The Newfoundland Growlers announced that veteran player Todd Skirving has been named club captain for the 2023–24 campaign before suffering a heartbreaking 5–4 loss to Worcester on home ice on Thursday.
The 31-year-old Skirving has played for the team in all five seasons, including the championship team that won the Kelly Cup in 2018–19. In Growlers franchise history, Skirving is ranked among the top five in terms of points (121), goals (61), assists (60), and games played (202).
He takes over as team captain for the second time in the franchise’s history, succeeding Goulds native James Melindy, who held the position since the team’s 2018–19 inaugural season.
Glens Falls Thunder Release Shawn Weller, a native
Shawn Weller, a hometown product of the Adirondack Thunder, has been dismissed from his regular player contract.
Before the Newfoundland Growlers dropped a nail-biting 5-4 loss to Worcester on home ice Thursday, the team announced that longtime team fixture Todd Skirving has been named team captain for the 2023-24 season.
Skirving, 31, has suited up for the club for all five seasons, including the 2018-19 Kelly Cup championship squad. Skirving ranks in the top five in Growlers franchise history in points (121), goals (61), assists (60) and games played (202).
He becomes the second-ever captain in franchise history, following in the footsteps of Goulds native James Melindy, who served as team captain since the club’s inaugural season in 2018-19.
Thunder Release Glens Falls Native Shawn Weller
Hometown veteran for the Adirondack Thunder Shawn Weller has been released from his standard player contract, the team announced in a statement last night.
Weller, 37, a Glens Falls native and pro since 2006, returned to his hometown from the Kansas City Mavericks in 2021-22, putting up 32 points across 73 games in two seasons with the Thunder.
In a sit-down with The Hockey News ahead of the 2023-24 season, Weller shared that this season would be his last as a pro. He did not suit up for the Thunder during their opening five games.
Weller was a third-round pick of the Ottawa Senators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, spending considerable time across the AHL, ECHL, and overseas in Germany.
