Stingrays agree to terms with Hunt

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - The South Carolina Stingrays, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals and American Hockey League's Hershey Bears, announced that the club has signed forward Garet Hunt to a contract for the 2023-24 season.

Hunt, 35, has played 899 professional hockey games over 15 seasons. He has spent 12 seasons in the ECHL with the Stockton Thunder, Alaska Aces, Jacksonville Icemen and Wheeling Nailers. In 709 ECHL games, Hunt has accumulated 247 points (103g-144a) and 2,687 penalty minutes. He is the ECHL's all-time leader in penalty minutes and is sixth in games played.

Hunt has made the playoffs in seven of his 12 seasons in the ECHL, adding 25 points (11g-14a) and 124 penalty minutes in 70 ECHL postseason games. In his first season as captain of the Thunder, he helped them reach the 2013 Kelly Cup Finals, where they fell to the Reading Royals in five games.