PORTLAND, Maine – The Maine Mariners announced the re-signing of forward Alex Kile, who led the team in scoring in 2019-20. It will be the third season as a Mariner for Kile, who was the first player ever to sign a contract for the club two years ago.
Kile played in 22 games for the Mariners in their inaugural season in 2018-19, seeing American Hockey League time split between Utica, Hartford and Laval. The majority was with Laval – 25 games after a loan just before the calendar turned to 2019. Kile never returned to the Mariners that season, and finished the ECHL portion of 2018-19 with 20 points (13g-7a).
After re-signing with the Mariners in the summer of 2019, Kile spent all of last season in Maine. In 57 games, he posted a team-leading 51 points. Kile was also the team leader with 35 assists, and scored three overtime game-winners.
A native of Troy, Michigan, Kile played his college hockey in his home state for the University of Michigan from 2013-17. He was captain in his senior year, and turned pro in the spring of 2017, debuting in the AHL with the Rochester Americans. He spent the majority of 2017-18 in the ECHL with the Cincinnati Cyclones, before joining the Mariners the following season.
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