INDIANAPOLIS – The Indy Fuel, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks and the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs, announced that they have signed forward Cody Payne to a contract for the 2020-21 season.
Payne, 26, returns to Indy after spending the majority of the 2019-20 season with the Worcester Railers. Acquired via trade in early March, Payne played one game for the Fuel before the season was cut short. Skating in 41 ECHL games during the 2019-20 season, Payne registered 16 points (7g-9a) and 58 penalty minutes.
A fifth-round selection (145th overall) in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins, Payne spent three years at the University of Prince Edward Island where he earned 70 points (39g-31a) and 174 penalty minutes. Prior to his time at the University of Prince Edward Island, the native of Weston, Florida played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League where he skated in 286 games split between the Oshawa Generals, Plymouth Whalers, Saginaw Spirit and Niagara IceDogs.
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