Icemen bring back Rabbit

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Icemen, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Winnipeg Jets and American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose, announced that the team has agreed to terms with veteran forward Wacey Rabbit for the 2020-21 season.

Rabbit returns to the Icemen where he posted 23 points (8g-15a) in 33 games played last season. The 33-year-old opened the 2019-20 season in Romania with ASC Corona Braslav, recording 28 points (14g-14a) in 25 games.

During the 2018-19 season, Rabbit led the Icemen in points (61), goals (29) and assists (31). Rabbit shares the Icemen team record with Mike Hedden for most points in a game with five. Rabbit also brings 309 games of AHL experience to Jacksonville’s roster. Rabbit registered 95 points (36g-59a) in stints with the Providence Bruins (2006-2009), Milwaukee Admirals (2009-10) and San Antonio Rampage (2011-12).

The Lethbridge, Alberta resident has also amassed 301 points during his time overseas in Norway, Romania, Italy, Czech Republic, Croatia, Austria and Japan and won a Memorial Cup Championship with the Western Hockey League’s Vancouver Giants in 2007.