BEVERLY, Mass. – Former Endicott men's ice hockey student-athlete Anthony Petrella (Hilton, N.Y.) has signed a professional contract with the Fayetteville Marksmen of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).
"Nick, Anthony, and their terrific family have been a huge part of the success our program has had," said Endicott men's ice hockey head coach R.J. Tolan. "I have no doubt that Anthony will make a positive impact with the Fayetteville Marksmen team."
In one season with the Gulls (2017-18), Petrella registered eight goals (two PP) and 14 assists for 22 points in 25 games played. Petrella's play also aided Endicott in ranking No. 2 among all NCAA Division III programs on both the D3hockey.com and USCHO.com polls during the year the 2017-18 year. The Gulls' No. 2 national rankings on both polls is the highest ever in program history.
Petrella is now the third Endicott men's ice hockey student-athlete to sign a professional hockey contract joining Logan Day (Seminole, Fla.) and Jack Musil (Hull, England) on the list. Day is currently a member of the Bakersfield Condors, who are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. Meanwhile, Musil is currently a member of the Glasgow Clan of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), the UK's premier ice hockey league.
Prior to Endicott, Petrella played three years of NCAA Division I hockey at UMass Amherst (2014-17). As a member of the UMass Amherst program, Petrella compiled five goals and five assists for 10 points in 77 games played and also earned Hockey East All-Academic Team honors (2016-17) prior to transferring to Endicott for his senior season.
MORE ON THE SOUTHERN PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE (SPHL)
The Southern Professional Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league based in Huntersville, North Carolina, with teams located primarily in the southeastern United States as well as Illinois and Indiana in the midwestern United States.
MORE ON THE FAYETTEVILLE MARKSMEN
The Marksmen, established 2017, are a veteran-owned and operated professional hockey team competing in the most-elite independent hockey league in the United States, the Southern Professional Hockey League.
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