Solar Bears bring back Playfair

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Solar Bears have announced the club has agreed to terms with rookie forward Jackson Playfair for the 2019-20 season.

The Solar Bears are the ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning and the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch.

Playfair, 25, originally signed with Orlando on Feb. 15, and made an immediate impact in his transition to the professional ranks, recording at least one point in each of his first five games with the Solar Bears. The rookie ultimately finished the season with 10 points (5g-5a) and eight penalty minutes in 14 games.

Prior to turning pro, the native of Abbotsford, British Columbia played four seasons for Dalhousie University, where he collected 49 points (18g-31a) and 220 penalty minutes in 116 career games for the Tigers program.

Playfair also played three seasons of major junior hockey for the Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League, where he produced totals of 42 points (18g-24a) and 221 penalty minutes in 193 career games.

Playfair is the son of Edmonton Oilers assistant coach and former NHL player Jim Playfair, the nephew of former NHL player Larry Playfair and the brother of actor Dylan Playfair.