Swamp Rabbits bring back Modry, Britt

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings, announced that defensemen Jacob Modry and Logan Britt have re-signed with the team for the 2024-25 season.

Modry began the 2023-24 campaign with the Newfoundland Growlers, registering his first two professional goals and four points in 20 games. He was then acquired by the Swamp Rabbits in a trade , and appeared in 22 games with Greenville.

From El Segundo, California, Modry, 25, made his professional debut at the end of the 2022-23 season with the Savannah Ghost Pirates, notching an assist in three contests. Before turning professional, he played four years of collegiate hockey: his first two with Merrimack College, and his final two with SUNY-Plattsburgh. With Plattsburgh, he was a two-time All-Conference Team selection (2022 Third Team, 2023 First Team), and also garnered 2023 AHCA Third-Team All-American honors and the 2023 SUNYAC Championship. Before going to college, Modry played three seasons with the British Columbia Hockey League’s Wenatchee Wild, winning the 2018 BCHL championship. He is the son of Jaroslav Modry, current assistant coach with the American Hockey League’s Springfield Thunderbirds, who won the 1995 Calder Cup championship and played 725 NHL games over 13 seasons, the vast majority of which came with the Kings.

Britt returns to the Swamp Rabbits fresh making his professional debut on April 5 at Orlando and recording his first professional point on April 12 against Atlanta. After finishing the regular season with four games to his credit, he appeared in five more during the Kelly Cup Playoffs adding another assist to his ledger. Britt first came to the Swamp Rabbits after the conclusion of his college hockey career with the University of North Dakota, recording 14 points (7g-7a) and finishing off with an appearance in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

A native of Crystal Lake, Illinois, Britt also played in college ranks with Sacred Heart University and Qunnipiac University. In five collegiate seasons, he racked up 54 points (15g-39a) in 171 games. Prior to going to college, he captured the 2019 Clark Cup championship with the United States Hockey League’s Sioux Falls Stampede, and also skated in the junior ranks with the USHL’s Lincoln Stars and North American Hockey League’s Aberdeen Wings.