RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Rush, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames, announced that forward Mason McCarty has re-signed with the club and will return for the 2024-25 season. McCarty, continuing his second stint with the Rush, will enter his fourth ECHL season.
McCarty returned to the Rush in a December 2023 trade with the Reading Royals. After being acquired, the Blackie, Alberta native scored three goals in 11 games for Rapid City. McCarty missed the months of March and April after sustaining a season-ending injury.
The 27-year-old broke into professional hockey with the Rush in 2018-19, where he registered ten points in 15 games. After three years in college, McCarty returned to the ECHL, spending a full year in Kalamazoo and then half a season in Reading. McCarty has 83 pro games played in three seasons, all of them in the ECHL.
McCarty played three years of Canadian college hockey at Acadia University. He spent his junior career in the Western Hockey League, where he totaled 225 appearances and racked up 157 points.
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