Swamp Rabbits add Finlay

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings and American Hockey League’s Ontario Reign, announced that Liam Finlay has signed with the team for the 2025-26 season.

Finlay joins the Swamp Rabbits after completing his fifth professional season with the Elite Ice Hockey League’s Glasgow Clan. He earned 39 points (13g-26a) in 53 games a season ago.

Finlay is reunited with Head Coach/General Manager Chad Costello, with the two previously crossing paths for a pair of seasons with the Allen Americans. Under Costello’s guidance as a rookie in the 2022-23 campaign, he recorded 70 points (33g-37a) in 54 games. His 33 goals were third-best amongst first year players and eighth in the entire league, and his 70 points ranked fourth on the rookie leaderboard. For his efforts, Finlay represented the Western Conference in the 2023 ECHL All-Star Classic and was selected as a member of the 2023 ECHL All-Rookie Team.

The 28-year-old enters his third ECHL season and sixth overall as a professional. He begins the 2025-26 season with 215 career games across Europe (Scotland, Finland, Slovakia, Germany and Sweden) and the ECHL, totaling 190 points (78g-112a).

Prior to turning professional, Finlay played four seasons of college hockey with the University of Denver, earning 98 points in 158 games while claiming the 2017 National Championship. He also split time in the British Columbia Hockey League between the Vernon Vipers and Penticton Vees over three campaigns, earning All-Rookie team honors in 2015.