 assists, while fellow forward Davies has re-signed for a second year in the city, having registered one goal and nine assists in 51 games last season.
Netminder Jaszczyk also returns to Hull, again as backup keeper, having previously signed to ice behind Canadian Christian Boucher, who is another that is likely to remain with the club. The former first choice keeper at the Kingston Jets will be hoping to gain more ice time than the six games he iced in last year, during which he registered a 4.24 goals against average and a 87.7sv.%.
Hull trained forwards Esders and Davies and Rotherham born Jaszczyk have remained faithful to Cloutier and the club they iced for last season, and will line up for the Stingrays first game under new ownership on Sunday 3 October with a home Challenge Cup fixture against the Cardiff Devils.
The game will mark a new and exciting era at the club, and will see the Rays ice in their first game without former owners Mike and Sue Pack at the helm. Excitement is already building in the city following the clubs near miss this summer and new club director Mike Cowley is urging fans to welcome the team back to the ice, promising an 'opening night to remember':
"If people have plans for that night, they need to cancel them! If there's something they want to watch on the TV, record it. We want the return of the Stingrays to be something special!"While off-ice preparations are undoubtely important for a club that is essentially starting from scratch, the team on the ice will ultimately go a distance to deciding the success of the club as a business and for that reason coach Cloutier has an important job on his hands.
He is charged with the job of ensuring that the remaining ten players to not have already re-signed, or signed elsewhere, do arrive in Hull for late September's week long training camp.
While Jason Silverthorn, who is all but announced as returning to the club, will be an important first import signing, brothers Lee and Craig Mitchell are absolutely crucial given the dearth of available British talent so late in the summer.
Their return would be a massive boost to the new ownership and, on top of the trio re-signed today, would give the club a good footing to build from, while their failure to return would be a big blow to a new ownership looking to get off to a good start.
The club will outline their plans for that good start and announce season ticket packages as well as other details at a fans forum next Thursday.
