Stingrays add Dostie

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 Alex Dostie for the 2026-27 season.

Dostie, 29, has spent the last five seasons in Europe, last with the Bietigheim Steelers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 (DEL2), the second highest league in Germany. In the regular season, he had five points (3g-2a) in seven games before producing six points (2g- 4a) in 13 games in the playoffs.

Prior to his time in Germany, the Drummondville, Quebec native played in 54 games in 2024-25 with JYP of Liiga, the top professional league in Finland, logging 27 points (8g-19a). From 2022-24, Dostie played for Valerenga and Stjernen Hockey of Ligaen, the highest professional level in Norway. In 71 career games in Ligaen, he tallied 95 points (34g-61a) with a +34 rating. In his first season in Europe in 2021-22, Dostie had 31 points (15g- 16a) in 44 games with HC Innsbruck of the ICEHL in Austria.

Before playing in Europe, Dostie played four seasons of professional hockey between the AHL and ECHL. Drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the fourth round (115th overall) of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, Dostie made his professional debut with the San Diego Gulls in the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs. Across four seasons in the AHL, Dostie tallied 34 points (16g-18a) in 138 games, all with the Gulls. Dostie also spent two stints in the ECHL with the Utah Grizzlies and Tulsa Oilers, producing 13 points (6g-7a) in 10 games.