WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester Railers Hockey Club, ECHL affiliate of the New York Islanders, announced that the club has signed forward Nick Fea to a contract for the 2023-24 season.
Fea, 26, re-signs in Worcester for his second season with the Railers. Fea joined Worcester in January of 2023, ultimately playing in 29 games and recording 16 points (8g-8a) and 10 penalty minutes. Fea joined the Railers from the Birmingham Bulls of the Southern Professional Hockey League where he scored 19 points (10g-9a) in 18 games. Fea participated in the American Hockey League's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins training camp ahead of the 2022-23 season.
Prior to playing professional hockey, Fea spent four seasons at Wilkes University, where he scored 121 points in 86 games. Fea ranks fourth on the school's single-season goals list with 15 in the 2021-22 season and second on the single-season points list with 47 in 2019-20. His 35 assists in 2019-20 stands as the most in one season in school history. Fea is fourth all-time in career goals scored (42), tied for second all-time in assists (80) and third all-time in points scored (122).