Mariners add rookie forward Hart

PORTLAND, Maine – Cumberland native and former Maine state champion Ted Hart has signed a contract with the Maine Mariners for the 2019-20 season.

The Mariners are the ECHL affiliate of the New York Rangers of the National Hockeey League and the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League.

Hart is coming off a collegiate career at Yale University, and will attempt to become the first Maine-born player to play for the Mariners. At Greely High School, Hart helped guide the team to back-to-back State Championships in 2012 and 2013.

Hart was a mainstay in the Yale lineup for all four of his collegiate seasons. Of his three goals during his 2015-16 freshman campaign, two were game-winners, including one in overtime. Hart played at least 31 games each of the proceeding three seasons, with a career high 11 goals in his sophomore year, good for third on the team. His junior season included three multi-goal games, highlighted by a hat trick on Dec. 2, 2016 at Union. The same season, he was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team. He repeated the achievement in 2018-19. Hart totaled 48 points (26g-22a) in 120 career games at Yale.

Hart has two older brothers, each with ECHL experience. Brian Hart, 25, is currently a forward for the Dundee Stars (Scotland), but played previously for Kalamazoo and Greenville. He’s also played in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch. Kevin Hart, the oldest brother (27 years old), attended Providence and debuted in the ECHL with the Elmira Jackals in 2014-15. After two seasons with Dundee, he returned stateside in 2018-19 and suited up in four games for the Worcester Railers.