Andrusiak joins Stingrays

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The South Carolina Stingrays, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals and the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears, announced they have agreed to terms with forward Zack Andrusiak for the 2026-27 season.

Andrusiak returns to the ECHL after two seasons in Europe, last with the Stavanger Oilers of Ligaen, the top league in Norway. With the Oilers, the Yorkton, Saskatchewan native had 37 points (23g-14a) in 41 games. In 2024-25, Andrusiak played in 39 games in Slovakia’s top league, Extraliga, between HK Spisska Nova Ves and HKM Zvolen, logging 36 points (18g-18a). He also skated in three games for the Vienna Capitals of the ICEHL, scoring once and adding two assists.

He spent the previous five seasons of his career in the ECHL. During the 2023-24 campaign, Andrusiak played in 57 games for the Cincinnati Cyclones producing 62 points (31g-31a). He was then acquired by the Fort Wayne Komets and played in eight games for now Stingrays Head Coach Jesse Kallechy and Associate Coach Cory Melkert, tallying six points (3g-3a) and finishing the season with 68 points (34g-34a) between the two teams.

Andrusiak spent the majority of two-and-a-half seasons with Cincinnati before being traded to Fort Wayne. Andrusiak had a career year in 2022-23, pacing Cincinnati in points (73) and tying for the team high in goals (32) in 63 games on the way to a Central Division championship. In the Kelly Cup Playoffs that year, Andrusiak had five points (2g-3a) and 34 penalty minutes as the Cyclones made the Central Division Finals.

Andrusiak was traded to Cincinnati by the Idaho Steelheads during the 2021-22 season after starting his professional career with the Steelheads in 2019. In his second season, Andrusiak spent time in the South Division with the Orlando Solar Bears. Across his ECHL career, he has played in 271 games, striking for 236 points (106g-130a) along with six games in the AHL with the Calgary Wranglers, Manitoba Moose and Tucson Roadrunners.