Glen Head Native Signs With Orlando Solar Bears Hockey Team

GLEN HEAD, NY — A Glen Head native has signed with the Orlando Solar Bears, a professional ice hockey team affiliated with the Stanley Cup-winning Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Solar Bears, who play in the South Division of the ECHL, formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League, said Tuesday the club agreed to terms with defenseman Patrick McNally for the 2020-21 season.

McNally, 28, enters his sixth season of professional hockey after splitting time last year in the Slovak Extraliga between HK Nitra and MAC HKB Újbuda. He tallied four goals and 33 assists in 55 games.

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound blue-liner played at Milton Academy in Massachusetts and later at Harvard University, where he helped the Crimson capture the conference championship in 2015 and was named to the conference’s Second All-Star Team. He was eventually drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the fourth-round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

McNally has played in 94 career games in the American Hockey League with the San Jose Barracuda, accumulating four goals and 14 assists.

PLAYER SIGNING

The Solar Bears have signed defenseman Patrick McNally! https://t.co/Lvcr36hcef
— Orlando Solar Bears (@OrlandoHockey) November 10, 2020