Prewitt Signs Contract with ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays

Prewitt Signs Contract with ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays

WALTHAM, Mass. – Former Bentley University hockey player Dain Prewitt has signed with the South Carolina Stingrays of the East Coast Hockey League, the team announced on Wednesday.

The ECHL is a 20-team league with franchises spread out across the United States and Canada. Each ECHL team has an affiliate in both the American Hockey League and the National Hockey League. South Carolina is affiliated with the Hershey Bears in the AHL and the Washington Capitals in the NHL.

The Stingrays compete in the South Division of the league’s American Conference. They won the 2008-09 ECHL championship after defeating the Alaska Aces four games to three in the Kelly Cup finals.

Prewitt wrapped up a sparkling four-year career at Bentley in March by leading the Falcons to the Atlantic Hockey semifinals. He finished as the program’s fourth all-time leading scorer with 126 points (first since Bentley began competing at Division I). His 60 goals are fifth all-time (second at Division I), and he also shares the school records for most game-winning goals with nine and most games played with 145.

As a senior, Prewitt was the team’s leading scorer for the second straight year with a line of 21-21-42 and was named second team All-Atlantic Hockey. He helped Bentley record the second most wins in program history with 19, which is the most in the team’s Division I history.

Prewitt is the second player from the class of 2009 to sign with a professional team, joining Casey Russell who signed with the Texas Brahmas of the Central Hockey League in June.