Stingrays add Vandergunst

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - The South Carolina Stingrays, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals and American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears, have agreed to terms with forward Mitch Vandergunst for the 2019-20 season.

Vandergunst begins his fourth professional campaign after most recently suiting up in 47 games for the ECHL’s Florida Everblades during the 2018-19 season. The native of Exeter, Ontario scored 11 points (4g-7a) and also appeared in two playoff games with the Everblades during the team’s run to the Eastern Conference Finals last year.Vandergunst, 24, played in 15 ECHL games with the Norfolk Admirals during his second pro year in 2017-18. He has also seen 26 games of action in the Southern Professional Hockey League, splitting his time between the Knoxville Ice Bears, Pensacola Ice Flyers and Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs while scoring seven points (2g-5a).Before turning pro, Vandergunst played three seasons of junior hockey in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League with the Stratford Cullitons, serving as an alternate captain in his final year (2014-15).