Flyers sign three forwards for new season

Roster taking shape in Kirkcaldy

The Fife Flyers have confirmed their first three new faces for 2021/22 in American forwards James Anderson and Jacob Benson and Canadian skater Carson Stadnyk.

25-year-old Benson played four seasons at St. Cloud State University, scoring 56 points in 138 NCAA games. On turning pro he spend two seasons with the Knoxville Ice Bears of the SPHL, scoring 32 goals in 56 games, and has also hit 5+5 in 21 ECHL appearances. 

Anderson, 24, is fresh out of college. He's spent the past four years at Mercyhurst University, scoring 23 goals and assisting on 28 others in 117 matches. 

Completing the trio of forwards, Carson Stadnyk spent four seasons at the University of Saskatchewan with 36 goals and 39 assists in 110 games. The 26-year-old played two games during the COVID-disrupted 2020/21 season in the SVHL. 

"I am delighted to get these signings over the line and bring them to our lineup for the upcoming season," began Head Coach Todd Dutiaume. "Carson is a player who will bring some size to the team and some speed – he definitely has the ability to post numbers in the professional game, we are very excited to bring him in.

"Having spoken to him he is super excited to get over here and join the club, former players have told him the ins and outs of playing with Fife and he cannot wait to join us.

"James will provide us with some good speed up and down the wing, something akin to a power forward. He has a good skill set and I think the Flyers fans are going to really take to him.

"As he settles in here I think we are going to rely more and more on him and this could be a real find for the club and us as a coaching staff.

"Jacob is extremely excited to be joining us. I get the sense that this kid has played on some absolutely stacked line-ups and did not always find himself in the most offensive positions.

"He will get the chance to do that here and he is capable of putting up some fantastic numbers. He is a workhorse. People are really going to get behind Jacob, he is a really nice, nice kid that we are going to enjoy working with."