Stingrays add Graves, Perrott

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 agreed to terms with defensemen Jacob Graves and Andrew Perrott for the 2024-25 season.

Graves, 29, brings eight seasons of professional hockey experience to the Stingrays. Last season, he captained the Atlanta Gladiators before being traded to the Toledo Walleye and helping them reach the ECHL's Western Conference Finals. He is known for his physical presence on the ice, and he accumulated a career-high 146 penalty minutes in 58 regular-season games last season. In 327 career ECHL games, Graves has 72 points (11g-61a) and 639 penalty minutes. Graves also has AHL experience, appearing in 42 games with the Cleveland Monsters in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.

Perrott, 22, has split time between the Indy Fuel and AHL's Rockford IceHogs in both seasons of his professional career. Perrott has 33 games of AHL experience with Rockford, tallying seven points (2g-5a). He has spent most of his professional career with the Fuel, where he registered 28 points (5g-23a) in 70 games.