Individual News
1st of July 2010
The Basingstoke Bison are pleased to announce a brand new signing to the Herd in British defenceman Carl Graham.
He makes the short trip down the M3 after last season playing for the Bison’s local rivals the Bracknell Bees.
The 26-year-old who stands six foot and weights 204 pounds is sure to add some more muscle to the blue line brigade.
He also has plenty of experience having spent two seasons in the Elite League with the Manchester Phoenix and as well as in the English Premier League with the Slough Jets and Wightlink Raiders.
Bison player/coach Steve Moria is delighted with the latest addition to the Herd’s forthcoming English Premier League campaign and said: “He will add a little bit more grit to our defence and is player who win his one-on-one battles. He handles the puck well and is going to be able to make that first pass out of his own zone.”
Reading-born Graham is looking forward to his first campaign in a Bison shirt and said: “I am excited about joining Basingstoke and last year playing in Bracknell really improved my game.
“Now I want to take that next step, but I will still play my physical game making the hits and moving players out of our goalies face and I can’t see why we can’t bring a trophy home this season.”
Bison fans have the chance to own Graham’s match-worn jerseys for the season as part of the Own and Loan scheme, which proved to be a great success last season.
Each player's home and away jersey will be available at £150 for the home shirt and £120 for the away.
All owners and loaners will have their name printed on the back of the player's jersey, as well as having the opportunity of getting a photograph with their respective player at the end of the season.
The jerseys are available on a first-come, first-served basis by e-mailing bison.info@planet-ice.co.uk
He makes the short trip down the M3 after last season playing for the Bison’s local rivals the Bracknell Bees.
The 26-year-old who stands six foot and weights 204 pounds is sure to add some more muscle to the blue line brigade.
He also has plenty of experience having spent two seasons in the Elite League with the Manchester Phoenix and as well as in the English Premier League with the Slough Jets and Wightlink Raiders.
Bison player/coach Steve Moria is delighted with the latest addition to the Herd’s forthcoming English Premier League campaign and said: “He will add a little bit more grit to our defence and is player who win his one-on-one battles. He handles the puck well and is going to be able to make that first pass out of his own zone.”
Reading-born Graham is looking forward to his first campaign in a Bison shirt and said: “I am excited about joining Basingstoke and last year playing in Bracknell really improved my game.
“Now I want to take that next step, but I will still play my physical game making the hits and moving players out of our goalies face and I can’t see why we can’t bring a trophy home this season.”
Bison fans have the chance to own Graham’s match-worn jerseys for the season as part of the Own and Loan scheme, which proved to be a great success last season.
Each player's home and away jersey will be available at £150 for the home shirt and £120 for the away.
All owners and loaners will have their name printed on the back of the player's jersey, as well as having the opportunity of getting a photograph with their respective player at the end of the season.
The jerseys are available on a first-come, first-served basis by e-mailing bison.info@planet-ice.co.uk