Former Chilliwack Chief Austin Plevy will look to continue his MVP ways in 2021-22, re-signing with the Evansville Thunderbolts.
The Bolts announced Wednesday the return of Plevy, who played with the Indiana-based minor-pro team two years ago. Plevy led the Southern Professional Hockey League in scoring as a rookie in 2019-20, posting 16 goals and 48 assists for 64 points in just 45 games.
With Evansville not playing in 2020-21 due to COVID, Plevy swapped uniforms last season, joining the Knoxville (Tennessee) Ice Bears for a shortened campaign. His totals weren鈥檛 quite as impressive (12 goals, 31 points in 41 games), but the 26-year-old was still eighth in SPHL scoring.
鈥淚鈥檓 extremely excited to get back to Evansville and get the hockey season started again,鈥 the five-foot-11 and 185 pound forward said. 鈥淭he group of guys we had was incredible, one of the tightest groups I鈥檝e ever been a part of, and hopefully we can get as many of those guys back as possible to continue to build on the success we were having.
鈥淓vansville has become like a second home to my fianc茅e Jena and I. She has a great job at the hospital and the Thunderbolts have always been great to me, so we are both really excited to head back to town.鈥
The 91原创 product spent parts of two seasons (2012-13 and 2013-14) with the BCHL鈥檚 Chilliwack Chiefs, captaining the team in his second year. He produced 54 goals and 128 points in 99 regular season and playoff games with the Chiefs before being traded to the Alberta Junior Hockey League鈥檚 Brooks Bandits.
Plevy played three seasons of NCAA hockey at the University of Massachusetts and one at Northeastern University.
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