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Swamp Rabbits re-sign El-Mir

Swamp Rabbits re-sign El-Mir

Monday, August 3rd

GREENVILLE, S.C. —Forward Karl El-Mir has re-signed with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits for the 2020–21 season.El-Mir was acquired by the Swamp Rabbits on Jan. 27, 2020 in a trade with the Indy Fuel. He scored 9 points in 17 games with the Fuel and added 10 points in 17 games with the Swamp Rabbits before having his season ended due to an injury. He made his pro debut with the Ameircan Hockey League's Providence Bruins in 2018-19 after his senior year at the University of Connecticut.El-Mir took a massive jump in his development in his senior year at UConn. His career-high 27 points, which ranked second on the Huskies, earned him Hockey East Third Team All-Star honors.As alternate captain of the Selects Academy U18 AAA club, he led the way to a championship as league MVP, and the league's top scorer. El-Mir split his junior hockey between the Salmon Arm Silverbacks of the British Columbia Hockey League and the Grande Prairie Storm of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.