Freeman returns to Swamp Rabbits

Action photo of Ben Freeman of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings, announced that team captain Ben Freeman is set to return for his fourth campaign in Greenville for the 2024-25 season, his fifth as a professional.

Freeman heads back to the Swamp Rabbits following the best statistical output of his career. He played in all but two games in 2023-24 and set career highs with 14 goals and 34 points in his 70 contests. Freeman chipped in an additional goal and assist in six Kelly Cup Playoff games, and on Jan. 19, was named the seventh captain of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits. He played his 200th career ECHL game on April 5 at Orlando.

A native of Falmouth, Maine, Freeman, 28, enters his fifth season of professional hockey, and his fourth with the Swamp Rabbits. He begins 2024-25 three games shy of 200 with the Swamp Rabbits, and two points shy of 100 with the team, amassing 98 points (37g-61a) in 197 contests. Freeman joined the Swamp Rabbits following the 2020-21 season in which he made his professional debut with the Wheeling Nailers and later captured the 2021 SPHL President’s Trophy championship with the Pensacola Ice Flyers.

Prior to turning pro, he skated four years with the University of Connecticut , compiling 77 points in 135 games. As a senior, he captained the Huskies and claimed the 2020 Len Ceglarski Award, presented to the player most exemplifying the qualities of sportsmanship on the ice in Hockey East.