Swamp Rabbits re-sign Coyle, add Poisson

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings, announced that defenseman Max Coyle has re-signed with the team for the 2024-25 season. Additionally, Ben Poisson has signed his first professional contract with Greenville seeking his professional debut.

Coyle comes back for his second professional season with the Swamp Rabbits. He recorded 12 points (2g-10a) in 54 regular-season games.

From Tillsonburg, Ontario, Coyle, 26, began his professional career with the Indy Fuel at the conclusion of the 2022-23 campaign, appearing in three games. Before he turned professional, he skated four seasons of NCAA college hockey, playing with the University of Alabama-Huntsville as a freshman and with Bowling Green State University for his final three seasons. During his collegiate career, Coyle notched 21 points in 127 contests between the Chargers and Falcons. He preceded his college years winning a British Columbia Hockey League championship with the Prince George Spruce Kings in 2019.

Poisson joins the Swamp Rabbits seeking his professional hockey debut following the conclusion of his college career with the University of Maine. He posted 15 points (6g-9a) in 37 games in his fifth season and helped lead the Black Bears to their first NCAA Tournament in 12 years.

A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Poisson, 24, enters the professional ranks with 72 points (31g-41a) in 155 NCAA games. Before going to college, he played parts of four seasons in the BCHL with the Prince George Spruce Kings, racking up 114 points in 165 contests. He captained the Spruce Kings to the 2019 BCHL championship, with Coyle as his teammate, and was awarded the Bob Fenton Trophy in 2018 as the BCHL’s Most Sportsmanlike Player.