ESTERO, Fla. - Florida Everblades General Manager Craig Brush, along with Director of Hockey Operations and Head Coach Brad Ralph, announced they have signed forward Kobe Roth for the 2022-23 season.
Roth, 25, joins the Everblades after spending the previous five seasons with the University of Minnesota-Duluth where he suited up for 176 career games Roth set a career-high as a senior with 29 points (16g-13a) in the 2021-22 season while serving as the team captain. In five seasons at UMD, Roth had 97 points (54g-43a) and helped the Bulldogs to back-to-back National Championships as a freshman in 2017-18 and a sophomore in 2018-19. Roth also won the NCHC Sportsmanship Award in 2019-20.
Before joining UMD, the Mason City, Iowa native played with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League from 2015-17, where he notched 34 points (15g-19a) in 59 games. In addition, he served as an alternate captain for the 2016-17 season.