SWAMP RABBITS GOALIE INGHAM GETS NHL DEAL
Net-minder signs one-year, two-way deal; assigned to Swamp Rabbits
By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Los Angeles Kings, NHL affiliate of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, announced today the team has signed Swamp Rabbits goaltender Jacob Ingham to a one-year, two-way NHL contract. Subsequently, the Kings assigned him to the Swamp Rabbits.
Ingham earns the second NHL contract of his career with Los Angeles. The 6’5″, 205-pound net-minder is currently 15-6-1-0 in 24 games with the Swamp Rabbits, earning his first shutout of the season last Saturday against the Atlanta Gladiators. He also boasts a 2.65 GAA and .916 SV%. Additionally, Ingham has logged six games with the Ontario Reign, the AHL affiliate of the Swamp Rabbits, and registered a 3-2-0 record with 2.71 GAA and .917 SV%. Ingham was previously named a Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week (February 19th-25th) in this campaign.
A native of Barrie, Ontario, Ingham has played his entire ECHL career in Greenville, going 28-19-3-1 with four shutouts in 53 games. He also has an additional 12 games in the AHL, all with Ontario, in which he’s gone 6-4-2 in the Inland Empire.
Ingham played major junior hockey with the Kitchener Rangers and Mississauga Steelheads in the OHL, earning a 93-61-17 record with five shutouts in 177 games. In the 2019-20 campaign with Kitchener, he was named an OHL Second-Team All-Star and earned the Dan Snyder Trophy as the league’s Humanitarian of the Year. The Los Angeles Kings drafted him in the 2018 NHL Draft (6th/#175).
The Swamp Rabbits continue their road swing with a showdown against the Orlando Solar Bears tonight, March 6th. Puck drop at Kia Center is slated for 7:00 p.m. EST.
About the Greenville Swamp Rabbits …
Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has been providing family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly, the Greenville Road Warriors and the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are the proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s LA Kings and the AHL’s Ontario Reign. Greenville is an ECHL Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League member.
